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'One
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- Dec]
MENU:
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The 'Examiners' are at
it again
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I
get the most Hate Mail on the Internet.
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Some
guys just cannot abide success in music
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The Second
Search Engine Optimization
tip
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Does
this sound like a recipe for success?
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- Charts
- Chart
Comment
- Subscriber's
Section
- The Gags
The
'Examiners' are at it again
Every few months I
get a rash of 'Self Appointed Examiners of Dec's Material' folk trying to
cause me problems. Sad people.
I say 'trying' to
cause me problems because in effect they cause me no problem at all.
They tend to take advantage of my promise that I will answer one Email from
anyone about their music ... and that promise is true....check it out now if
you like. But thereafter they get handed over to the relevant department
of our various organisations.
You see, I
constantly say to anyone who listens: "The truth is correct
at all times". I advise guys to never tell fibs, be
truthful, honest in your dealings and you will never have a problem in your
music career. I have had to deal with sc*mbags through my years in Show
business...you know what? I just know that what goes round comes
round...they always come unstuck.
These 'examiners'
simply tell lies, make up wild stories and bend the truth about me.
They feel they can be anonymous on the Net. Sad, sad people.
I used to worry about them, but now I sleep like a baby.
I
get the most Hate Mail on the Internet.
You will find it
astonishing that I get the most hate mail on the music net. Quite
astonishing. I go through each day trying to do good, help music guys
and spread the word that success is attainable...it's actually easy, the
method is available for all to have .... I smile when I think that you can
only get it through The Serious Writers Guild ... but that is the simple
truth. I have never seen it anywhere else, although I saw an article in
the PRS monthly magazine today that may as well have been written by me.
It confirmed all that I say about the only real confirmation of success in the
music industry is 'money'.
It was well
written and it was nice to see such an august body as Performing right Society
in the UK totally agree with me.
“And
before you suggest that this is nothing short of ‘selling out’, remember
that many before you have discovered that it is possible to stay true to
your musical principals and still have as career.
What’s less likely, however, is for an act to fail to generate any
money, for anyone, and to still have that career.
It’s important to remember that you work in the music business and
while it’s crucial that the people you work with [labels, publishers etc.]
believe in your music, it’s also important that they are confident that
you will generate the revenue necessary for creativity to flourish”
Thanks
to 'Demo to Limo' PRS 'M' magazine Sept 2005
Some
guys just cannot abide success in music
It seems that it
is a simple fact that guys who have never had success in their lives cannot
stand the fact that there is someone like me telling music folk that the fame
and fortune is available...it is possible. But you have to be prepared
for some serious change....if you have not had any success doing it the way
you have always done it, then your way is obviously wrong. Simple?
Looks simple to me!
Mother
Theresa also said ...
"It
is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy."
The Second
Search Engine Optimisation tip:
For those with
Web sites.
Many have done
that ... you will notice the change in your search engine positions.
"Very
best auto responder:
I
will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons.
When
I return, please refer to me as ' Margaret' instead of 'Steve'."
Next the 'on
site' improvement.
Go to your HTML
source page . This is easy. Simply mouseclick
'view' in the toolbar then 'source' and you will see the HTML [code] for your
page. If you have designed the site yourself or your web designer has
done it I would almost bet that the 'title' ... which you should find toward
the start of your HTML coding, is titled with 'New Page 1' or has no title
whatever....right?
I advised you to
buy a simple book on HTML coding language to get a working knowledge [that's
all you need] of the language that your site is written in.
Find where the
'title' is. It will look like this: <title> Blah blah blah
blah </title>. Simply change the title to what you want your
site to reflect. For example "The greatest film music | film score
music and TV Film Background music". Search engines do not like the
word 'and'. Keep the title to below 12 words and use the symbol |
[usually on the left of your computer keyboard] . ... use that instead of
'and'.
That will be the
'title' that the search engines will spider and find. Then they will
reproduce that in the search engine findings when anyone is looking for, in
this instance, 'film music making' or any combination of the words in the
title you have designed. I am keeping this simple for non web site guys.
Members who want fuller information simply call me...you have my number...or
Email me.
