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SUCCEEDING AS A SONGWRITER… NASHVILLE

Should I Have My Songs Professionally Demoed?

Some people ask, after listening to some of the songs on my website, whether I do my own demos or not. I’ve replied, "Sometimes yes, sometimes no".

I thought I would give y’all a few quick “whys and why nots”.

This is a question that I wrestled with for quite awhile -- Should I pay to have my songs professionally demoed? Me especially, because I already have a project studio of my own with all the gadgets needed to produce a pretty refined piece of work.
So, for starters, why should anyone consider paying a Nashville studio or a studio in any other city for that matter, to do a demo?
Why?
Because the competition is getting his or her songs pro demoed. You’ve heard it before that a great song is great even when it is done only as a bare-bones guitar/vocal. “A great song will find its way, regardless of the arrangement”. My favorite is this one, “Sometimes it is better to do just a guitar/vocal so that a producer can hear the song au natural and later do the full arrangement! Yeah, thank you so much… That authoritative notion routinely oozes from the hit-cranking occipital lobes of those songwriter-website-gurus who’s list of cuts you just can’t quite recall… You are competing with the best. They get songs pro demoed.

When, in college, you are told that hand-written work is not acceptable.
When applying for a job, you need to put on clean clothes and rub a little Valvoline through the scalp… “Clip them toenails if ya ain’t gonna wear no shoes… Yep, the scissors can always be replaced”!

PRESENTATION… Demo at least one song to compete...

The fact is, if every songwriter in Nashville is putting on clean clothes and clipping their toenails, you will be ignored if you don’t follow suit. And, believe me, every songwriter in Nashville keeps himself and herself looking very dapper indeed. They take courses.
Dress for success courses, courses on speaking, courses on when to shut up, courses on mingling and courses on drinking – bottled water that is… Alcohol is forbidden now in country music. It has been for several years. You must belong to a heath club and you must be a handicapped golfer in order to be considered country.
By the way, if you want to make an impression, never turn up a bottle of your favorite water in mixed company! It symbolizes desperation for goodness sakes!

Anyhoo, us cow tippin’, country lovin’, shine shakin’ beer guzzlers ain’t got a chance to get a song cut. Or so they think. Here’s my plan:

PLAY THE GAME…

Go to clubs… Make friends…

SEEK OUT AND INFILTRATE… The “A” list songwriters…

I learned a little about subversion in the army. You need to dress the way they do, talk like ‘em and act like ‘em in addition to getting your song pro-demoed like they do. Then once you’re in… Take over, baby... Sneak in. It’s your world then…Subject ‘em to it…
I have a plan to go out back of my house to the goat shed – yes I have goats -- and gather up a pound or two of goat berries, bring ‘em in and dip ‘em in chocolate…
Mmmm! Chocolate covered tidbits for my new bunch of snotty-nosed, non-country, fluff-writin’, songwriter friends! Just wash ‘em down with a bottle of Avian… Don’t turn that bottle up, though! It’ll show you’re desperate!

NYUK!...

So yeah, in order to compete with those who are getting cuts, your song needs to sound radio-ready. You really should try to get at least one demo done professionally. Have your favorite song done, though. Not the one that you think is currently cuttable, your favorite. Why? Because if it doesn’t get cut you will have to listen to it for a long time, that’s why!

By the way, for you lyrics-only folks, there are plenty of places that will fit music to your lyrics and then record your demo, too. Always stick with a reputable demo studio, though. Also, ask for a demo cd of their work. And don’t be concerned that you don’t speak the language that studio engineers speak. They know that already!

Best wishes…

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