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'One
Minute With Dec'
"My
Emails Are Written With Good Humour And Should Be Read With A Smile"
[-The views of any
contributor to 'One Minute with Dec' are not necessarily the views of Dec
Cluskey-]
"Failure
will never overtake thee if thy determination to succeed is strong
enough" - Og
Mandino
MENU:
-
I can do that
[Can you be successful in music?]
-
Interesting
observations on my 'reverb' article [good reference
pages]
-
I
haven't seen this for years [a
lovely little rhyming couplet]
-
Tip
of the Day [ Search History]
- Stirling
Moss's famous quote [makes
you think?]
A
good visual laugh [ a
hoot! ]
Success
Stories [a
Member gets a radio shot]
Charts
Subscriber's
Section [ how
do I start to make dosh?]
The Gags [ a
Texan story ]
I
can do that
This past few
weeks I have been working with some guys that I really respect, talent wise ...
rappers, producers, music makers and writers.
Sadly,
although I haven't seen them in years, they are no further down the road of
success ... and I began to wonder....why?
Stunning
talents, but something is missing...what could it be? We finished the
vocals [rapping] on a soon to be released single [it WILL be a hit!] and we got
to talking, as you do.
The
main points that came out were:
None
of them were gigging, they were simply making music...and lots of it.
They
all wanted other people to sing their songs, they simply wanted to sit in the
studio all day long.
All
of them were BAC's [Born Again Christians]
So
why, seeing they were all great performers [I've seen them each on stage] have
they gone off the idea of performing when we all know that success today is 20%
music and 80% visual?
They
are all stunning vocalists, rappers, in fact that is why I pulled them in for
this project, because they are so good ... but they still want other people to
sing their songs, not themselves?
As
regards the BAC thing.... I personally love dealing with BAC's because they are
just nice to be around.... it seems to have instilled into them that God will
provide...so there is really no need to have a killer instinct to get success.
I
wonder will they still feel that way at 55 years old? Broke and
embarrassed?
Interesting
observations on my 'reverb' article.
Dec:
You have probably already seen this, but here goes anyway:
another nice article about reverb
and mixing can be found at
http://www.phys.tue.nl/people/etimmerman/recordingfaq/ThoughtsOnReverb.html
and
http://www.audiomelody.com/1/articles/how_to_mix_a_pop_song_from_scratch
As a novice I found them very
enlightening at the time.
Regards,
Erwin.
"I
will greet this day with love in my heart" - Og Mandino
I
haven't seen this for years:
I
had the blues,
'Cos
I had no shoes,
Until
upon the street,
I
met a man who had no feet.
Makes you
think?
"I
hunger for success. I thirst for happiness and peace of mind.
Lest
I act I will perish in a life of failure, misery and sleepless nights" - Og
Mandino
Stirling
Moss's famous quote:
"I
was taught that everything is attainable if you're prepared to give up, to
sacrifice, to get it.
Whatever
you want to do you can do it, if you want to do it badly enough ... and I
do believe that.
I
believe that if I wanted to run a mile in four minutes I could do it. I
would have to give up everything in life, but I could run a mile in four
minutes. I believe that if a man wanted to walk on water and was
prepared to give up everything in life, he could do that."
Tip
of the Day
Search
History
If you use the Google Tool Bar you can recall
your previous searches. This comes in very handy when you are trying to go back
to a site you like, but can’t remember the keywords you used in the search. To
recall previous searches, mouseclick
on the down arrow in the blue button. A drop down menu will appear with
all of your previous searches.
This can get rather lengthy if you surf the
web a lot, and you may wish to clear the history of the searches you have made.
Simply “left mouseclick”
the word “Google” on the left of the bar and you will get a drop down menu. Mouseclick
on “Clear Search History,”
and it deletes the record of prior searches you have made. Don’t have the
Toolbar you say ? – get it
at http://toolbar.google.com
Bob Osgoodby
"The
prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not at the beginning" - Og
Mandino
A
good visual laugh?
[worth another look ... we omitted the proper
link last time!]
Check
out this one... quite
unbelievable?
"I
will persist until I succeed" -
Og Mandino
Success Stories
Hi
Dec
I'm
being interviewed tomorrow morning at 8.40am on BBC Radio Somerset Sound
1566MW. They think they may string it out for 15 mins and play a couple of
my songs which is very exciting!
If
you won't be up that early or aren't local but have internet access, they
said they'd put the interview on their website afterwards, so you can listen
at your leisure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/somerset
and go to the Somerset Sound Radio page.
Let
me know what you think!
Love
Barbara
Brand
New Album "Play My Heart" available now from: www.barbarajhunt.com
"I
don't know what success is, but I know what failure is.
Failure
is trying to please everybody" - Sammy Davis Jnr.
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Charts:
USA
[my thanks to Charles in the USA for supplying this]
(1) Fergie ...
London Bridge ...
A&M | Interscope
(2) Gnarls
Barkley ... Crazy ... Downtown
| Lava
(3) Nelly
Furtado Featuring Timbaland .... Promiscuous .... Mosley
| Geffen
UK
1) Shakira
ft Wyclef Jean .... 'Hips don't lie'
2) Cascada
.... 'Everytime We Touch'
3)
Christina Aquilera .... Ain't No Other Man
Download
Chart [now the
most important chart in the UK]
1)
Justin Timberlake ... Sexyback ... (Sony BMG Music)
2)
Shakira
.... Hips Don't Lie .... (Sony
BMG Music)
3) James
Morrison ... You Give Me Something
...(Universal Music)
"Let
me become all you planned for me when my seed was planted and selected by you to
sprout in the vineyard of the world" - Og Mandino
Subscriber's
Section:
Hi
Dec,
It's
me again. I am in need of your help and advice if you can.
