Take a listen - I posted a bare/raw version of this already, but DAMN I love this song now. THIS one is for the ORG project.

http://www.blindslim.com/...Star69.mp3

Well - okay, just the guitar is Controversy-ish - well - no - the doubled vocals too... so sure, yeah, CONTROVERSY.

I will take a listen in about an hour when I am able to get on my bosses computer!

nice one beau!!
(although i think u should work together with someone to reach that higher level...but wow great track!)

hhcoy said:

AUGH! I think the whole thing was done in the wrong key - my vocals are either looking for low notes, or humping for the octave above. I'm moving the whole thing up to D, see what I can do.

But, then again, I kind like the oddball non-super-rock-star vocals... if I belt it out, it'll come across as Tom Jones-ish. Thanx for the input.

I love it, Beau! You have to put this one on the NFO! It is definitely your funkiest yet!

Peace,

JD

Good tune.

I gave it a spin on NewPowerRadio.

Here's my latest:

http://personal.nbnet.nb....junkie.zip


Keep 'em comin'

it seem like everytime we like one of ur songs, u always turn around and say, "Damn i 4 got 2 put such and such.." in, man that is FINE. Ur shitt sound cool.

I like the lyric arrangements, alot. Almost sound like something I would make it sound, but is that the Prince in all of us!!!??? Ha ha!

Oh goodness I wish I had live instruments.it makes ur music sound alot mo fresh man! What r u dooin with ur trax? Gonna make an album?

This sone is good 4 the NFO album, hell yeah!

DJEmale said:

Hey wow thanks a ton!

paisleypark4 said:

Yeah EVERYONE that hears my stuff says "Yep. there's prince" and on half of them I'm thinkin, "damn, I intentionally tried to avoid it" but what the hell, if it's in you, get it out. That's my take on it now... why try to suppress your influences? P's got Sly and James pumping through his veins, and it's in his songs, so, there you go.

I'm going to put this on a wrecka, I'm sure - setting up an MP3 account, at - get this - http://www.mp3.com/prints HAH!! They haven't approved the songs yet, so nothing's up there.

This one's going on the NFO for sure. I'm going to make some remixes of it once it's good to go, and shoot for local club play.

I read Daniel Bedington's bio, where he recorded "Gotta Get Through This" in his bedroom, and now that song is an international pop hit... I'm all for that! I'd take a national hit. Hell, I'd take a regional hit. I'd even settle for NEIGHBORHOOD hit!! HAH!!

otan said:

Same here! Damn I would love 2 get out there and just throw out free CDs 2 any1..problem is the'yre not copywrited

Actually, they are copyrighted already.

If you recorded them, they're copyrighted - you're the only one with the right to make copies.

The problem is that they're not REGISTERED.

(Yep. Wrote an article about this subject too.)

Registering your copyright is pretty easy - the easiest/immediate method is to mail yourself a copy, and don't open the envelope... it's date-stamped by the post office, proving the date you mailed them.

BUT those don't hold up so well when someone comes after YOU on copyright infringement. Take a CD of as many songs as you can fit onto the CD (I actually edit the intros and fadeouts - just use the part of the song with lyrics and/or hook lines, anything that you feel is your idea - obviously the first 16 measures of hihats and kickdrum is hardly worth registering).

Then download the copyright form, fill it out, ship it off the the library of congress. It's $35 - or it was last year. You're not limited in the number of compositions you can submit, nor are you limited to any type of grouping. The application asks you to NAME your collection of songs - but that's not the same as the name of your latest album. You can name the collection "songs 97-03", "demos about cheese" or "my greatest hits so far". Doesn't matter... and they can be from any time period - you're not limited to only registering a group of songs that are somehow, uhh, "grouped" other than that they are songs that you're registering.

Hope this helps. There's sites online that are happy to register your copyrights online for up to $100, but don't be an idiot. It's $35 if you do it yourself. Send them a cassette, cd, paper with lyrics and notes about the song - whatever you're able to send them.

really good song!
/manki

Kick ASS!!!

Oh yeah, and:

otan said:

Thanks again for posting such valuable information. Demos about cheese, that's funny. What magazine do you write for again?

mp3.com/Prints... LOL!

I write for Performer - they put out 4 localized mags - Northeast Performer, Southeast Performer, and whatever else - Midwest, Way West? I dunno about the other two.

We get Southeast Performer down here. But my stuff goes into all four versions of the mag.

Their site (performermag.com) doesn't archive the articles, but I did. If'n y'all are interested:

How to Produce and Market a CD for FREE (it's outdated - cites MP3, back when they were actually GOOD)
http://www.blindslim.com/...c=articles

Register your Band Name as a trademark
http://www.blindslim.com/...c=articles

Copyright Registration and Infringement Law
http://www.blindslim.com/...c=articles

Build a Better Band Bio
http://www.blindslim.com/...c=articles

Taxes and Musicians
http://www.blindslim.com/...c=articles
[This message was edited Wed Feb 26 7:15:49 PST 2003 by otan]