AUTHOR: Pamela Parker TITLE: Goals to Move Your Music Forward DATE: 1/03/2007 08:55:00 PM ----- BODY:
Yes, it's cliche, but this is a good time to review your life and career. If you are a musician, you are almost certainly self-employed, which means motivation and focus is all on you. This is a good time to review your self-business plan, and to make some plans and goals. In the next few days I'll discuss some things you should consider doing based upon where you are now.

I am:

a performer

a songwriter

an arranger

a producer

an engineer

I write: Lyrics Music Arrangements

I record demos and am happy with how they sound y/n

I perform as much as I would like.

I have sold a song or two (or more).

The right market for my music is _________

I know what genre the music industry would classify my music as. y/n

I belong to the following music related associations: Of these, I find the following to be useful: Of the others, I have/have not taken advantage of their services. y/n

I have material registered with the copyright office - both songs and recordings.

I have a complete list, somewhere, of what I have written, who wrote the songs, who played on the recordings, and written agreements with those players.

Next time we'll talk about some goals you should consider setting for yourself.

-------- AUTHOR: Pamela Parker TITLE: Goals to Move Your Music Forward DATE: 1/03/2007 08:55:00 PM ----- BODY:
Yes, it's cliche, but this is a good time to review your life and career. If you are a musician, you are almost certainly self-employed, which means motivation and focus is all on you. This is a good time to review your self-business plan, and to make some plans and goals. In the next few days I'll discuss some things you should consider doing based upon where you are now.

I am:

a performer

a songwriter

an arranger

a producer

an engineer

I write: Lyrics Music Arrangements

I record demos and am happy with how they sound y/n

I perform as much as I would like.

I have sold a song or two (or more).

The right market for my music is _________

I know what genre the music industry would classify my music as. y/n

I belong to the following music related associations: Of these, I find the following to be useful: Of the others, I have/have not taken advantage of their services. y/n

I have material registered with the copyright office - both songs and recordings.

I have a complete list, somewhere, of what I have written, who wrote the songs, who played on the recordings, and written agreements with those players.

Next time we'll talk about some goals you should consider setting for yourself.

----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:Blogger Sansietch DATE:1/06/2007 11:04:00 AM Hi. I like the idea for your blog. Maybe we can link ours somehow to generate more hits. I am a musician who does everything himself. I have a blog on "doing it yourself" and hope you will review it. Email me with ideas if you want to do an exchange or whatever. You could do blogs flushing out mine more or on similar topics...hey we could have a book in the end...anything. I'm very creative. My blog is www.writingup.com/sansietch
My website is www.sansietch.webs.com
How about my ebook which I have set as a website also
www.ebookfree.webs.com
Let me know what you think. My email is sansietch@inbox.com ----- --------