Poll...help me out !!!

Should we continue on like recent 10 songs?

  • Stay the same(Southern rockish)

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • Heavier

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Some R&B

    Votes: 1 12.5%

  • Screw it..just rotate amps & guitars... let it rip & take a lil SIP

    Votes: 4 50.0%
  • Total voters
    8
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Hey my fellow TTR's..been a wild journey this year, 10 songs are in the bag. We appreciate all the feedback & Encouragement

J is not going to ready for live work for a bit yet..so we going to do 10 more this year. That will be 3 CD's in the bag then.(plus 1 from 2016) Do you think we can somehow build up as a recording band until ready. I have established band web page- my FB is packed from the years of band & non profit work(not using till all this crap is settled)

We can go self supportive on the road when its time. Have the gear, Would love to tour, especially with bands of people we know. We cancelled dates this year..had band practicing..then we got hit & run.

Any ideas how we can get this music out there? It's crazy having all this music recorded & just sitting .... i wanna rock !!

In a way TTR is my haven....thanks again, D
 
ChasFred said:
I say it all depends on how J feels, if she needs to slow a little bit then so be it.
Ya'll have been doing a bang up job for sure. Just don't over do it as far as J is concerned.

my .02 worth
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hey thanks..we are looking into some things(teleprompter)..its more memory retention. I did go to fender amps on a tilt..our stage level is way down. It's kinda nice.

She loves it tho....no rush, for sure. Was so cool to see her last year ..develop into a good front woman..was good at bringing us back from extended jams & winding us up...
 
As far as the music goes just do what feels right. If you are in a groove right now stick with it. Don't force yourself to change. Maybe in 6 months a light bulb will go off and you will try something a little different.
 
Cadorman said:
Also, yes get your music out there asap. Put links on Facebook. Get on Instagram. You should really create a simple website where you can let people hear your music, purchase it and keep them updated with what is going on. Especially tour dates once you are ready.
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Have all that..unfortunately my wife is not quite ready...its a fine line what we can post yet cause of all the crap behind the scenes. have a really good FB lotta tires to bands & musicians & venue

Think was trying to figure out how to launch without pics of us & all that stuff that goes with band promo's
 
From experience, I've found that it comes down to whether you can draw...

Touring is exciting and fun, but you can't get bookings unless you can bring ticket sales
to the venue. Unless of course you do it the way my group always did, and tour small venues
where a hundred people is a "decent crowd." We never got rich doing it, and we never got
famous, but we developed some areas where we could get invited back. We couldn't support
a large band doing that, and did the best we could as a duo for this reason. As a duo we were
able to put out enough music (barely) to keep the audience interested. We were always jealous of
the amount of music put out by bigger bands, (and we got blown off the stage many times,
with good grace) but we were able to get almost as much money as they paid to the bigger bands
and THAT made it possible to keep going.

We aimed ourselves at the folk circuit, because we knew that people didn't forget about you
in a week like they would in other genres. Also we identified the Folk stations on public radio
and cultivated them, because we knew that the same people who listened to those radio stations
were the ones who came to the concert series, and the festivals.

So we were courting the community, and that worked for us in the eighties, nineties and oughts.
We didn't just send recordings to radio stations, we offered them interviews and live performances
in the studio if we were anywhere near. Sometimes they would accept. And THEN we did our best
to sound interesting! It wasn't always easy, especially if it was at six in the morning or something.

That's all changed now of course, and I don't know if anybody listens to the radio any more.
But the idea remains the same. Identify who you think might buy or support your music, and
woo them as best you can. If that works, try and get bookings to play in front of that community.
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Life changes have taken me off the road now, so I'm looking back. To me, if feels like the CD era
is over, or almost over. My career began back in the analog days of magnetic tape and vinyl
records. We actually made a 45 rpm single, so I've seen all those technologies disappear for
lack of interest, vinyl records, 8 track tapes like the above. cassette tapes, CDs, now what?

I don't know how the musicians of the future will woo their community of choice, and get
support for their music, but I believe that you will. People want what you can do... they need it, and
that's why they will pay to get in. How to get them to realize that they need what YOU can do,
now that is the real question. I wish you well... the story of my group might be a story of persistence
more than anything else. Never give up. You have something unique to offer, and that may be
the way you distinguish yourselves from all the rest.
 
Col Mustard said:
From experience, I've found that it comes down to whether you can draw...

Touring is exciting and fun, but you can't get bookings unless you can bring ticket sales
to the venue. Unless of course you do it the way my group always did, and tour small venues
where a hundred people is a "decent crowd." We never got rich doing it, and we never got
famous, but we developed some areas where we could get invited back. We couldn't support
a large band doing that, and did the best we could as a duo for this reason. As a duo we were
able to put out enough music (barely) to keep the audience interested. We were always jealous of
the amount of music put out by bigger bands, (and we got blown off the stage many times,
with good grace) but we were able to get almost as much money as they paid to the bigger bands
and THAT made it possible to keep going.

We aimed ourselves at the folk circuit, because we knew that people didn't forget about you
in a week like they would in other genres. Also we identified the Folk stations on public radio
and cultivated them, because we knew that the same people who listened to those radio stations
were the ones who came to the concert series, and the festivals.

So we were courting the community, and that worked for us in the eighties, nineties and oughts.
We didn't just send recordings to radio stations, we offered them interviews and live performances
in the studio if we were anywhere near. Sometimes they would accept. And THEN we did our best
to sound interesting! It wasn't always easy, especially if it was at six in the morning or something.

