Posted by donna henry
on September 19, 2008, 2:14 pm, in reply to "Looking outside your own songwriting for songs"
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dear mr.lonnie. i am a big big fan of erin hay--dont belive me take a look at my profile on singsnap and you will see a player with her singing her songs and every time some one clicks on any of her songs she gets air time and another one on there is joel kerley who is also on soundclick trying to get some where with his song writeing or singing--and last one is me doin a song i dedicated to my step daughter and i changed the words and do the child part on it with out going back to harmony to do it. second of all in reference to something you said in your letter what songs can i name besides achy breaky hear--- here they are by say artiest billy ray cyrus-- achy breaky heart, some gave all, she's not crying any more, where am i gonna to live. sincerly yours donna henry. i hope you take a look and listen on my profile on singsnap if you or erin dont like me havin that there i will remove it but as i see it im helping some one i love to hear.donna.
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: Looking outside your own songwriting for songs
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: I see so many CD's that look good and
: sound good but after listening to them you
: can't remember one of the songs a week
: later. This is because of the songs chosen.
: They seem to be a watered down version of
: whatever is popular at the moment. Most of
: the problem is the original idea behind the
: songs say nothing new. Most of these songs
: either say "I Love You And I Am
: Happy" or "I Lost You And I Am
: Sad" and they do not say it as well as
: Carrie Underwood or Alan Jackson just
: finished saying it on their last albums.
: Remember when you are picking your
: songs that the better the song the cheaper
: it is to promote it. If you wrote a song
: that is kind of like the last Tim McGraw
: single why would a music fan want to buy it
: when they can have the Tim McGraw song ?
: You need to be honest with yourself.
: Think of all the country artists that
: have worked for years off the strength of
: one "Hit" song. Everyone knows
: that Dave Dudley sang "Six Days On The
: Road" and that Billy Ray Cyrus sang
: "Achy Breaky Heart" now try to
: name me another song they sang ? I can't
: and I have been in the music business most
: of my life. Would you rather music fans
: think of you as the artist that had a
: monster "Hit" or as the singer
: that wrote every one of the songs on all of
: their albums but the fans don't remember the
: title to any of your songs.
: It is pretty easy to tell if you are
: writing songs that are potential
: "Hits". Has anyone other than you
: ever "Cut" one of your songs. Now
: that is an honest question you need to ask
: yourself if you are serious about cutting a
: CD that someone may want to buy. "If I
: am such a good songwriter why am I the only
: one who wants to cut my song" ?
: Why not pick out 3 or 4 of the songs you
: wrote and use them on your next CD and go
: outside your own catalog for the other 6 or
: 7. If you really are the next Kris
: Kristofferson you still have your songs for
: the next CD and you will by then have the
: whole world clamoring for more of your
: original songs if you really are writing
: hits. I am betting this ain't gonna happen
: but you will still have 6 or 7 other songs
: on your CD that are gonna probably be pretty
: good songs because you are going to be a lot
: more critical of other writers than you ever
: will be of yourself. This makes for a
: stronger CD and remember it is still YOUR CD
: and you get the money when one of them
: sells. I always remember the truth in the
: statment Erin Hay made "Let those
: songwriters and publishers have their 9
: cents, I'll take the $12.95 for the CD
: sell." That pretty much sums up why I
: believe it is to a singers advantage to
: look beyond their own songwriting and try to
: find a song that will help them sell their
: album.
:
: Lonnie Ratliff
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