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A service from 'The Serious Writers Guild' at MAKEHITS.COM Written by Dec Cluskey
This Email first mailed to all Members of 'The Serious Writers Guild' and
subscribers to 'One Minute With Dec' on 29.09.02
"Dear Dec, The only tip I would send you is to keep writing
your one minute with Dec. You are wonderful and inspiring! Thank you!
Kind regards Phyllis, Pembrokeshire (Matt's mum!)
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"I went to Sardinia for a Holiday, ended up gigging for two months and then got spotted and made a film...wow! It's called 'Everybody Smiles' released in November...unbelievable!"
David Eames.
"My Emails are written in good humour, and should be read with a smile"
Last week saw the launch proper of our Member's collaboration service, world wide.
I get loads of guys asking me about how they can contact co-writers to assist them. You know, lyric writers who sit alone, at home, with no one to help with the music making. Likewise there are loads of music guys out there who are good at putting toons together but just have no lyrical capability. Then again, there are the lyric writers who just want their lyrics to have that commercial edge that co-writing can give so easy. Two minds are always better than one.
"You never meet a rich Hermit."
Yep, when you look at CD credits almost 95% of Hits are collaborations. So, why do so many guys try to do it all themselves? Beats me. I love collaborating. You can bounce the ideas around. In fact, the material gets written and done in a tenth of the time. The cleaning up and polishing takes the same time [around three months...oh - you didn't know that?]
So, all the Members will be getting 'collaboration' forms to fill in and then they will get a list of guys, all over the world, looking for specific needs. It's then easy to co-write by snail mail post, Email, fax, telephone and best of all, by Internet. I will advise on the best and simplest methods. Also, the easiest and most economical. Most importantly, the most reliable.
Apply now...it's FREE
So, any Members who want to get going straight away, just Email me and I will send the form off straight away by return Email. You can be up and running in a half-hour...best of all it's FREE [to Members].
More top guys confirm my teaching material:
I constantly get emails confirming the success methods I give the Members of 'The Serious Writers Guild'. Not that I need it to be confirmed, my own success and the success of my pals, in the business, shows me that it's all 'correct'. I constantly hammer home the message that for success you have to think in the future, not even thinking in today's Hit terms will guarantee success. You have to think six months, even a year, two years, down the line. Cos' that's how long it will take to get your latest demo heard, enthused over, then remixed or re-recorded. Then it takes time to get the image aligned with what the Record Company want. [no matter how good you look...and you MUST look good to have success, the 'Powers that Be' will always want to adjust something].
So you have to think in the future. If your stuff sounds like five years ago, even three months ago then you have no chance...trust me! Even if your latest track sits well with today's Hits....that ain't good enough. Hear what Tracey has to say:
Tracey Richards-Edwards,
A&R Manager, Warner
Brothers
"Ultimately, the material should be cutting edge, not dated or corny; vocals/or rhymes must be strong & comparable (in talent) to the current crop of chart-toppers (helps if they sound even better), and they should sound as though they are confident & comfortable with their style & with their look as well. We are looking for the "next level" true talent always - no fake or contrived, unoriginal copycats."
Regards
Dec
"Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a
year and spends very little on office supplies."
Woody Allen
Tip of the week: "For
a stunning, unheard before reverb trick, make up a patch with a long
reverse reverb. Now put a long predelay in front of it timed to the
BPM of the piece you want to use this effect in. My Members know how to do
this [grin]. Now turn the direct signal to zero. This means that if
you play a short guitar stab [say] then the sound will appear in reverse, fading
in fast from out of nowhere.
Use it in mono - panned to one side...."
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Gag of the Week [still no shortage of gags from subscribers!]:
"A pipe burst in a doctor's house. He called a plumber. The
plumber arrived,
unpacked his tools, did mysterious plumber-type things for a
while, and
handed the doctor a bill for $800.
The doctor exclaimed,
"This is ridiculous! I don't even make that much as a
doctor!."
The
plumber waited for him to finish and quietly said, "Neither did I when I
was
a doctor."
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