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June 07, 2006
Nashville – June 2006 – Day 5
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Today was 6/6/06. 666! Kind of spooky and satanic, isn’t it?
Actually, it was a beautiful early summer day in Nashville, and as I sit here in our freshly cleaned room writing this, not one satanic thing has happened to us.
This morning we met with Matt Lindsey, a publisher in Nashville, with an office on “Music Row.”
Sheryl met Matt at an NSAI function a while back and has an open door with Matt to submit any songs she thinks may be suitable. He has been a great encouragement to Sheryl in her songwriting.
We weren’t there to pitch any songs, just to have a short visit, and talk about the music business in general. Just for fun, we gave him a copy of Sheryl’s new children’s album, “I Feel a Song Coming On.”
After our meeting with Matt, we had lunch with Mike Ward, and discussed our strategy for building our BurnLounge business.
Digital downloads are going to replace CDs as the way most people purchase music, and those involved in BurnLounge are in a position to sell that music (millions of songs, and eventually ringtones, audio books, movies and TV shows, etc.).
We want to help our friends, our musical family, and our business associates prosper in this new “digital world.”
Tuesday evening we attended the NSAI Christian Pitch to Label Night, with John Mays, Vice President of A&R for Centricity Records. The meeting was held at the NSAI building.
Basically, those in attendance had the chance to “pitch” one song to Mr. Mays. Their CDs (Or in a few cases, cassettes) were played to the group, usually just the first verse and the chorus. John would then make a few comments about the song, and if he wanted to pursue it further, or consider the song for possible future use, he would take the CD with him.
The submissions ranged from excellent to “interesting.” Out of the 25 or so songs played, he took 2 for further consideration.
Of course, that’s no guarantee that anything will happen for the writer. John may listen to the songs again, and later decide not to use them. But you never know!
We had a chance to meet John after the meeting. He was a presenter at the Xpress Him! Creative Arts Festival, which was held April 20-22 at the Marlton Assembly of God Church in New Jersey. Sheryl and I were presenters at the same festival, but we never got to officially meet him there.
He was very encouraging to the writers present at the NSAI meeting, and advised them to keep creating new songs.
After such a full day, we had to go to Maggie Moo’s for some ice cream, and call our friends back in Florida and find out how their NSAI meeting went.
Hi, Asli!
Posted by leon at June 7, 2006 04:56 PM