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Musicstar888 wrote:

Ok, so I'm in a band. We want to send our almost-done CD t a record label, but we don't know if we need an agent or not. (If we do, we have got that covered, because my friend mom works at a music college) I need tips on:
1. How much we should spend on this band a month
2. How to get (a) on the radio or (b) in a local non-chain store.
3. Song ideas!!! (I'm almost out, and I write about 2 songs each week.)
4. Any other helpful stuff, which will be greatly appreciated! 
Thanks, everyone!

lololololololol

Aren't you like 9? Don't you think it's a bit early to be in a band? I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, but what kind of music do you make? Can you give me a sample?

May I direct your attention, Greenboi, to this portion of FMT's post:

floatingmagictree wrote:

I'm not trying to discourage you or anything

Can I here some songs please? And I can give you some inspiration of new songs:

-Write a song about something you like
-Write a song about how you feel now, or base it on events that just happened
-Base it on your life in a subtle way

Thats all I got so far 

What instrument do you play? Or do you sing? I think it's cool that you are in a band!

Musicstar888 wrote:

Ok, so I'm in a band. We want to send our almost-done CD t a record label, but we don't know if we need an agent or not. (If we do, we have got that covered, because my friend mom works at a music college) I need tips on:
1. How much we should spend on this band a month
2. How to get (a) on the radio or (b) in a local non-chain store.
3. Song ideas!!! (I'm almost out, and I write about 2 songs each week.)
4. Any other helpful stuff, which will be greatly appreciated! 
Thanks, everyone!

1. Depends. If
2. First, if you get a record label, call a radio station to play your song, second, just ask?
3. How about:
Rain
Sunshine
The End Of The World
Somethings that don't make sense at all
People who are lazy, and you having fun

4. Remember, don't get too bigheaded. Sometimes it's hard not to, but write yourself a note or something about who you are.

If you want I can try to write you some song lyrics (not the whole song of course  )

floatingmagictree wrote:

Musicstar888 wrote:

Ok, so I'm in a band. We want to send our almost-done CD t a record label, but we don't know if we need an agent or not. (If we do, we have got that covered, because my friend mom works at a music college) I need tips on:
1. How much we should spend on this band a month
2. How to get (a) on the radio or (b) in a local non-chain store.
3. Song ideas!!! (I'm almost out, and I write about 2 songs each week.)
4. Any other helpful stuff, which will be greatly appreciated! 
Thanks, everyone!

lololololololol

Aren't you like 9? Don't you think it's a bit early to be in a band? I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, but what kind of music do you make? Can you give me a sample?

This is scratch and often times people don't think things though. Kind of similar to the lets make a scratch MMO/new C++ FPS threads. They like the idea but don't have a clue on how to go about doing it.

Asking about tips 1-3 is ridiculous because no music professional will take you seriously if you are not even teen aged. Most bands practice for years and never amount to anything let alone accomplish items 1-3. I would just focus on the fun and learning aspects of it instead of becoming a star or something.

archmage wrote:

floatingmagictree wrote:

Musicstar888 wrote:

Ok, so I'm in a band. We want to send our almost-done CD t a record label, but we don't know if we need an agent or not. (If we do, we have got that covered, because my friend mom works at a music college) I need tips on:
1. How much we should spend on this band a month
2. How to get (a) on the radio or (b) in a local non-chain store.
3. Song ideas!!! (I'm almost out, and I write about 2 songs each week.)
4. Any other helpful stuff, which will be greatly appreciated! 
Thanks, everyone!

lololololololol

Aren't you like 9? Don't you think it's a bit early to be in a band? I'm not trying to discourage you or anything, but what kind of music do you make? Can you give me a sample?

This is scratch and often times people don't think things though. Kind of similar to the lets make a scratch MMO/new C++ FPS threads. They like the idea but don't have a clue on how to go about doing it.

Asking about tips 1-3 is ridiculous because no music professional will take you seriously if you are not even teen aged. Most bands practice for years and never amount to anything let alone accomplish items 1-3. I would just focus on the fun and learning aspects of it instead of becoming a star or something.

The news (at least here in the U.S) puts too much emphasis on music stars, sports stars, anything else stars. They portray them so much to the point where kids think, "Hey! All these people got famous, so I can do the same thing and get famous too!" They don't realise that there are thousands of people trying to do the same thing, and only a few of them actually make it big. Take archmage's advise and just focus on the fun and learniing aspects, but be prepared to work your butt off if you want to make it big, because that's how the most successfull stars made it big.

Musicstar888 wrote:

...I don't want to hear anyone saying, "Aww....you guys' songs are so cute!" because, as I said, we're not cute. 

That made me lol when I saw it xD Musicstar can you post some of your songs? I want to hear them 

Maybe you could post a link so that users could find your music?

Edit: oh it's in the forums under another post.  my mistake.  for others wishing to find it here is the link: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=35981

Last edited by PlayWithFire (2010-05-17 18:34:23)