That's all changed now of course, and I don't know if anybody listens to the radio any more.
But the idea remains the same. Identify who you think might buy or support your music, and
woo them as best you can. If that works, try and get bookings to play in front of that community.
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Life changes have taken me off the road now, so I'm looking back. To me, if feels like the CD era
is over, or almost over. My career began back in the analog days of magnetic tape and vinyl
records. We actually made a 45 rpm single, so I've seen all those technologies disappear for
lack of interest, vinyl records, 8 track tapes like the above. cassette tapes, CDs, now what?

I don't know how the musicians of the future will woo their community of choice, and get
support for their music, but I believe that you will. People want what you can do... they need it, and
that's why they will pay to get in. How to get them to realize that they need what YOU can do,
now that is the real question. I wish you well... the story of my group might be a story of persistence
more than anything else. Never give up. You have something unique to offer, and that may be
the way you distinguish yourselves from all the rest.
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I fund it all..so money is not an issue...found out a long time ago..make your own shows & then the money follows

More i think about it...move to FL & old school earn it....here its instant shows & same ol same ol..miss it but got more interested in the non profit sector

maybe thinking since selling the business...maybe apply that time & effort into the band a "brand" just see how far it can go

the main obstacle..is will we have to face being a recording band only at this point..i dont think so..as time goes by..but if its reality...maybe work on the aspects of marketing..i re created new FB & web links..kinda want it all away from my personal stuff at this point in life....

,maybe just some patience & keep banging em out
 
Like others said, keep true to yourself. Many performers play multiple genres
just for money... I know a number of guitarists who do this, couple bassists and one keyboardist.
Play blues on Thursday night, rock an roll on Friday night, Country on Saturday
night, gospel on Sunday morning and Jazz on Sunday afternoon. Drummers do it too.

But if you don't have to do this, you'll play best what you love best.
IMHO one of the most important keys to getting your music out is video.
Not what you wanted to hear maybe, but true. Make them when you're
ready. That's the blade edge of it: There are seventeen ways for a video to
go wrong (and do you more harm than good)... there is only one way for it
to go right: When EVERYTHING is as perfect as you can get it.

Having good video makes you more credible, and more visible.
Good fortunes and safe travels...

When I think of how many close calls we've had on the highway, it's only the most
dangerous thing any of us ever do. Just get in your car and drive down U.S. 6...
or any other road. Unless you join the Marines, you'll never do anything more fraught
with danger. People think they are in control when they are driving, but it's not true.
The doo-doo can hit the foo-foo so fast, the only way any of us ever gets from point A
to point B is by dumb luck. Forty-five years on the road tells me this.
traffic jam.jpg
The crashing of aircraft is high drama, but there's an area of silence around the death toll
on the highways. And the injuries... Nobody wants to talk about it.
They all think they are in control. It's a form of self delusion, but it's sweet, isn't it?
Me I've always known how dangerous it is, and wanted to do it anyway. Music is what I
always wanted to do, and I faced the fact that it might kill me, and wanted to keep going.

No regrets, just fervent thanks that I survived it. I'm very grateful, and VERY careful.
I remember the bad old days, when we played bars, and loaded out at 2:30 a.m. and
drove down the road with all the crazies who had been in the bars all night drinking.
When the bar tender would sing out "Last Call!" and all the crazies would order one more
and chug it. And then go get in their cars and punch it. I think it's a LITTLE less dangerous now,
because people are more aware of how stupid that all is. *shrugs
on the road to success.jpg
Don't get complacent, and don't ever let your guard down. Don't drive sleepy, and
don't drive under the influence of anything but coffee. There it is.
 
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Col Mustard said:
Like others said, keep true to yourself. Many performers play multiple genres
just for money... I know a number of guitarists who do this, couple bassists and one keyboardist.
Play blues on Thursday night, rock an roll on Friday night, Country on Saturday
night, gospel on Sunday morning and Jazz on Sunday afternoon. Drummers do it too.

But if you don't have to do this, you'll play best what you love best.
IMHO one of the most important keys to getting your music out is video.
Not what you wanted to hear maybe, but true. Make them when you're
ready. That's the blade edge of it: There are seventeen ways for a video to
go wrong (and do you more harm than good)... there is only one way for it
to go right: When EVERYTHING is as perfect as you can get it.

Having good video makes you more credible, and more visible.
Good fortunes and safe travels...

When I think of how many close calls we've had on the highway, it's only the most
dangerous thing any of us ever do. Just get in your car and drive down U.S. 6...
or any other road. Unless you join the Marines, you'll never do anything more fraught
with danger. People think they are in control when they are driving, but it's not true.
The doo-doo can hit the foo-foo so fast, the only way any of us ever gets from point A
to point B is by dumb luck. Forty-five years on the road tells me this.
View attachment 31773
The crashing of aircraft is high drama, but there's an area of silence around the death toll
on the highways. And the injuries... Nobody wants to talk about it.
They all think they are in control. It's a form of self delusion, but it's sweet, isn't it?
Me I've always known how dangerous it is, and wanted to do it anyway. Music is what I
always wanted to do, and I faced the fact that it might kill me, and wanted to keep going.

No regrets, just fervent thanks that I survived it. I'm very grateful, and VERY careful.
I remember the bad old days, when we played bars, and loaded out at 2:30 a.m. and
drove down the road with all the crazies who had been in the bars all night drinking.
When the bar tender would sing out "Last Call!" and all the crazies would order one more
and chug it. And then go get in their cars and punch it. I think it's a LITTLE less dangerous now,
because people are more aware of how stupid that all is. *shrugs
View attachment 31774
Don't get complacent, and don't ever let your guard down. Don't drive sleepy, and
don't drive under the influence of anything but coffee. There it is.
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Good stuff !! Thanks

Video ..that is what studio wants to do next...prob conceptual..might pick one with topic

have songs for bullying-suicide-beating heroin-alheimers coming up

last Cd was about going south..next one is about life's battles
 
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