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Jul

How To Get Your Music Heard On A Small Budget

music symbol When speaking of getting your music out there and you aren’t independently wealthy, to put it bluntly, you do whatever you have to do! Get your music in front of anybody you possibly can. This includes doing current shows for local fans to help spread the word, cutting a single on CD for submission to local radio markets, building and marketing a look for you as an artist or your band , and networking on the computer and anywhere else that the law will allow.

It will take all of the efforts above and then some. Make sure you have quite a bit of stamina and a “I’m going all the way no matter what” attitude. If you want something bad enough there will be nothing big enough to stop you from getting it.

Regardless if you’re trying to become a Super Star or just want to sell a few songs to some movie or television producers, start today by sitting down and planning out a budget. It will take a little money but you know what they always say, “It takes money to make money”. This is a very true statement. Unless you happen to be the friend of a music producer’s son or something along those lines it doesn’t matter if you can sing like Madonna or play the guitar like Eric Clapton, you don’t get in that easy. It will involve some dedication and work but in the end it will be worth it won’t it.

If you have some songs put together and haven’t cut them on CD then do so. Record them to mp3 and whatever other latest music transfer files are available. Why is this important? You need to have a means to display your music to the world easily and quickly! Go to some of the online music submission facilities and start putting your mp3′s out there for them to hear. Get an EPK (Electronic Press Kit) fast. This is a promotional tool used for online promotion. You can pay a professional promoter to set one up for you or you can build one yourself and save money if you are tech savvy. It includes photos, history, a few current songs, listed website for you or your band, any news releases or articles written about you, booked events, labels if you have one, etc. The EPK should be stored on your computer so you can send it out immediately if you need to.

Before you place recorded songs on your EPK, make sure they are of good quality. Think of your EPK as the “modern day demo”. When the person at the other end listening to your music hits “play” then it better be of good quality or they won’t be listening very long. Think about it….how long do you want to listen to a song that has garble and feedback and other noises in it. I’ll bet not very long! So if this means you have to go and get your songs professionally recorded then do so if you can afford it. You could also record your music on your own with a good multi track recorder and burn the songs straight to CD or mp3 by yourself. This will be a less expensive way to go but you will need to learn how to operate your multi track unit well.

Again, once you have your music (the most satisfying to you) on CD and mp3 format start sending it out via the Internet. You can use venue’s such as Sonicbids, Taxi, Myspace, Ourstage, etc. There are plenty of them online just make sure that you do your research before dealing with any company. Also make sure your music is copyrighted before you present it to the whole world. You never know, you just might have some stuff that is so good that people may try to steal it.

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Acoustic Version MP3 Of "Missed A Few Years" With Lyrics

by Dan Waggoner, under Everything Else

Missed A Few Years

Acoustic Version By: Dan Waggoner

People often ask to hear some of my music. Sometimes I am reserved about it. Sometimes I am not. This one is special to me so I hope some of you enjoy it.

We Missed A Few Years MP3 (1)

Lyrics:

If I were seventeen again

I’d probably do some things

a little different
maybe I would play my guitar a little more

I know I’d try real hard

harder than I did before

if I could travel to a younger

point in time

first thing I would do

is try to find you and make you mine

cause we missed a few years

and I want those too

and I know it seems crazy but I only need to

be with you

and we’d dance in the night rain

take a ride on a city train

to kiss your lips no I couldn’t refrain

and making love is overdue

if I could be a young man in school again

I’d probably slide a note in your locker

meet me by the bleachers

near the oak tree later today

we’ll jump right in my car

young lover’s flirting along the way

I’d take you down to the river

to my secret hiding place

and we could sit by the fire

and all night long I could stare at your face

cause we missed a few years

and I want those too

and I know it seems crazy but I only need to

be with you

and we’d dance in the night rain

take a ride on a city train

to kiss your lips I couldn’t refrain

and making love is overdue

if I could be a young man again.

This song was written for my sweet wife Heather who stands with me thru all good, bad or otherwise. I try to tell her how I wish we had met 10 years earlier. Don’t get me wrong. I am happy we’re together now! I just wish I could have known her a bunch sooner. I am truly a lucky person. She is my all.

I bought my Prize Silver Burst Epiphone Les Paul Custom Guitar from these guys and I cherish it.. Great Sounding Guitar!

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