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Using The Internet to for independent Promotion(Lisa Lavie)

Lisa Lavie is  exemplary example of an individual using social network and media to further her career.

She has had much success with You tube, and a majority of her videos number in the millions. This is for good reason, she is a phenomenal singer and Artist.  I found her on You tube about three years ago, and drop by her profile every once in awhile to hear her new cover. She also has her own work and you can find her Debut album -- Everything or Nothing on Itunes.

Her popularity on the web is big, to say the least. As a matter of fact so big that Wikipedia has her in their encyclopedia.  Follow the link  Lisa on Wikipedia

I'm in love with her voice. Her voice reminds me of an artist I worked with in the past also by the name of Lisa. She is now married with children, and her last name has changed. When I knew her it was Lisa Pittman, same kind of sultry soulful voice. Anyway, I think that if Lisa Lavie considered doing a show like "The Voice" she would have the judges pushing their buttons in a hurry. I can't tell you what her plans are for the future,but I can tell you that she has done very well for herself on her own.

The music industry is in a big change and no longer do artist have to sign their lives away to have success.  It takes talent, imagination ,and persistence to achieve goals,but with the help of sites like You tube and many others it can be done. You can check out her You tube Profile Here.Lisa on Youtube

Here is a sample of Lisa Lavies work.

 

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"Sampling" Using Other Artist work in your music. For Etta.

Today's music is filled with yesterdays sounds. Often in music artist use other artist music to either get noticed, pay homage,or to further their popularity.  I am not against ,and it's fine if you don't try and make any money off of it without consent. One of the biggest recognized mistakes of this is "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. The sample that they used was from a Queen-David Bowie song called "Pressure" I wasn't there to say,but someone had to know where that music came from. I think V-Ice really didn't know at first, but he found out when he got slapped with a pretty hefty law suit.

Now a days it's common to hear a song with an old hook or Melody in it. When done the right way with all the rights given to use the original music there are no problems. This is not a new thing it's been going on for sometime now. I think a lot of people would say that Diddy brought this to the for front but believe me he was not alone. Famous artist like Snoop Dog, and Dr. Dre have been down the same road and have had much success from it. Another song that had much success was a cover of a song by Dolly Parton called "I will always love you" Song by Whitney Houston for the sound track of the movie "Body Guard" Many people had no clew it was a Dolly song. Another song that was crossed over to Hip-Hop(mostly where one will find sampling) was Ghetto Super Star, the melody is from a song called "Islands in the stream" song by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.

Here is a link with some info about Sampling

The reason for this blog is because of the passing of the late great Etta James.  One of the most recent sampling of an old song for a new song is by Flo Rida. I think it's just called "Good Feeling" The hook is from a song call "Something got a hold on me" song by Etta James. Flo uses the being of Etta song as his hook.

I'm giving you both to watch. Etta's first/Second Flo Rida.  If for some reason the video is not playing let me know. Often You tube will take unofficial videos down. Etta's song was also covered by Christina Aguilera, and she payed tribute to Etta by singing her song "At Last" in the memorial service. RIP Etta I will be down in the basement tonight!

 

 

Personal note: I am very bad at spelling and grammar. I'm asking you the reader, if you see something or read something that is not right please let me know. I will fix it so that whomever else reads the blog can enjoy it without the mistakes. Thank you and have a good one.

Tools,Tips,and Making MONEY in Music

I would like to share some of the tools,tips,and ways to make money in music. These are strategies that I have learned and gathered over my ten years of working with music. Please understand that no one that follows these tips will be able to buy their own island by next week.  I do guaranty that you will start to collect some money from some of these tips. Just like everything else you do in life it takes time and effort.

Here are a few links for Beginners or professionals looking for ways to get more from their music.

First if you want to do everything yourself that's great,but there are company's on the web that specialize in selling and distributing music. I've worked with Cdbaby and I find them to be a good company that stays in contact with the customer.  They are connect to various other music distributors in digital music. The great thing is they have just joined with Rumblefish 

What that means is a chance for the small guys to get a licensing deal for film ,T.V. , You tube videos. here are the outlines License Your Music 

You can make money this way but understand there are fees to pay to cdbaby, but its a one time fee for each sold items, I am still making some money from my first cd that  I added to cdbaby three years ago. This is a great tool for the beginner.

One tip, Make sure have a plan if you are going to try and make a living at music. This is crucial to your success and income.  Ok, so you want to know how to make money. Here is one sure fire way. Giving ones opinion is a relatively easy way to make some extra cash. Here is a link to a site that offers that deal. musicxray Log  in today and start making money.

Often in music people work with others to achieve their goals. This can be very difficult at times. Here is a video that can help one understand the meaning of collaborating,and team work.