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Welcome to Mi2N’s i2N, INDIE NET NEWS The Largest, FREE Source of Musician News http://www.mi2n.com Media Sponsor of * Inside the Music Business ‘Strategies for Success’ http://www.InsideTheMusicBusiness.com * NewMusicWest 2007 http://www.newmusicwest.com * North By Northeast http://www.nxne.com March 27, 2007 VERNON NEILLY SIGNATURE GUITAR GIVEAWAY An opportunity for entrants to win a Tagima Signature VN1 Vernon Neilly Guitar, Set of Seymour Duncan Pickups, G-Fire CD and Vernon Neilly Live In Brasil DVD GIVEAWAY DEADLINE IS MARCH 30, 2007 http://www.guitarglobal.com/content/contest.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INSIDE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * MUSICDISH NETWORK - MusicWorld3D.com Launches A New Virtual Reality Of   Live Entertainment * NEWS HEADLINES - NXNE Film Festival 07 Announces ‘Glastonbury’; - Povertyneck Hillbillies Leaves Rust Records; - Ozzfest Preliminary Line-Up; - Harmonized Records New Signee Future Rock; - Silent Majority Group Signs Fosterchild; & much more * MUSIC RELEASES - Capitan Melao Release Debut Album “Lagrima”; - Amoeba Music To Release Tv On The Radio EP; - Two Cow Garage To Release Third Full-Length; - Return Of A Ramone; - Macy Gray Set To Release New Album “Big”; & much more * EVENT PICKS - Goodbye Sin-e; - Amy Speace @ Rockwood; - and more… * Mi2N RESOURCES * Mi2N INFO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~MUSICDISH NETWORK~~~~~~~~~~ MUSICWORLD3D.COM LAUNCHES A NEW VIRTUAL REALITY OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Interview With Founder Richard Heidenreich After downloading the free Musician’s Playground 3D browser, I landed at the entrance of the virtual realty world, a brand new playground for musicians, artists, fans, venues, games, and more, which can best be described as a cross between MySpace, YouTube and the virtual reality gaming software The Sims. Fortunately for virtual reality novices such as me, the launch pad of Musician’s Playground 3D is full of helpful videos showing new visitors how to move, communicate and generally find our way around this new world. Read “MusicWorld3D.com Launches A New Virtual Reality Of Live Entertainment” at MusicDish Network member - Indie-Music.com http://www.indie-music.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5757 More on MusicWorld3D.com http://www.MusicWorld3D.com More on MusicDish Network http://www.musicdish.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~NEWS HEADLINES~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUBMIT YOUR NEWS To Be Featured On Mi2N http://www.mi2n.com/input.php3 => NXNE FILM FESTIVAL 07 ANNOUNCES ‘GLASTONBURY’ AS FIRST SCREENING; Acclaimed Director Julian Temple Brings The Legendary Rock Festival To The Big Screen http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98550 => POVERTYNECK HILLBILLIES ANNOUNCE DEPARTURE FROM RUST RECORDS; Due To The Current Restructuring Of Rust Records, The PovertyNeck Hillbillies Have Announced Their Departure From The Label’s Artist Roster http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97080 => OZZFEST PRELIMINARY LINE-UP ANNOUNCED; Lamb Of God, Hatebreed And Lordi Among The First Artists To Lead The Charge With Ozzy Osbourne At This Summer’s Historic “FreeFest” http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98542 => HARMONIZED RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW SIGNEE FUTURE ROCK; Harmonized Records Proudly Announces The Newest Addition To Their Already Notable Roster, Chicago’s Own Future Rock http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98574 => FORMER FUEL DRUMMER FINDS NEW HOME WITH SILENT MAJORITY GROUP; SMG Signs Fosterchild And Reveals Album News http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97134 => SIXTH ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO WOMEN IN SALSA; Aurora Flores Of Aurora Communications, Inc. & Founder & Bandleader Of Zon Del Barrio In New York City Has Been Selected To Receive An Award http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98558 => KAREN JACOBSEN PERFORMS STRIPPED DOWN AT THE DUPLEX; New Concert Series By Karen Jacobsen In NYC http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98527 => ASPIRING MUSICIANS INSPIRED BY SURVEY TO PUBLISH MUSIC ON FREE ONLINE MUSIC LIBRARY; A Survey Into Talent And Creativity In The UK That Revealed Robbie Williams Is The Top Musical Influence For Unsigned Musicians, Has Boosted