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Issue 7.7 - October 2004
ISSN 1480-6975
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@-- Editor's Musings
@-- Music Reviews - by Brett Thompson, Stacey Board & Kathy Brackley
@-- New Artist Spotlight Additions
@-- Songwriting Book Review - by James Linderman
@-- Musical Notes - Songwriting Contests & Market Info.
@-- Muse's Clues - Songwriting Web sites that inspire - brought
to you by singer/songwriter & teacher, Irene Jackson.
@-- Featured Article - Where do you write, and why does it
matter? - by Linda Dessau
@-- On Site Featured Article - An article already online for your
viewing pleasure.
@-- Classifieds & Useful Services
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ISSN 1480-6975. Copyright 1998/99/00/01/02/03 - Jodi Krangle.
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REMIND YOURSELF OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO BETTER SONGWRITING
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E d i t o r ' s M u s i n g s :
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Hello again for another month. Well, autumn is now upon us. I
really love this time of year (and not just because October is
the month of my birthday :)). While I complain about the cold
and snow when it's wintertime, Ontario Canada has just about the
prettiest leaf-turning colors I've ever seen in my life. There's
just something about that brilliant orangy-red color on leaves
and the scent of woodsmoke in the air that thrills me and makes
me glad to be alive. I hope you all are being inspired by your
surroundings too!
We have another new columnist! It's been busy around here. :)
Please help me welcome Linda Dessau to our roster of columnists.
Linda, a music therapist and life coach, will be combining her
passion for music with her passion for wellness in her column
devoted to self-care for songwriters, Soul Writing
(http://www.musesmuse.com/col-soulwriting.html). I hope you'll
drop by her column and read her first article (which you'll also
find excerpted below). You can comment on it within her dedicated
forum in the Muse's Muse Message Board at
http://www.musesmuse.com/forums/index.php?showforum=29
Incidentally, the Muse's Muse member CD being put together on the
message boards is coming right along. :) For those of you
interested in checking out the discussion, have a look at
http://www.musesmuse.com/forums/index.php?showforum=38
The raffle winners this month are:
* Karl Miller from White Mills, PA has won a copy
of the "Musician's Toolkit"
(for details, see http://www.musicianstoolkit.com/muse/)
* Terry Fernihough from Nepean, ON has won a copy of VSS's
songwriting organization product, Lyricist (for details and
information on a discount offered, see
http://www.musesmuse.com/vss-review.html)
* Dee Worley from Columbia, MO has won a copy of the book
reviewed in this issue of the newsletter (below):
"The Songwriter's Workshop: Melody" by Jimmy Kachulis
(http://tinyurl.com/3ckfe)
* Latoya Hucks from Aurora, CO has won a 6 month subscription
to the Onlinegigs (http://www.onlinegigs.com/) service. This
valuable service is a powerful tool for musicians, agents, record
companies and managers designed to virtually automate the
administration of booking and promoting a band or bands.
Happy writing!
--Jodi
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Deadline: Oct 15, 2004
2004 Judges: Monte Lipman (Pres., Universal Recs); Bo Diddley;
Aaron Lewis (Staind); John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting); Sean "P.
Diddy" Combs; Clint Black; David Hidalgo (Los Lobos); Peter
Furler (Newsboys); Alan Meltzer (CEO, Wind-Up Recs); Michael
McDonald (President, ATO Recs); Tracy Gershon (Sr. Dir A&R, Sony
Recs Nashville); Kim Stephens (VP A&R, Lava Recs); Barbara Sedun
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Little People) and many more.
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M u s i c R e v i e w s :
by Brett Thompson, Stacey Board & Kathy Brackley
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NEW MUSIC REVIEWS SINCE LAST MONTH INCLUDE:
Reviews by Kathy Brackley
* Allison Scola
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000734.html
* Tom Hamilton
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000735.html
* Various, African Underground, Vol 1
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000733.html
Reviews by Stacey Board:
* Heillig Manoeuvre
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000739.html
* Jim Croce
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000740.html
* Epigene
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000732.html
* Indra’s Web
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000730.html
* Mann Wolf
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000731.html
Reviews by Brett Thompson:
* PB Ploy
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000737.html
* Erin Frisby
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000738.html
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For bios on each of the reviewers, see
http://www.musesmuse.com/musicreviews.html . If you're considering
sending in your own CD for review, you can also view that page to
find out which reviewer reviews your genre. Thanks!
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N e w A r t i s t S p o t l i g h t A d d i t i o n s :
Great music is only a click away!