Well
I couldn't do it no more (That's working a 9-5) I hate my job and the only
thing I can think about is my music and how I'm going to make dosh
from it, so
I have quit my job. Please
don't think that I'm being silly, I'm so serious in making a success out of my
singing career knew it is the time NOW!
At the moment I have 5 songs recorded up to the best standard I can, I think
the last stage is Mastering but the quality is spot on. I
have my website launching any day from now that has my songs on there so the
public can buy and find out when I will be next.
I have printed out flyer's to promote my website as well as my song
that I would like to push out there "Go crazy for me".
And
now that's where I'm stuck!!!!!!!
I
don't know what direction to go, I know in your course gigging is the best bet
and people can see me and buy my music and so fourth,
but I have been rehearsing and have found a difficult patch think of
dance moves to impress people on stage! Also
I need to have a Publishing company so when a record company presents
themselves the ball will be in my court.
So
the question really is where do I start, I think I have done bits and piece
from your course but keep missing the links to it, help Dec Help.
K *****
x
www.myspace.com/krishasmusic
www.krishamusic.co.uk
My
Reply:
Hi
K*****
<<<<<<I
think I have done bits and piece from your course but keep missing the links to
it, help >>>>
Right
through the course I emphasise that everything I advise has got to be done 100%.
There are no short cuts to success.
What
it appears you have done is extracted the bits you like and done them ... for
instance, making the 5 demos...that is the PIG EASY bit .. and the most
enjoyable.
The
hard bit is working on yourself...and working on the commercial sellability of
your music.
Then
working on the visual presentation ... which is, nowadays, 80% of the success.
The music is 20%.
You
are now in a position that I see every single day .... you have 5 demos .... but
you do not know whether the PUBLIC [not friends or relations] will like and/or
buy.
You
have not got a knock-out rehearsed, polished, staged and choreographed act that
knocks people out. An act that will kill record company executives when they
come to see you.
Our
business is extremely simple and totally misunderstood by 99.99999% of novices.
[a novice is someone who has not made a $fortune from this easy business]
You
simply have to provide a product that the record buying/video watching/concert
going public want...simple!
The
sequence is:
Join
'The Serious Writers Guild' at www.makehits.com
- you have done this, but not studied and actioned the programme.
Learn your business, study your craft, copy the best [just like a brain
surgeon]
Realise that it is YOU that the public should want [not your music - the music
is the simplest bit]
Gig or have your music gigged
Learn what works when gigging
Sell white labels/merchandise/collect database/fanbase
Have queues down the street with 'sold-out' notices
Stock all local shops in your county with white labels
Increase the number in your band to the number required [with only unbelievable
looking, fabulous performers]
Improve the equipment
Play bigger venues, all sold out, sell out every new white label, have 40,000
database
INSTANT
SUCCESS [usually after ten years.....or three years with a mentor like me]
K*****.....
I would suggest you start back at the very start of 'How to Make A $Million From
Your Music' and action every single
recommendation.
I am always here for you ... you have my phone number.
Regards
DEC
[Cluskey]
mailto:dec@makehits.co.uk
Just
released:- "57 Secrets of a Hit Record" ... - 260 pages of the
Secrets plus the CDrom Analysis Software and Audio CD to ensure that your music
is a Potential Hit www.makehits.com/57Secrets.htm
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Regards
Dec
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The gags: ..... could
only be a Texan?
A Texan walks into a bar and notices a very large jar on the
counter and sees it's filled to the brim with $10 bills. The man guesses
there must be thousands of dollars in it. He
approaches the bartender and asks, "What's up with the jar?"
"Well, you pay ten dollars and, if you pass three tests, you get all the
money."
The man certainly isn't going to pass this up.
"What are the three tests?
"Pay first," says the bartender. "Those are the
rules."
So the man gives him the $10 and the bartender drops it into the jar.
"OK," the bartender says, "here's what you need to do:
First you have to drink that entire gallon of pepper tequila... the whole
thing, all at once... and you can't make a face while doing it.
Second, there's a pit bull chained-up out back with a sore tooth. You have
to remove the tooth with your bare hands. Third, there's a 90 year-old
woman upstairs who has never reached orgasm during intercourse. You've
gotta make things right for her."
The man is stunned.
"I know I paid my 10 bucks, but I'm not an
idiot! I won't do it! You have to be nuts to drink a gallon of
pepper tequila, and then do those other things..."
"Your call," says the bartender, "but your money stays
where it is."
As time goes on and the man has a few drinks, then
a few more, he asks "Where's zat teeqeelah?"
He grabs the gallon with both hands and downs it
with a big slurp. Tears are streaming down both cheeks, but he doesn't
make a face.
Next, he staggers out back where the pit bull is chained-up and soon all
the people inside the bar hear a huge, noisy, scuffle going on outside.
They hear the pit bull barking, the guy screaming,
the pit bull yelping and then.... silence.
Just when they think the man surely must be dead, he staggers back into
the bar, with his shirt ripped and large, bloody scratches all over his body.
"Now," he says, "where's the old
woman with the sore tooth?"
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