Author: Ronnie

A few weeks ago JCC played at the Winery and I was approached by a husband & wife songwriting team to record some of their songs for a songwriting contest. This is something new for me. I have done collaboration work before but to do it for money and with deadlines … that’s something very different. I gave them the first 2 songs today and am anxiously  awaiting their feedback.

Tangled in strings now available on I-Tunes

My CD Sales have exploded onto the Boise Music scene with a fizzle 😛 I have sold just a few copies.. But I guess that’s not really as bad as it feels since I haven’t played out since getting my CDs. I guess I just expected more of a demand from my friends at work. I really think if people were to hear it they would want it.  So I need to take it on the road.

Pengilly’s last night had their weekly open mic.

It’s a relatively small bar downtown Boise. it has a lively crowd but sometimes they can be real chatty and it makes it hard to listen to the artists. But last night I really cut through that. It was amazing, I got on stage and everyone was yacking away. I must have caught their attention when I announced that I was going to do a Sinead O’Connor set and started playing “Black boys on Mopeds” It was eerie, The room fell silent. Not a glass clinked , nobody spoke at all. It was a rare musical moment. When I finished the crowd erupted into applause. I felt totally at home.

Master Archival copy…. Done,

CD Artwork… Done,

Final Proof… Approved

CD Printing… Done

CD Duplication…. Complete

Today I pick up my first run from the CD duplicator (Gold link Media) They have been great to work with,  Josh actually met me in town on Saturday and picked up the master from me in the parking lot of Home Depot!

It’s a small order, 100 disks. My goal is to sell all of them as quickly as I can, I still need to package and shrink wrap them after I get my hands on them. I can’t wait to see how they look

I surf the internet…

I have a great add-on for Firefox, Stumble-apon tonight I think I clicked one to many times and Stumbled onto the same

site twice. Did I find the end of the internet?

Ok maybe not as urgent as the post title may seem but I am asking for your help.

I have been reading some Promotion advice on CD baby and it has me thinking about how to answer the question “What kind of music do you play?” As a  musician I hear this question almost every time I meet someone.  How can this question be answered in a way that will invoke enough curiosity for that person to want to explore my music?

So, What is the answer to that question?  What could I tell you that would make you want to hear my music?

Comments please

or email me at Ronnie@ronnierecords.com

I have my cell phone on my desk and I am waiting for it to ring. Chris from the Tonic Room is supposed to be calling this morning to give me an update on my mastering. The plan is to pick up the masters today after work. But I hope he is done early so I can pick them up at lunch so that I have a chance to listen before I go out to dinner tonight.

Next step is burn up a batch and get them over to Ellen’s Bindery shop to have them heat shrinked. But there is a problem, (Of course there is…) I broke my CD printer, I was troubleshooting a problem with the printer ribbon cartridge (I think it got spilled on) and I broke the home limit switch. Tiny little plastic part… I hate that shit. So I had a clock/radio/CD player that needed to take one for the team and sacrifice it’s self to the greater good. After kludging together a mount for the Frankenstein micro switch transplant the home switch is “repaired” and I am waiting for the new ribbons from Ebay.

So.. Today I enter a new phase in my project……. Sales. Here I have been working on this project since Christmas last year when My wife bought me 6 hours at the Tonic room and now I don’t really have an audience to sell them too. I am no longer in Second life where my audience was. And my open mic experiment has turned into a shared experience with Acousticats Tim and Tami. So that is not really a venue to sell my solo CD.

I am not sure what to do next.