More next week.
"First
things first, but not necessarily in that order"
Soundproofing:
Carpet padding is
not only thinner and denser than foam, it is easier to cut and position.
Density matters when it comes to noise. As a general rule, it takes more power
to move a larger mass. The heavier the material is, the better it'll be at
stopping sound.
"Progress
might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long."
Does
this sound like a recipe for success?
From the Internet
Music Conference (posted on CD Baby.com). Sounds like she listens to
Dec?
One
artist made the biggest impression on me at this conference. I noticed her
first because she's gorgeous, but the other stuff quickly made that
unimportant - and there's an inspiring lesson in here.
Her
name is Rayko. Japanese musician from L.A. She was going up to every single
person at the conference introducing herself, getting into great
conversations, finding out what everyone does, taking notes. Every time
someone handed her a business card, she grabbed her pen and wrote down notes
about that person on the back, to help her remember. She probably befriended
hundreds of people in 3 days, including me.
She's
decided to get successful in 2-3 years instead of 8. How? Try to digest
this:
She
made a great rock record with the best musicians and producer she could get.
She hired a great director and made an exciting, professional MTV-ready
video.
She took clips of that video to make 30-second commercial spots which she
gets onto local TV stations before she goes to play a town on tour.
She gets to every town a day before the show to do countless meet-and-greet
interviews, in-store appearances, flyer-promotion, and every other promotion
tool you've ever heard of.
She gets right into the crowd after every show is done to sell CDs and sign
up hundreds of people to the mailing list.
She answers every fan letter with a hand-written letter.
She immediately sends a thank-you card to every biz contact she meets.
She does great photo-shoots to give a her a ton of marketable photos.
She's hired a successful marketing company to do her promotion, publicity,
and radio.
She's got an incredible press kit which is promptly FedEx-ed to anyone who
needs it.
And all the while, she's constantly practicing and writing and
recording new music.
"Don’t
look down on somebody unless you are giving them a hand up."
The
visual laugh
We all like a laugh, so
each week I will give you a 'visual' laugh, just mouseclick on the link [don't
forget to come back?].
You will need Power
Point program or Windows Media Player for these visuals...should
be on your computer. Don't forget to hit Alt and Return to make the picture
full size.
Great fun and a
lovely baby pic.!
"Old
gentlemen are not in the habit of taking advice from young gentlemen " Sir
Richard Hughes 1805
Success
Stories:
Go
to www.makehits.com/testimonials.htm also
www.makehits.co.uk/applause.htm
for stories that will amaze you and fill you full of hope for YOUR
future.]
"The
income curve is way up on last year - in fact I achieved 2/3rds of last years
total income just in the Spring this year, took August completely off work to
write music without money worries, and we are on track this autumn to exceed
last year's income by the end of October. That's about double the money,
for about half the time spent compared with last year.
Your
material is being thoroughly applied"
David
Day Studio 9 Ltd.
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Charts:
USA
[my thanks to Charles in the USA for supplying this]
(1)
Gold Digger, Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx [Roc-A-Fella/Def
Jam]
(2)
Shake It Off, Mariah Carey [Island]
(3)
We Belong
Together, Mariah Carey [Island]
UK
1) Pussycat
Dolls ft Busta Rhymes - 'Don't Cha'
2)
Sean Paul - 'We Are Burnin'
3) Gorillaz
- 'Dare'
Download
Chart
[now the most important chart in the UK]
1) Pussycat
Dolls Ft Busta Rhymes .... Don't Cha
(Universal Music)
2) Daniel Powter
... Bad Day (Warner Music)
3) Kanye
West Ft Jamie Foxx ... Gold Digger
(Universal Music)
"Life
is an uphill struggle, downhill all the way!"
Chart
Comment:
Considerable
change around this week. But the UK main chart is different to the USA and
the Download chart.