Traffic To The Canopy Channel http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98505 => PAETEC JAZZ FESTIVAL TO PREMIERE IN BALTIMORE AUGUST 9-11, 2007; Baltimore-born Entrepreneur To Bring The Music Home! http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97108 => ITUNES HELPS INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMMUNITY FIND NEXT BIG HIT; In An American Idol-like Contest Featuring Original Songs, Music Fans Will Have A Chance To Pick An Artist Who Will Receive Extensive Promotional Prizes http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97073 => MUSIC VIDEOS AND FILM TRAILERS WANTED; To Help Independent Bands And Filmmakers Promote Their Work Through Comedic Branding http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98611 => GOSPEL GREATS COME TOGETHER FOR “CHURCHIN’ WITH THE SAINTS”; “Churchin’ With The Saints” Is A Contemporary And Traditional CD, Featuring Gospel Greats http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98604 => INFINITY MUSIC DISTRIBUTION INKS DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE DEBUT RELEASE FROM WORSHIP LEADER TOM DUCKETT; Music Video Will Receive World Premiere On Gospel Music Channel In April http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98576 => RAD. RELEASES FUNKY & SOULFUL “EAST BABE” & TOURS EUROPE; Growing Up In The East Bay City Of Oakland’s Notorious Fruitvale District In The 1970’s, Both Area And Era Shaped Rad.’s Musical Taste And Esthetic http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98572 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ADVERTISEMENT~~~~~~~~~~~ MUSICDISH NETWORK’S AMY SPEACE @ ROCKWOOD Come and hang with MusicDish founders Eric and Sounni de Fontenay to enjoy two sets of Amy Speace’s soulful folk/country singing! “The talented Ms. Speace is lately taking her Americana away from twangy contemplation toward tangy confrontation. Paste magazine has discovered her, and you should too… she’s well worth checking out.” Barry Mazor, The Village Voice Saturday, March 31, 6 - 8 PM (2 sets!) Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street, NYC http://www.musicdish.net/amyspeace/index.php3 http://www.amyspeace.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ => VENISHA BROWN AND DARYL BROWN SCHEDULED TO PERFORM WITH TONY WILSON AND THE GODFATHER OF SOUL BAND IN CHARLOTTE, NC; Three Children Of The Late ‘Godfather Of Soul’ Are Scheduled To Share The Stage With Former Musicians From James Brown’s Band http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98567 => VIRGIN COLLEGE MEGA TOUR ANNOUNCES UPCOMING 18 CITY TOUR: RAPPER TALIB KWELI TO HEADLINE; Presented By Stride Gum The Virgin College Mega Tour Gears Up With Sponsors Major League Baseball Properties And Virgin Megastores For The 4th Consecutive Annual Tour http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98566 => L.A. FUNK ENSEMBLE BREAKESTRA ADDED TO A SOUNDS ECLECTIC EVENING LINE UP!; Get Ready To Hit The Floor And Boogie Down To Timeless Funk With Breakestra On April 14, 2007 http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98539 => BILLY COBHAM AND ASERE - THE LATIN SOUL TOUR MAY 2007; Legendary Drummer Meets Groundbreaking Cuban Band http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98533 => WORLDWIDE RADIO COMMERCIALS UNDER $1 OFFERED; Celebrate Radio International Offers Indie Musicians And Labels Worldwide ‘Commercials’ Under $1 http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98530 => SONNY BURGESS TO PERFORM AT THE EXTREME ELAPSED TIME CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT; Sonny Burgess To Perform At The Extreme Elapsed Time Championships Event http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98522 => ROCK/POP ARTIST XOCH COLLABORATES WITH RENOWNED ILLUSIONIST DAVID MARTIN FOR “HYPNOTICA - A ROCK MAGIC TRIOLOGY” http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98513 => GIRLS ROCK PHILLY HOSTS SILENT AUCTION FUNDRAISER, APRIL 6: “COLD ROCK THE AUCTION BLOCK” TO BENEFIT PHILLY’S ONLY GIRLS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL SUMMER CAMP http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98511 => INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION SELECTS 23-YEAR-OLD COMPOSER TO RECORD WITH LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98506 => HELL’S CIRCUS: DEPTHS OF UNIQUE; Drama Fox Was A Name Created At One Of The Blunt Crew Shows When An M.C. Named Drama Wore A Foxtail On Stage