Here is the latest addition to the Artist Spotlight section of
The Muse's Muse at http://www.musesmuse.com/artistspotlights.html
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holovox - Genre: ELECTRONIC
The debut halovox CD contains over 70 minutes of innovative and
passionate synthpop/electronica. Includes "Deception," "Make Me
Yours," "Save Yourself," "Foolish Slave," "Retrospect" and a
breathtaking cover of the Depeche Mode classic "Fly On The
Windscreen."
http://www.halovox.com/
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Cole Jennison - Genre: SINGER/SONGWRITER
Singer/Songwriter Cole Jennison wasn't always so driven to
succeed. After a youth full of sirens and suspensions, he pulled
himself together and focused in on Singing and Songwriting. After
5 years of performing and writing for two rock bands ("By Permit
Only" and "Heed") there are two full albums added to his
songwriting lineage. Now on his own, Cole's music comes straight
from the heart.
http://www.colejennison.com/
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Irene Jackson - Genre: SINGER/SONGWRITER
Jackson's introspective, refreshingly cheerful Folk Pop recalls
the glory days of James Taylor and Carole King. The sweet-voiced
Canadian sings about the pleasures and pains of ordinary life in
a quotidian way that draws favorable comparisons to a less
countrified Nanci Griffith.
http://www.irenejackson.com/
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S o n g w r i t i n g B o o k R e v i e w : by James Linderman
"The Songwriter's Workshop: Melody" by Jimmy Kachulis
http://tinyurl.com/3ckfe
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Melody seems to be the element of songwriting that is most
consistently compromised in contemporary music.
It is either made to fit into our latest, favorite chord
progression or made to conform to our lyrics, with their story
line or essential message. Worse still, we force it onto a groove
that will define the sub style that our song will be categorized
in, but don't provide it with much of its own freedom of
expression.
It's often a wonder that any really singable melodies get written
at all when it seems that they often take a backseat to the other
essential ingredients of the song. The irony of this is that in
many respects the melody "is" the song. How it's developed has
much to do with the songs ultimate outcome and destiny.
Listeners hum the melody, not the chords and not the groove and
regrettably they rarely ever know more than about half of the
real words.
Berklee associate professor Jimmy Kachulis has written this
workbook that not only puts melody in the forefront where it
should be but also offers strategies for creating better melodies
within the framework of all of the other important elements of a
song.
Because this is a textbook, the introduction deals mostly with
how you should navigate through the book and gives some
rudimentary information on melody to help you ramp up to the
first group of chapters called Unit One.
Each chapter in Unit One takes an analytical look at the rhythmic
possibilities available when creating melody. These include note
length, phrase length, phrase openings and stress locations,
phrase endings and various types of repetition and contrast.
Each chapter explains its premise, offers a musical example that
also appears as an audio clip on the accompanying CD, and, like
most textbooks, gives an assignment.
Unit Two deals with pitch and what a note's particular relation
would be to its chord. It builds a foundational knowledge of
melodic construction from one single chord tone in chapter one to
writing "whole key" melodies by this unit's conclusion.
The remaining units feature melodic writing, across and over
various chords, such as the ones you'd find in a progression from
a real song. There's also a unit on building melodies over bass
lines and riffs.
The Appendix has some awesome theoretical charts for chord scales
in each key and some recommended progressions to try writing
melodies over.
This book's greatest feature, in my opinion, is the CD. It
really brings the theoretical concept to life but it also gives
those who are not so great at reading notation, a chance to
benefit from the book's illuminating examples.
This would be a great book for writers who find that when they
listen back to their songs in succession, there is a lot of
melodic overlap. It would also be good for writers like me who
are not great singers and want to learn how to write tunes that
are better than their voice tends to inspire.
The Songwriter's Workshop - Melody by Jimmy Kachulis can be found
and ultimately purchased at http://tinyurl.com/3ckfe (on the
second page).
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ABOUT THE REVIEWER:
James Linderman lives and works at theharmonyhouse, a music lesson,
songwriting and music pre-production facility in Newmarket,
Ontario, Canada. He is the Songwriters Association of Canada
regional coordinator for Newmarket and leads a music workshop
program for Life 100.3 Christian radio. James writes songwriting
articles for The Muse's News web magazine, Canadian Musician
Magazine and Professional Musician Magazine.
Contact James at: theharmonyhouse@rogers.com
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SPOTLIGHT YOUR MUSIC ON THE MUSE'S MUSE!
The Muse's Muse Songwriting Resource (online since 1995) now has
a section of Artist Spotlights at
http://www.musesmuse.com/artistspotlights.html where musicians
and songwriters of all genres can strut their stuff. Newly
spotlighted artists are also mentioned in this newsletter (see
above). Check out http://www.musesmuse.com/spotlightinfo.html for
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M u s i c a l N o t e s : Songwriting Contests & Market Info.