After
a couple of weeks of turnover at the top it is something of a relief to report
that an element of stability creeps back into the chart, the commanding lead
enjoyed by the Pussycat Dolls last week enables them to spend a second week at
Number One with 'Don't Cha'. Entertainingly the backlash against them has begun
already in some quarters with the most gleeful reports centering around the
discovery that 'Don't Cha' was originally recorded by its composer, Tori Alamaze
who found a potential hit single taken out of her hands when it was decided that
the Pussycat Dolls were far more marketable.
The
biggest new hit of the week goes to Sean Paul who storms back onto the chart
with his first single in 20 months.
"The
best mirror is an old friend"
George Herbert 1593-1633
Subscriber's
Section:
Interesting
changes made since a 'demo consultation'?
Morning
Dec!
I CANNOT BELIEVE that I was stupid enough to send you a demo for
consultation .... 'Now I Am The Voice' some months back .... BEFORE
completing 'Make a £Million' ........ You rightly pulled it to
pieces in a positive and constructive way .... I am now sitting here going red
in the face thinking I submitted it without having completed the course!!!
What a clutz!!
Using
your advice, thoughts and information my music is now majorily different and
massively improved. Modest yet vital improvements to my home studio
...Yamaha Motif rack, Behringer composer pro, Marshall JMP-1 (£120 from
eBay!!**). Great silence in recordings now too.
A
serious thought for the maestro of the Serious Writers
Guild :
Like many others I travel a great deal by car and subscribe to the
idea of the 'University of the car' i.e. listening to spoken word (as well as
music) CDs every moment I get .... Why not produce a CD version of Make a £Million
.... think how great that would be ... you could even use real music examples
etc .... For example, I have played your demo consultation loads of times in
the car .... going ouch ouch each time (no pain no gain)... and that has
really helped me focus on asking the right questions about what i am doing
musically.
Dec
many many thanks again. Please keep up the outstanding work that you do
.... it's inspiring to know people that care and dare!
All
the very best
L *****
My
Reply:
L*****
Many
thanks for your kind words.
I
am always wary that I can be too 'direct' in my demo consultations....but then I
feel that "if you can't stand the heat...etc."
You
have a great module in the Yamaha Motif...definitely flavour of the month at the
moment.
You
seem very serious about your productions...and with that in mind I would suggest
you change your whole system to Mac ... if you have not already.
I
recently advised a Member to convert and the results are quite shocking.
The real price was 'crazy'.
Mac
G4 tower, keyboard, mouse [with Logic installed although he did not use it]
NEARLY NEW - £200
Mbox
fitted with Pro Tools, Reason, Factory [Joe Meek Compressor etc.], Ableton Live,
T Racks, Amplitube, Sampletank, NEW £215 [from USA]
Edirol
UM2 [USB - two midi in, two midi out] NEW [Guitar Amp Keyboard Centre] £52
Belkin
USB hub [one in 7 active USB's out] Currys NEW
£49
Monitor
[borrowed from existing PC, now used for office work as it should be] Wouldn't
be a cost as it is impossible to use the two computers together.
Total
cost for state of the art, all singing, all dancing professional set
up to be proud of and bring you in line with 'the big boys' .... £516.
Re:
recording the 'How To Make A $Million Course"
I
have recorded 'The Art Of Live Performing' ... and that was a technical
triumph....gets huge reaction...both as a download and as a two CD's a month
course. www.liveperforming.com
. I got enormous pleasure recording it .. and even more pleasure from the
'thank-you's'
I
will record 'How To Make A $Million' ... but my immediate goal is to release '57
secrets of a Hit Record' in the next month.
Watch for the Email shot
Regards
DEC
[Cluskey]
mailto:dec@makehits.co.uk
'Mad
About Music' the seminar on CD and CDrom is now ready....Dec at his best!
Check out http://www.makehits.com/madaboutmusic.htm
or call 01323.728005 [+44.1323.728005]
"Not
only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends"
Woody
Allen
Regards
Dec
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The gags:
[ do you fly often?]
An airline pilot
wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway
really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand
at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for
flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad landing, he had a
hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a
smart comment. Finally everyone had gotten off except for this little old lady
walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, mind if I ask you a question?"
"Why no Ma'am," said the pilot, "what is it?" The little old
lady said, "Did we land or were we shot down?"
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