http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97222 => ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE’S RECENTLY FEATURED COVERVILLE RADIO PLACES SPOTLIGHT UPON MYSTERIOUS CATMAN COHEN; Mysterious Catman Cohen Receives A Special Tribute For His Moving Rendition Of FIVE FOR FIGHTING Mega-hit, SUPERMAN (It’s Not Easy) http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97187 => SIXTHMAN RAISES THE BAR ON THE ULTIMATE FAN EXPERIENCE BY THREE: GIMME THREE DAYS, THE ROCK BOAT VII AND SHIPS & DIP A ROUSING SUCCESS http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97184 => CHAVIS RECORDS 2007 LABEL UPDATE; Chavis Records Is Happy To Announce The Opening Of Our New European Office Located In Grossheirath, Germany http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97093 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ADVERTISEMENT~~~~~~~~~~~ INSIDE THE MUSIC BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS SEMINAR & SHOWCASE - APRIL 28, FT. LAUDERDALE FLORIDA Your chance to: * Showcase in front of more than 30 industry power players * Appear on nationally syndicated radio show special * Appear on national DVD * Network * Learn the ins and outs of the music business Producers, artists, executives, managers, online players, radio and video programmers representing Pop, Rock, Country, Rap, R&B, Americana And Christian music will be there. Will you? http://www.Insidethemusicbusiness.com/splash2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~MUSIC RELEASES~~~~~~~~~~~ SUBMIT YOUR RELEASE NEWS To Be Featured On Mi2N http://www.mi2n.com/input.php3 => CAPITAN MELAO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM “LAGRIMA”; Capitan Melao Has The Seduction Of Bossanova, The Pain Of A Bolero, The Anger Of Rock And The Words Of A Dishearten Poet http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98578 => AMOEBA MUSIC TO RELEASE TV ON THE RADIO’S IN-STORE CONCERT PERFORMANCE AS THEIR FIRST-EVER LIMITED EDITION EP http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98537 => TWO COW GARAGE TO RELEASE THIRD FULL-LENGTH, “III”, APRIL 24, 2007 ON SHELTERHOUSE RECORDS; Columbus, Ohio Rock ‘n’ Roll Outfit Two Cow Garage Will Release The Aptly Titled “III”, Their Third Full-length http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97234 => RETURN OF A RAMONE… TOMMY RAMONE AND CLAUDIA TIENAN BOWBLUEGRASS DUO UNCLE MONK WITH SELF-TITLED ALBUM DUE OUT MAY 22; Duo Proffers Old-timey String Band Music Informed By The Spirit Of Indie Rock http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97185 => MACY GRAY SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “BIG” ON MARCH 27TH; The Woman With The Most Distinctive Voice In Music Is Back With A Dynamic New Effort That Spotlights Her Classic Pipes http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=97136 => AND NOW FOR OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION READY TO UNLEASH DEBUT ALBUM TO YOU, THE PAST, AND THE QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED ON MAY 8, 2007; These Boys Are Preparing For A Journey That Has Been A Dream Since Their Junior High Days, Which Was Just A Few Years Ago http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98570 => FISHBONE TO RELEASE FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL IN MORE THAN SIX YEARS ON APRIL 24, 2007; A National Headline Tour & Warped Tour Dates In Support Of Still Stuck In Your Throat, On Independent Label Sound In Color, Illustrate A Frenetic Return To Form For The Legendary Los Angeles Band http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98554 => ALO RETURNS TO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW STUDIO ALBUM ROSES & CLOVER MAY 1ST ON BRUSHFIRE RECORDS; The Band Is Set To Kick Off A Major US Tour Starting In San Francisco On May 5th http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=98551 => OH! 