[DECtalk] (DECTALK) SAMPLES OF MY JAM CD
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Mon Apr 10 15:39:35 EDT 2006
For starters, what is the internet archive? I've never heard of it at all?
And who do I contact to set it all up?
My boyfriend and I are having a disagreement. Dave strongly feels that if I
make my work available for download, no one will have any reason to buy the
CD. I feel that if no one here's my work, no one will ever buy it?
To be honest, my last CD was made in 2002 but I have no sales or orders
coming in. I have 1800 copies sitting in my apartment with dreams of recording
more stuff. No sales means no money, no money means I can't record more stuff.
I owe a big thanks to the Chapel Of Hope, and KTIS Radio in Minneapolis
Minnesota. My work was about to get air play on the Christian media, but a
friend stabbed me in the back by telling a Pastor I was gay. The Pastor had
connections with KTIS, who through the skylight network barred my music from all
associated networks. That was part why I left Minnesota.
I now have a Pastor's license and have thought about trying to get my work
back on Christian radio which I think I could locally in Ohio. But if
skylight ever got word, I'll only be yanked back off again. So even though my heart
is in Gospel music, I feel like it's a totally dead end street thanks to
Minnesota.
So I've been recording rock and country music for a really stupid reason.
I'm hoping my demos circulates on the internet and falls into the hands of
someone that thinks this could become a fad. He'll then track me down, offer me
a contract and I'll take off. I told you it was stupid.
I hate the idea though because if music is not about God, it's basically
pointless. I love all kinds of music, but for me, sharing Jesus means
everything. So I'm not totally thrilled about doing anything other than gospel, yet I
feel it's a total waste for me to be held back just because the word gets
out about me.
No, I don't make it public, and it doesn't ever come up when I preach. But
Christians are the most judgmental group of people on the planet. So now I
don't even try to hide it because people end up finding out through the grape
fine.
The problem now is, how do I promote myself without tooting my own horn? I
don't think I do. So with 1800 copies of 2 CD's and no hope of getting them
on the radio, I shot myself in the foot. And radio stations won't air music
unless people can buy it, and I can't record a new style until I sell my old
stuff. I can see it now, "By my old music so I can afford to get out of
gospel music". That would go over well.
So this is how stuck I am. Plus there's an added problem. If I ever go
big, I think I'll have to choose a Dectalk voice that will define me. I want to
see other Dectalk users come into the music world, so I may have to choose
one voice and copy right those settings to make it my very own voice.
But for now I'm just showing off the abilities of Dectalk to generate an
interest. If the general public gets interested in singing using Dectalk, this
could create an entire new style of music.
So with my crude music software I'm trying to create the very best demos I
can to get people interested in Dectalk. I think I'm hitting good quality,
but no one has actually said. So I'm basically practicing, hoping for a one
hit wonder or something so I can actually have that one shot. I expect to fall
on my face, but I still would like to book a few concerts, form a band, and
see where it goes.
So any promotion ideas that people have, I'd like to hear them. Advertising
is not my area. I can sing, speak, preach, do comedy, but advertising is
not my area at all! I don't know what it is, but I couldn't make an appealing
ad if my life depended on it. I never understood why, I just suck with
advertising.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 4/10/2006 1:00:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
tony at baechler.net writes:
Hi,
This is especially for snoopy but applies to all on this list who are
into creating their own music. One great way to get free promotion
is to upload your music to the Internet Archive and release it under
a Creative Commons license. You still own the rights but it allows
others to download, play, give away and share your music without fear
of being sued. I think your original album, Words of Love, belongs
on the Internet Archive. They will preserve it for all time and
anyone can get it. Obviously doing this would be like giving it away
in that you wouldn't get more money from it but you could still offer
it for sale on CD. If people get to hear your work in mp3 and they
like it, they'll look at your site and buy other CDs from you. Yes,
some people will never buy from you but some will. If nothing else,
it gets your name out there and gives you free exposure. That way
you don't have to sign on to a record company and you still keep
creative control. Here are links to look at. Especially look at the
Audio, Netlabels links on archive.org.
http://www.archive.org/
http://creativecommons.org/
http://ourmedia.org/
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