March 2009
12 posts
New demos and a report from the field.
Hi Everyone— I just came back from a busy week in Nashville making demos, and meeting with writers, publishers, producers, and folks at BMI, SESAC, and NSAI. Here’s my report. New Songs. My latest songs are online. They are all contemporary male country. Drop me a line if you’d like a CD.
“Backwards“ http://www.marckuchner.com/song/4
“Shade” (a...
2/13/09
Hi Everyone—
I’m busy this week gearing up for a trip to Nashville (anybody want to meet for coffee, Feb 22-27?) but I wanted to pass on a few tips in the meantime.
Can You Duet. Auditions will be held March 7, at the Wildhorse Saloon, 120 2nd Ave. North Nashville, TN. The Tape Submission Deadline is February 20. See this website for more info:
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1/15/09
Hi Everyone,
Happy new year! I hope you’ve recovered from the holidays. The traffic here in the DC area is crazy right now; everyone’s piling into town for the inauguration.
Here are the tips.
Deal on music videos. I talked Washington State videographer Eero Johnson into offering my friends a special deal. He normally charges roughly $1500 to make a video for one song. But if...
12/13/08
Hi Everybody—
The new Keanu Reeves movie is out, “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. While they were filming it, one of the actors called me for advice on how to act like an astronomer. I told him to try writing country songs. Unfortunately the movie’s not doing so well.
Anyway, here are the tips.
Indie Acoustic Project Awards. Submit your CDs to The Indie Acoustic...
11/20/08
Hi Everybody—
It’s just starting to feel like winter here in Baltimore. Here are the tips!
Aria Recods. This label is looking for country artists to sign. They are an independent label associated with Jim Allison, the well known Nashville producer who helped Billy Ray Cyrus get started. So put together your best package and send it in! Their address is at:
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10/13/08
Hi Everyone—-
In this mailing I thought I’d describe some pay services that offer opportunities for country artists, i.e. gigs, producers and labels looking for artists, radio shows, etc. Just let me know if you ever need to be taken off the mailing list. Don’t forget to drop me a line every now and then and tell me about your latest accomplishments!
Sonicbids....
9/5/08
Hi Everyone—-
Here are some new tips. Just let me know if you ever need to be taken off the mailing list. Don’t forget to drop me a line every now and then and tell me about your latest accomplishments!
Do you have a music video?
“Fade To Black”, a TV show aired twice a week in Nashville on Comcast Cable, is now accepting submissions from local artists. The show goes...
8/22/08
Hi Everybody—-
I hope you’re enjoying the last few days of summer. Thanks for all those birthday wishes! Here are the latest tips and news items. Just let me know if you ever need to be taken off the mailing list.
Missile Records. Joe Mitchell from Missile Records in Mississippi contacted me looking for Country artists. I don’t know anything about them except that Joe...
8/8/08
Hi Everybody—-
I hope you’re having a good week. Here are this week’s tips and news items. Just let me know if you ever want to be taken off the mailing list.
Derek Sivers. The founder of CDBaby, former circus performer, and gazillionaire, sold CDBaby to DiskMakers and quit to do other things (sit on the couch? watch TV?). In any case, he now has a website (sivers.org)...
8/1/08
Hi Everybody—-
Every now and then, as I work on my songwriting, I stumble across opportunities and news that I can’t do much with (since I can’t sing to save my life) but that might be interesting to my friends who are artists and managers. Here’s what I learned since my last email to y’all. Just let me know if you ever want to be taken off the list.
Season...
7/25/08
Hi Everybody—-
As I work on my songwriting, I stumble across opportunities and news that I can’t really do much with (since I can’t sing to save my life) but that would probably be interesting to my friends who are artists and managers. So I’m passing it along to you. If you find my emails burdensome, just let me know and I’ll take you off the list!
Here’s...
7/17/08
Hi Everybody—-
Every week as I work on my songwriting, I stumble across opportunities and news that I can’t really do much with (since I can’t sing to save my life) but that would probably be interesting to my friends who are artists and managers.
So I thought I’d put together a mailing list of all my friends who are artists and managers and share the news with them so...