July 7th, 2010
About a week ago, my pal and NSAI Hall Of Famer, Charlie Black, was in town from Mexico Beach, Florida. We met over at Bread & Company. After lunch, I asked Charlie about reading and songwriting. Hope you enjoy. Keep writing. – Rory
June 1st, 2010
A friend of mine called a few minutes ago and asked what I was doing. Watching the last few hours of life tick away for Lala.com, I replied.
Lala.com was one of the sweetest ideas to come along in the last few years. Now it’s gone. Why? Because it was too good, and because they were competition for “you know who.” What do we do when a competitor comes along, and they offer something so wonderful and so innovative, they are a threat to “business as usual?” We buy it and then, after a decent time, we bury it.
When I first visited Lala, it was love at first listen. Any music on the site was mine to hear, one time through. If I wanted to buy it, I could. The price was reasonable. I bought and bought and bought. This was nirvana to my songwriter ears.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a sad musical day. May Lala rest in peace.
It reminds me of that period in American history when robber barons roamed the country, making sure their competition was no longer competition. History is repeating itself.
Keep writing,
Rory
May 9th, 2010
Last Friday night we went to the Commodore Lounge to hear a little music from Tony Lopacinski, Mickey Kelley, & Loren Ellis, collectively known as Tailgate South. They knocked me and the audience outta the park. I think these guys are terrific and definitely there as writers and great singers. I have to say they are friends of mine. My fifth generation iPod has a cool little video camera. I thought you might enjoy hearing one of their very cool songs, “Redneck Radio. ” Enjoy and keep writing. – Rory
April 12th, 2010
Here is part 2 of Songplugging with Matt Lindsey & Scott Paschall, two guys who do it well all the time. Keep writing. – Rory
March 23rd, 2010
One week ago on Tuesday night, MusicStartsHere.org, Doak Turner’s Nashville Muse, and World Music Nashville sponsored the first Songsmith Night for all songwriters, musicians, and interested parties who live the dream in Nashville. The event was a huge success.