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***************************************************************** USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION http://www.songwriting.net 03/27/07 ***************************************************************** *** FREE KEYBOARD MAGAZINE Deadline FOR 12th ANNUAL USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION Celebrating our 12th consecutive year, the USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries! Winning songs will receive radio airplay in United States and Canada along with great prizes such as a Top Prize of over $50,000. Sponsors of the 2007 Competition are: New Music Weekly, Keyboard magazine, Sony, Audio-Technica, Ibanez Guitars, D’Addario Strings, Sam Ash Music Stores, IK Multimedia, Hear Technologies, Mi7.com, Indie Bible, Garritan Music Software, Acoustic Café Radio Program, Livewire Contacts, AirplayOnly.com, Loggins Promotion, Superdups.com, Sonicbids.com and XM Radio. Also, there’s FREE 12th ANNIVERSARY early entry bonus: first 1,000 entries postmarked by March 30 or earlier will each receive a FREE Keyboard magazine subscription (1 full year!). That’s great value of getting music magazine subscription just by entering! Last few days to get this special gift. Ways to enter: *For the regular entry form, please go to: http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html *Enter online with your MP3 files (Powered by Sonicbids): http://www.sonicbids.com/usasong ================================================================== Special Offer for USA Songwriting Competition Get a FREE seminar on DVD! Disc Makers presents Achieving Success with Your Music: Hard-hitting tips on Marketing, A&R, Record Labels, and more. To get your free copy, visit www.discmakers.com/usasong  or call 1-800-468-9353. ================================================================== *** 2006 WINNING SONG Many have asked where you can listen to the top winning song “Bridal Train” written by Vikki Simpson, recorded by The Waifs here (please select the Song “Bridal Train” at the audio panel): http://www.myspace.com/thewaifs ===[ Sponsored in part by Music Books Plus ]==== MUSIC BOOKS PLUS - Thousands of books, instructional DVDs, CD-ROMs, covering: Music Business, Songwriting, Music Publishing, Theory & Arranging, Instrument Technique, Songbooks, Sheet Music … and more! Secure online ordering, newsletter, worldwide shipping. Check out www.musicbooksplus.com ================================================================== *** PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS’ UPDATES *Ari Hest (2002 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention winner) was signed to Columbia Records. He was featured in the March 2007 issue of the Electronic Musician magazine. His songs have received radio airplay throughout United States. *Aruna (2005 USA Songwriting Competition - 1st Prize Winner, Pop) had her song “Saving Grace” placed on MTV’s “The Hills”. *Silje Nergaard (1999 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention winner) had her album released by Universal Music. Her album “Darkness Out Of Blue” entered the charts in Norway in the first week after its release at number 3. Silje is one of very few Norwegian artists to have been commercially released all around the globe, on most continent and major music markets including Brazil, Germany, USA and the United Kingdom, and doing so with great success and phenomenal feedback. *Amelia’s Dream (2000 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention Winner)  had their music T.V. and Film such as: The Disney /WABC Family TV FILM “Everything you want” and on Major motion picture film “Miners Massacre” featured the Amelia’s Dream’s song “Footprints”. *Pepper MaShay (2006 USA Songwriting Competition 1st Prize Winner - Dance/Electronica Category) is a World Renowned artist in the Dance charts. She is known for her hit song “Dive in the Pool” Produced & remixed by Barry Harris (Thunderpuss) Nervous Records/US 2000, and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Dance Club Charts on Sept. 23, 2000. “Dive” is also the #2 Billboard “Club Play” Song for the Year 2000. The song has been extensively featured on the hit TV series “Queer As Folk,” and is on the official soundtrack and has now crossed over to radio. Pepper also sung back up vocals on the #1 hit song by Tina Turner “What’s Love Got To Do With It” and Michael Bolton’s #1 hit “Time, Love and Tenderness.” Her other long list of background vocal credits include world class artists such as Cher, Celine Dion, Kenny G, Vonda Shepard, Ray Charles, Steve Perry, The Wallflowers, Lenny Kravitz, etc.  