A Songwriter's Journey

I’ve been working all weekend trying to finish a song I wrote for a placement opportunity listed at MusicDealers.com! They have an opportunity to get a song in an Ad for a new pickup truck – the campaign to be run in 5 Gulf Coast states! Major upfront fee available so the chosen song will be very lucrative for the writer!
I pretty much had the lyric finished within an hour – but coming up with a killer melody and hook on short notice is difficult!
Oh, I forgot to mention the deadline is tomorrow at Noon!

This is really challenging and a lot of fun for me!
I understand the odds of getting selected are low – there are some AMAZING songwriters and composers that contribute their music to the music library. But like I said it is fun for me to set a deadline, come up with a lyric and tune and get it submitted by Noon on Nov. 1st!

I will try to post the song when I get a chance but right now…..
It’s TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK WRITING THAT SONG!

I am really getting excited about finishing up my unplanned Christmas CD! I had been making some Christmas tracks to submit for TV Film opportunities and one day realized I was about 3 songs short of putting them on a CD!! So I am down to one more song needed.

To give you a flavor of what you will hear – this is a 58 second clip of my version of the classic “Joy To The World“!!
Please comment and let me know what you think!! Thank you! Dave

Had an opportunity to pitch some songs to an indie artist today so I put together a CD package and mailed it.

Got a tip about a new music library so I sent an email requesting more information. Will give you the name if I find out its a good one or not.

Also got a tip from fellow musician, Steve Soucy about the Taxi forum having great info – I registered there but await approval from the Forum admin.

Finally got to the studio to lay down tracks for “Joy To The World” – the classic version. Turned out with a cool vibe but I will probably re-vocal it because my voice sounded tired so late in the day.

All in all, a pretty productive day at Arnybarn Music!! :>)

Have a wonderful weekend!!
Musically yours! Dave

I just uploaded “Angels Spaceship” to Music Dealers and Music Supervisor for TV/Film trailer placement opportunities.

http://soundcloud.com/davecolvinsongs/angels-spaceship

Every Thursday here at Arnybarn Music, I await the weekly email link for this week’s RowFax Tip Sheet, listing the artists who are looking for songs currently.

RowFax lists
1) New and Updated Listings
2) Major Label projects
3) Small Label projects

I work with Songplugger, Chris Keaton, who with his years of experience and contacts here in this business, is able to pitch some of my songs to the major artists that are listed each week.

So I spend my time researching the smaller labels and artists listed. I Google the company, check out the artists’ videos on YouTube and try to find more information. If i feel I have a song that fits a listing, I will email the contact listed introducing myself and requesting permission to submit and asking how they prefer that submission either CD or mp3 attached to an email or online link
Surprisingly, I’d say about 80% on average allow me to submit.

I keep an Excel spreadsheet that lists each pitch – the date- to who – which artist – what songs were sent and any notes.

So far there has not been any overlap – at least that I am aware of between Chris and myself. I think it is a good idea to get my name out there and develop these relationships as well.

Rowfax.com  is a part of MusicRow.com and if you go to their website you can find more information there on how to subscribe to the Tip Sheet! Hope this has been helpful! Please leave a comment/reply down below if you wish!

Dave :>)

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Well, today I monitored my various websites:
Reverbnation
SoundCloud
Music Dealers
Music Supervisor

for any changes – none to report.
I did see what kind of songs are being selected on MusicDealers.com by TV/Film/Advertisers -then I traced