In the interest of conserving space, I will only be including
changes to this listing in this newsletter. All other contests
and market information that have already been listed here, are
displayed at http://www.musesmuse.com/contests.html &
http://www.musesmuse.com/markets.html . Please check there
regularly for updates!
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2005 MICHIGAN SONGWRITING CONTEST OPENS
The 2005 Michigan Songwriting Contest is now open to all current
and former residents of the state, and features 13 winners, a
$1,000 cash prize, and performance and publicity opportunities.
No age limits, no music categories. We're looking for Michigan's
best songs: rock, folk, country, jazz, instrumental, Christian,
alt-anything, hip hop. Each song judged on it's own merits.
Formerly the Metro Detroit Songwriting Contest, this year's
contest is co-sponsored by Elderly Instruments and Lamb's Retreat
for Songwriters. Contest opened Set. 1, 2004. Deadline for
entries is March 31, 2005. For info on the 2004 winners and the
2005 contest, go to http://www.michsongs.com/.
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2004 GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST - Deadline: November 5, 2004
The 6th annual Great American Song Contest features Awards &
Prizes for 45 winners in 9 categories. Judges include
Grammy-nominated songwriters, music publishers and recording
artists. ALL ENTRANTS receive a written evaluation of their
songs. Categories are: Pop, Rock, Acoustic/Folk, Country,
Christian/Gospel, Instrumental, R&B/Hip-Hop and a "Lyrics Only"
category for lyricists. There's also a Special Music category for
Patriotic, Novelty, Christmas & Children's songs. Sponsored by
Songwriters Resource Network, a trusted education resource for
songwriters everywhere. Visit http://www.greatamericansong.com/ for more
details.
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2004 UNISONG INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST OPEN FOR ENTRIES!
Offering cash, prizes and real opportunities to new and
developing songwriters around the world. Selected winners will
appear on a special limited edition CD and one Grand Prize winner
will win a trip to write new songs with established professional
songwriters.
Enter by MP3, CD or Cassette! Entry deadline is November 30, 2004
Visit http://www.unisong.com/ for more details.
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GREAT ARTICLES TO CHECK OUT AT GALARIS INDEPENDENT MUSIC:
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* Four Paths to Artistic Success - By Jeffrey P. Fisher
http://www.galaris.com/articles?id=395
* Lyric, Melody, Harmony, Rhythm - By Tom Leu
http://www.galaris.com/articles?id=397
* Effective Logo Design for the Music Industry - By Tony Rodono
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Visit http://www.galaris.com/ and Sign up for the Galaris
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FALL SONG CAMP IN THE COUNTRY
Paul Reisler of Ki Theatre will be hosting the Fall Song Camp in
the Country October 29-31 in Washington VA. Songwriters of all
levels of experience are invited to attend this weekend of
workshops and performances. Presenters include master teacher
Paul Reisler, award-winning actress Julie Portman, special guests
Grammy-winning songwriter Jon Vezner and music-maker
extraordinaire Billy Jonas.
For registration information contact songcamp@paulreisler.com or
fallsongcamp@yahoo.com or call 1-304-689-8034
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LEARN ABOUT MUSIC FROM THE SCHOOL THAT KNOWS - ONLINE!
Berklee College of Music has launched its Berkleemusic.com web
site after nearly two years in development. This ambitious
offering provides songwriters opportunities to take online music
writing courses and explore new music career directions. Users
can create a personal or band web page containing bios, MP3s,
images, reviews, news, and links that are useful resources to
potential employers, collaborators, and students.
For more information visit:
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INTRODUCING A SPECIAL WEBSITE PROMOTION PACKAGE ESPECIALLY FOR
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It's important for your website to be found once it's created. We
all know this. But who can afford the promotion a website needs
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Visit http://www.internet-marketing-mm.com/musicianpackage.html
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M u s e ' s C l u e s : by Irene Jackson
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This month's inspirational website is in the form of an article
from Music Dish (http://www.musicdish.com/). It was transcribed
from a talk given by Gilli Moon to the Songwriter's Guild of
America in Nashville at a presentation back in March of this
year.
First of all, Music Dish has a great monthly newsletter. I
subscribed to it quite a while ago and almost always find
something of interest to read each month. Next to the Muse's
Muse newsletter, it's one of the best! The focus is primarily on
the music business for independents as well as traditional part
of the biz, but it has areas devoted to songwriting, career tips,
what they call a "Digital School" and plenty of other points of
interest. This month's Gilli Moon article in their newsletter
caught my eye.
First of all, Gilli is someone who has a lot of irons in the
fire...she is a recording artist, songwriter, author and
entrepreneur, and has learned a lot since her musical beginnings
"in the wilderness in Australia". From a very remote place, she
has managed to come a long way in a few short years. In this one
talk, she pretty much covers the whole gambit of being an
independent artist, complete with links to websites that might
help you and a good pep talk on getting out there and doing it
for yourself. Even if you don't have your sights on being a
performing songwriter, there is some great advice here.