Also, Pepper Mashay’s song “Lost Yo Mind” hit #1 on the Billboard Dance Charts in December 2006. *Marcy Marxer & Cathy Fink (2005 USA Songwriting Competition 1st Prize winner - Children’s music catgeory) will be the featured panelists along with famous songwriters such as Paul Williams, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis at the ASCAP Songwriters EXPO in Los Angeles, CA on April 19-21. Marcy Marxer & Cathy Fink won a Grammy award with the album in 2005 and 2006 (Children’s music category). ~Were you a past winner or finalist of the USA Songwriting Competition and have some interesting news on yourself? If so, please e-mail us at: info@songwriting.net For complete winners of the 2006 Competition, please go to: http://www.songwriting.net/winners.html ================================================================== Enhance Your Performance! Read Singer&Musician, North America’s #1  Publication for Gigging Singers and Musicians. A Service of the  iLiveToPlay Network - www.iLiveToPlay.net ================================================================== ** SHOWCASES: *BLUEBIRD CAFE SHOWCASE USA Songwriting Competition will present a showcase at the world renowned “Bluebird Café” in Nashville Wednesday May 9, 2007 6pm - 8pm Bluebird Café, 4104 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215-2700, Tel: (615) 383-1461 (alcohol & food are served, reservations are accepted). ~Artists/Songwriters to appear are: Victoria Banks (2006 1st Prize - Country) Tim Mathews (2006 Honorable Mention Award) Cory Batten (2006 Honorable Mention Award) Mary Danna (2006 Honorable Mention Award) Katie Miner (2006 Honorable Mention Award) Treva Blomquist (2006 Honorable Mention Award) Jen Foster (2005 1st Prize - Gospel) Zane Williams (2006 & 2005 Finalist) *SXSW 2007 Thanks to those that attended our showcase during SXSW (South By South West). Vic Moraga, Eric Colville, Tom Sharpe, Hera Hjartardottir and Eric Blakely all performed extremely well. See the group photo of the performers at: http://www.songwriting.net/showcases.html ** COMPILATION CD [sponsored by WWW.SUPERDUPS.COM] “NEW MUSIC NOW Vol 4″ - THE USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION COMPILATION CD sponsored by SUPERDUPS.COM. USA Songwriting Competition’s CD Compilation will be out in March ‘07. It includes the top winners such as Vikki Simpson, The Waifs, Victoria Banks, Kimberly Bass, Jordan Zevon and more. Vol 1, 2 and 3 have been released to the music industry representatives. http://www.cafepress.com/usasong ** COOL MERCHANDISE You can now purchase our cool USA Songwriting Competition T-shirts, Hats & other stuff online: http://www.cafepress.com/usasong ===[ Sponsored in part by IBANEZ Guitars ]======================== Ibanez Acoustic Guitars… Diversity in Size, Sound, and Style. Ibanez has over 75 different acoustic guitar models in 12 very different body shapes to help you FIND YOUR VOICE. http://www.ibanez.com/acoustics/ ================================================================== *** Featured Performing Artists Spotlight Featured Artists of the Month are: ~Fertitta and McClintock (Overall Grand Prize Winner & 1st Prize Group/Duo, 3rd Annual IAMA) ~Judith de los Santos (1st Prize in the Best Female Artist, 3rd Annual IAMA) ~Jon Troast (1st Prize in the Best Male Artist, 3rd Annual IAMA) For more details of the artists, please visit: http://www.inacoustic.com/artists2.html ================================================================== LOGGINS PROMOTION is the leading radio promotion and marketing firm providing services to all genres of music.  We operate at the highest level of efficiency and integrity, so that you receive maximum promotion, exposure, and attention. For further info: 888-325-2901 or email: promo@logginspromotion.com    www.logginspromotion.com ================================================================== *** BREAKING BAD THINKING HABITS by  Daylle Deanna Schwartz Sometimes you need to mind your head before you can mind your music. When you’re in the habit of thinking on a one-way street, YOU can be the main deterrent to progress. We all get into ruts and continue to do things the same way – ways that don’t get us anywhere. It can be easier to complain than to do something about it. Before you scramble to find another path, think about your head, because change begins in your thoughts. They control what happens to you. Want to be a victim? Many people act like they do by continuously breeding a negative mindset. In her interview below, Dorothy Potter talks about how she get rids of the naysayers who try to reinforce victimhood and what they see as they impossible task of succeeding in music. I’ve seen that many of them are too lazy to do the work or have no talent, and must chew up those who want to get ahead. Since they can’t do it, they try to convince others not to bother. Don’t listen! Obstacles can be overcome with hard