Month: September 2021

I suppose there is no journey that doesn’t have a few roadblocks or bumps in the road. My career as a musician is being stifled by the uncertainty of Covid issues. I do not want to put a band together and then have it come apart because the gigs fall off again. Nor do I want to bring people together where they may become ill with the two new variants of Covid. It seems right now the music scene is not in a good place for musicians!

I have been busy trying to build my site. I cannot figure out why so few people subscribe to a persons music on YouTube. My coach, Kira Michele, send me videos to watch in order to get the tools I need to grow my fan base. It can be perplexing. I have tried to create a banner, a professional banner for my YouTube page and realize, I need help! So I am tearing my hair out trying to get it done. I seem to have an issue with the pixel sizing.

I hired a songwriting coach as well in the genre of rock. I now realize, I can write a country rock song, but rock will never be something I am good at. No matter what I write it comes out country or alternative country. I now have to put what I wrote to music and realize 3 chords and the truth is about where I’m at. The very concept of the circles of 5 have my head spinning and my patience spent.

My interviews seem to be going well. I recently had Jessica Lynne Witty on my Matured Musician Group site for a interview stream. I learned that she started very early on writing words to music that was out already in the United States. Since she lived in Denmark, she re-wrote them in Danish. A language she spoke there; but because her father lives in the states she knew English as well. She visited him as she was growing up and is fluent in both. I think the woman has music in her brain and all she does is shake her head and all the right music comes out!

My coming days will be filled with the making of a new video based on my album theme song, Country Hot and website theme. My next album will start, this late fall, if Chad Quist will take me on again. Money will be far more scarce this time around. I can only release one song every few months or so. I have new pictures to be taken in 2 weeks. There is no moss growing under my feet! I still have time to jam and write music. Practicing is a bit difficult to get done though.

I hope the music lovers realize that money struggles we go through as artists. The only real money we make is at gigs. Even then, unless they are big concerts very little money is made. I now have a store on my website and hope a few fans will spend a penny or two to purchase what I have. I am trying to keep the cost down. My downloads will be around .99 cents. The album of songs that came out as singles will be available, hopefully in the late Spring.

Please support our independent singer/songwriter musicians. We need you and I believe you want and need us as well. Until we meet down the road, thank you for supporting them and my musical journey!