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"Spouses and relatives, friends etc. believe these things only happen to other people.

BUT... We are all "other people"!" 

Philip Webster [Serious Writers Guild Member]

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Another party?  [ with two legends .. or was it three?  ]

What an offer [on your life get this offer!]

The Dead Room Mark II raises the bar with an all new design for 2009! [an exciting way to record guitar?]

MCPS-PRS Alliance signs ground-breaking agreement with YouTube [the mystery solved?]

Testimonials

Subscriber's Section [ the best way to get into the top venues? ]

The gags: .....      [ Intelligence? ] 

 

Another party?  [ with two legends .. or was it three?  ] 

Last Sunday I journeyed to Bournemouth … a sleepy sea side town on the South Coast of the UK. 

You may not know it but I organised the recording deal and the Publishing deal for ‘Twinkle’ … the Iconic Sixties hit maker …. Yep, the one that Morrissey has idolised and written about.  ‘Terry’, ‘Golden Lights’.  She became the Iconic image with the Smiths' remake of 'Golden Lights' during 1986.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle_(singer) 

We were meeting for lunch … she has not been well recently so we wanted to cheer her up.  Her second hit ‘Golden Lights’ was actually written about me … what an honour?  Not when you hear the words .. you see, we were together at the time and she did not like my ‘rock ‘n roll’ lifestyle.  She then married Graham Rodgers … the star of the ‘Milk Tray’ TV adverts … the guy jumping out of helicopters to leave a box of chocolates on the lady’s bed.  My Goodness what a good looking s*d he is …  

Hosting the lunch was Philip Solomon with his lovely wife Dorothy … funny?  Hysterical … the stories … the laughs .. the experiences?  Philip and Dorothy stripping off to sleep in the foyer of The Carlton in Cannes during the Midem festival … the hotel had c*cked up the room booking … the pictures made the front pages of all UK main papers … the full story is the stuff of legends. 

Philip and Dorothy created more stars than you can shake a stick at … from Mario Lanza through to my band, The Bachelors, through to Van Morrison …. The list is endless. 

So now I have been asked to write the definitive book of all those famous stories … titled: “Dec and Dot” … the outrageous real stories of the Sixties … by those who were there. 

Pics at http://www.makehits.com/archive4.htm  

 

“My husband and I divorced over religious differences.

     He thought he was God and I didn't.”  

What an offer [on your life get this offer!] 

I had an Email from my good friend John Waterman from Bandit … the best A&R tipsheet in the world … what an offer he is making for ‘One Minute’ subscribers. 

Make sure to put DEC in the promo box when you go to the web site: 

Hi Dec 

I'm doing a special intro deal for August 

Subscribe to Bandit A&R Newsletter quarterly from September and receive the latest 4 issues FREE by return AND the September issue as well before payments start in a month's time (£21/quarter) 

This gives new subscribers around 150 FREE leads on who might sign them or their music. 

Go to http://www.banditnewsletter.com/5freeissues 

Make sure to enter DEC  in the promo box to qualify  

A summary of the current issue can be downloaded FREE at http://www.banditnewsletter.com/banditsampler.pdf 

Regards … John 

Gang, this is the best Tip Sheet by far! 

“I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.”  

The Dead Room Mark II raises the bar with an all new design for 2009! [an exciting way to record guitar?] 

This is an easy to use, compact and high quality isolation cabinet that can relieve a lot of stress and headaches associated with recording guitar amps.  If going to a pro recording studio might be a little expensive for your current recording project, why now try to do things the right way in your recording space? 

Electric guitars mean LOUD almost all the time and there's little chance your parents/wife/life partner will come clapping their hands in wild excitement, enthusiasm and admiration …. Noooooo! 

“Turn that racket down” …. Is the only shout you will hear.  You should not mistake that shout for …. “that is wonderful, turn it up some more”. 

The song is ready, your fingers are warmed up, the axe's in perfect tune, your distortion pedal can barely hold on the clean tone; what's next?  Okay, after the new strings. 

Grendel Sound's Dead Room: record your guitar in same room with your sleeping granny.  http://www.grendelsound.com/deadroom.htm 

If you want to do things like a pro, the Dead Room from Grendel Sound should be next. The Dead Room is nothing mystical (like a room that's been killed) but a highly practical recording solution for the places where quiet is a must. Namely, we're talking a special-design box loaded with a guitar speaker and to which you'll connect the "silent out" of your amp. Obviously, the fairly large box is loaded with sound-absorbing materials that will "Deaden" the enclosure, letting only the pristine, uncoloured sound of your speaker resonate inside. 

Unlike other similar silent recording boxes, the Grendel Sound Dead Room will never give you the "trapped" sound; its 6"-thick lid will take away any resonance and coloration, offering only the true sound of your guitar. Forget about the amateur-built boxes: this one sports highly engineered space calculations and thorough absorption for spectacular results. It is entirely hand-built and soldered for impeccable quality and it comes with a Warehouse Veteran 30 speaker for around $549 or can be ordered unloaded for $449. 

“Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.”  

MCPS-PRS Alliance signs ground-breaking agreement with YouTube [the mystery solved?] 

I get asked almost every day about collecting and acquiring royalties for YouTube plays …. 

The MCPS-PRS Alliance in the UK became the first collecting society outside the US to license YouTube. 

The ground-breaking licensing agreement - announced by the Alliance and YouTube recently – will allow royalties to flow to members for use of their works on the service. This applies to music videos, user uploads and other audio visual content. The licensing agreement fully acknowledges the contribution of the creators of music to the YouTube service.

 

"Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive.”  

Testimonials 

“Hi Dec

You know, I couldn't put into words how grateful I am for all the valuable articles and information on your website as well as your direct advice, Dec. It's all so exciting but there is sooooo much to learn and implement that I feel like there is just not enough time... My brain is going to explode one day. I know; it's all about direction, not speed.

Diego Guzman [Argentina]

“You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me”  

Subscriber's Section [ the best way to get into the top venues? ]  

“Hi Dec 

Thanks for your prompt reply. I have a plan...to start at least; I’m going to

re-read and take in and implement ( to the best of my ability) “How To Make A

$Million from your Music”. 

I’m beginning to get a few "pub" gigs now, it also is a start. 

I am organizing a talent competition for a local publican 

That, (i.e. organizing) and doing more refined work like wedding receptions,

hotel restaurants, corporate where possible.

 

Just wonder the best way to get into the top venues for

this, when you're "unknown", so to speak? Email all the event/wedding

managers? Try to set up face to face meetings?? If you have any thoughts on

that line I'd appreciate them. 

Thanks again for your help 

K**** 

 

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[Any advice given here shall not be deemed as financial or legal advice under any existing or future laws of any country] 

K**** 

Taking the leap from pubs/smallish weddings and events to the major corporate 'do's' is immense ... 

For instance, we played a corporate do where there were 660 crew! 

My daughter played one recently that took over the Tower of London ... check out http://www.thebachelors.co.uk/2008.htm July..... 

The corporate events people demand perfection to the N'th degree .... precise timing .... perfect gear [huge sound systems and huge lighting rigs].  Perfectly dressed crew ... polite, mannerly, capable of saying 'certainly' to every request. 

My son is involved in this big time! 

He is a consultant and works closely with Psycho Management ... one of the biggest.  Richard Joy [ a brother Water Rat] is also major in the corporate field ... he managed the Tower of London gig .... every single item had to be craned over the wall and dropped 50 feet to the lawns below ... closing off the main road in London????? 

The show side is the easiest ... it is the decoration, marquee facilities [nowadays three or four joined together and themed] that is the complication.  Then the staffing, security, medical assistance, drinks, the food is a huge part ...... the giant searchlights in the sky, smoke, dry ice .... the security, marshalling, car parking. 

Then discos with a number of rooms ... all giant affairs. 

Having a good address book of facilitators is essential .... solid companies who deliver the goods perfectly.  Being able to price the affairs and deliver 'on price' is another art that has to be perfected.  .  A good credit line is essential [obviously] 

Getting into this side of the business is difficult where they will only book the tried and tested outfits with perfect track records.  But there is mighty money involved.  

You are correct..... a mail shot is the right way forward ... spend on the brochure and have it professionally designed and executed by a top marketing company [not Charlie down the road].  £5,000 spent could bring in ten/fifty times that amount .... if done properly and you can deliver the goods. 

Regards

Dec [Cluskey]  dec@makehits.com  

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The gags: .....      [ Intelligence? ]  

While visiting England, George Bush is invited to afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they are intelligent. 

'I do so by asking the right questions', says the Queen, 'Allow me to demonstrate'. She phones Gordon Brown and says, 'Mr Prime Minister, please answer this question' : Your mother has a child and your father has a child and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it ?' 

Gordon Brown responds, 'It's me, ma'am.'  'Correct! Thank you and good-bye', says the Queen. 

She hangs up and says, 'Did you get that, Mr Bush?'  'Yes, ma'am.. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!' 

Upon returning to Washington, he decides he'd better put Sarah Palin to the test.

He calls her to the White House and says, 'I wonder whether you can answer a question for me. 

'Why, of course, Sir. What's on your mind?'

'Uhh, your mother has a child and your father has a child and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?'

Palin hesitates and then asks, 'Can I think about it and get back to you?' 

Bush agrees and Palin leaves.. She phones Barack Obama and explains her problem.

'Now look here, your mother has a child and your father has a child and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?' 

Obama answers immediately, 'It's me, of course.'

Much relieved, Palin rushes back to the White House and exclaims, 'I know the answer, Sir!' I know who it is! It's Barack Obama!' 

Then Bush replies, 'Wrong! It's Gordon Brown !'

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