work, determination, and talent. Don’t make statements that defeat you like: * “Why should a manager ever want to represent me?” That belief can attract what you expect. If you don’t believe you can get a manager, you probably won’t. Professionals can smell insecurity and run from it. Ask yourself why you don’t feel worthy of representation. If it’s because others say it’s hard to get, stop! Let go of negative messages. Many musicians do get managers. Ask yourself, “Why not me?” Or develop yourself more so that you’re more appealing to someone for representation. * “Nobody comes to my gigs.” Keep saying that if you want to play to empty rooms! That belief will hold you back from promoting your shows and inviting people to come. Your attitude won’t be attractive to music lovers. When your performance is good, people will hear about it. Keep practicing and people will come. Leave what happened in the past in the past and live for now. “Now people are going to come to see me play.” * “There’s too much competition for me to succeed.” There is no competition if you’re good and work hard. Snuff out those thoughts and get out into the music world. There’s plenty of room for talent. Now if you don’t have any, that’s another story. But if you do, accept that the only competition for success is the thoughts in your head that hold you back! The good news is you can change them if you choose to. * “A producer said my songs aren’t strong enough so I’ll never make it.” True, if you let it stop you. Or, take songwriting workshops and improve! Few songwriters start out being able to write hits. It takes time to do that. Make time to write with others and learn from pros. Weak songs don’t sell. But like exercising your body makes it stronger, exercising your creativity and learning from feedback will help you write stronger material. Studies show that the brain behaves differently when you repeat the same thought over and over. Our thoughts truly become reality. And you can choose to make it a good reality by choosing good thoughts and letting them roll through your mind, replacing those like “Woe is me,” or “I’ll never get there.” Why not? You can choose to keep believing you can’t or reprogram your thoughts and KNOW that you can. We create patterns with our thoughts. Norman Vincent Peale said, “Change your thoughts and you change the world.” It’s your choice to have ones that defeat your dreams. Success begins in the head. If you believe it’s yours, it will be if you don’t lose faith. It may take longer than you’d like. But you’ll reach where you need to be if you don’t begin to think that it won’t happen. You have the power to get rid of negative thoughts and beliefs about you. Otherwise, they’ll grow and become toxic if you don’t clean them out of your mind. It’s YOUR choice. Always YOUR choice! Things will go wrong. That’s life. Even with my total faith in God, I get setbacks and problems too. I’ll feel down for a bit. But I work on getting my mind set firmly in my faith. I don’t moan, “Why me?” too often. I allow myself to feel down for a bit. Then I begin talking to God and doing what I can to bring my mind back in synch with my beliefs. It’s not easy. But you can do it by talking to yourself, and to your higher being. Negative thoughts reflect a lack of faith. What a waste! Faith manifests incredible miracles when you use it. So use it! ——— Daylle Deanna Schwartz is the best-selling author of I Don’t Need a Record Deal! Your Survival Guide for the Indie Music Revolution. 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IFS-Simi Valley, CA - “There’s unauthorized usage of the D-Town Records name,”…SDC OmniMedia Chief Operating Officer Debby Clinton acknowledged in an interview this week. “Do we have a problem with it?  I wouldn’t call it a problem.  Do we have an awareness of it, and is D-Town Records of Dallas, TX a good-faith partner in the process right now?  Yes.”

Clinton observed that DTR Records is “growing like crazy, and when you’re growing that fast, you’re just trying to keep up with the tidal wave of consumer activity.  ”… They’re running as fast as they possibly can, and we are capitalizing on their current talent pool with our releases of our 57 year old artist catalog, and it’s working out for us.  A Win-Win situation.  However, we will start our process to out spend them by doubling our artist roster and research and development in the song writing publisher’s arena.

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