There was this neat conference call last night, an indie musicians support group type of thing on a neat site called Talkshoe. I couldn't be in for the whole thing, but it was also recorded so I went back and listened to it today and people would ask questions like "Does anyone know about RSS? I heard it's good but I have no idea what it is." And I was silently bounding out of my seat screaming, "I KNOW, I KNOW!!" to nearly all of their questions, or I had an opinion to share on nearly all of them. It felt like I was one of those people who shouts the answers to Jeopardy when it's on TV or something. Except it was all on the inside. LOL.
I've started formulating a letter to respond to some of the things they were mentioning. It just kind of kills me that people don't know about these things that could SO improve their lives! ahhh! But it also makes me think I could have some value. It's crazy, because all the stuff I know is just from reading and researching, that anyone could do, but they obviously haven't had the time to do that, and/or don't even know where or what to look for. Maybe I have a place in the world! :D But I still really want to write my OWN songs and get out there! ARGH! TOO MUCH TOO MUCH! I want it all!!
Feeling much, much, much better. Still have a stupid cough. Just remembered the herbal concoction that S recommended to me back in the AS days for getting rid of congestion. It is MOST FOUL, but effective. damn. Now I'll have to go get some. blegh. The things I will do to go the herbal route over drugs...
3 comments:
Write that letter. Then expand it. Put parts of it on your website, in bite-sized blog snips (either or both this and Lyrical Venus). Add examples to illustrate how each part works.
Then put it all together in one thing and find a publisher.
Seriously. You totally have the knowledge and ability to do it. And it will help you build a market for your own music as well.
But treat it like a second job, with defined times to work on it and NOT work on it. Because you do need to carve out a space to work on your own music, and protect that space so that you can focus on what you want artistically as well.
(and also, I'll do the index if you need it. That might depend on the publisher though.)
Wowzers, I never in a million years thought about writing a book! There are so many out there already! But thanks for that vote of confidence, what an idea... whoa. wheels turning...
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