Gilli also has a non-profit society and website called
Songsalive! (http://www.songsalive.org/) which is another great
online resource and hangout for the would-be
artist/performer/songwriter. It includes a list of Chapters in
various cities in the US and Australia, different events online
and off, articles and reviews, forums, showcasing and the list
goes on and on.
So if you're looking for a really good pep talk, a lot of
encouragement and some new places to surf to get your own
inspiration, read through the Music Dish article and follow the
links!
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Irene Jackson is a performing songwriter from Victoria, BC in
Canada. Aside from writing, recording and performing, she also
maintains a website for songwriters that includes tips, articles
and more links of interest. Her eagerly anticipated CD "Catnip" is
finally here, and her earlier recordings have had attention
everywhere from Japan to South America.
Songwriting Tips: http://www.irenejackson.com/tips.html
Homepage: http://www.irenejackson.com/
Songs on MP3:
http://www.mp3.com/artists/20/irene_jackson.html
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F e a t u r e d A r t i c l e :
Where do you write, and why does it matter?
- by Linda Dessau © 2004
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Editor's Note: This is Linda's first article for The Muse's Muse
as our newest columnist. Please do feel free to comment on it if
you'd like, in her new message board forum at
http://www.musesmuse.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&f=29! :)
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Take a look around you right now. Look away from the computer
screen and scan around – the surface of your desk or table. Now
scan farther to look at the rest of the room. Close your eyes and
imagine the rooms you can't see from here, particularly the space
where you most often work on your songs. Take a deep breath and
really take in the image. What's the impact?
If you're like me, a reformed pack rat and clutter-magnet (and I
think many creative people are), you might even find it difficult
to breathe - almost as if the piles, mess, unwanted and
un-useable items are taking up air. Well, they are!
Clutter, essentially anything you don't need, use or love,
affects your songwriting on many levels. In your workspace, it's
messy and makes it harder to find and use what you need to get
your work done. In your schedule, it creates chaos and a feeling
of a lack of time. In your mind, it clogs the pathway to your
intuition and feeds fear and self-doubt. In your heart, it
blocks out love and peace by hanging onto negative emotions from
the past. In your body, it weighs you down by making it harder to
take care of yourself and harder to hear the messages your body
sends you. In your relationships, it clouds your communication
and affects your ability to give and receive.
This article will give you come clues for how to spot clutter in
your life, and tips on how to begin clearing it out.
Do you have physical clutter?
* Do you spend a lot of time looking for things when you're
trying to work?
* Do you feel uninspired, or even dragged down, by what you see
around you in your workspace?
* Does the clutter distract you by reminding you of things you
need to do (broken things that need to be fixed, half-finished
projects, unanswered mail, unpaid bills)?
* Are there things in your workspace that you haven't looked at
in years?
* Does anything in your workspace remind you of unpleasant
experiences?
Creative energy needs space. While some of the artists I spoke to
when writing my book, "The Creativity Interviews", seemed to
thrive in chaos and busy-ness, most equated creative flow with a
peaceful serenity surrounded by open time and open space.
An interesting aside is that sometimes we do our best writing
when we're away from our workspace - riding on trains, sitting in
cafés or surrounded by nature.
Do you have time clutter?
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For the rest of this enlightening article, please visit:
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000736.html
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Linda Dessau is a singer, musician, accredited music therapist
and certified life coach. She enjoys using songwriting as a
therapeutic tool, to help her clients with special needs express
their thoughts and feelings or achieve other goals such as
movement and participation. She has also personally used
songwriting as a form of personal growth and self-expression.
Linda brings creative artists of all types together in her
Everyday Artist community - sign-up for free today
(http://www.genuinecoaching.com/artist-newsletter.html) and join
the conversation!
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" O N S I T E " F E A T U R E D A R T I C L E :
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Jerry Flattum, creator of the Entertainment Cyberscope, has
returned (Good to have you back, Jerry!)! So to celebrate that
return, I'd like to direct you to his latest article,
"What Is A Song?" here:
http://musesmuse.com/columnistsgreylogs/archives/00000742.html
A song is defined not only by its structural components--melody,
lyric, harmony--but also by style, genre, production, vocalist
and message. A quick historical view will help illustrate how
songs through the ages have in some ways remained the same, but
also how it is the differences that define more accurately what a
song is.
The Entertainment Cyberscope can be viewed off of Jerry's
columnist page at http://www.musesmuse.com/col-jerryflattum.html.
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DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU?
You wanted to become a musician/songwriter and earn a living from
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