House Concert Music Venues in St. Louis

Nice article in the February #StLouis Magazine on local House Concert #music venues. 

Click on the link below.

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http://www.stlmag.com/arts/music/sofar-sounds-secret-concert/

Successful Songwriting - Time spent within each song component

One important aspect to writing a song, which is often not given enough consideration, is the time spent within each song component. Something you'll commonly find in a hit song is the consistent amount of time throughout a song. Here is the current breakdown for the amount of time within each song.

1. Intro: 12 seconds
2. Verse: 30-35 seconds
3. Pre-Chorus: 8-10 seconds
4. Chorus: 17-30 seconds
5. Bridge: 10-20 seconds
6. Chorus should begin between 30-60 seconds after the song starts. Preferably closer to 30 seconds.
7. Overall Song Length: 3:00-3:30 minutes

Happy songwriting!

Gary

MDA Benefit Concert in Nashville October 28th

If you're in Nashville on October 28th attend the Benefit Concert for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, hosted by Bobby John Henry Bakery at 3rd & Lindsley. More details on this great event, silent auction & performing artists at morethanmusicmda.com

Nashville Here I Come

Heading to Nashville this week for the SMB Conference and to meet up with NSAI songwriters

http://songwritingandmusicbusiness.com/articles/Nashville_Songwriting_Music_Business_Conference_14/

http://www.nashvillesongwriters.com/

Should be a great time in Music City!

Getting ready to head down to Austin for the Songwriters Symposium.  It should be a blast.

1. Songwriting and business classes
2. Private Pitch to Publishers
3. Song Critique
4. Song Circles
5. Showcases
6. Networking and more.

Can't wait!!!

Austin Songwriters Group Symposium

I had fun writing this #humorous #song about growing old, what we do to prevent it and who to blame.

What Were You Thinkin Of

Hope you enjoy it.

First entry

Just created my blog.

Take a listen to my full track player of my original music while you are here.

More to come. Stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by!