It started with a dream.
In my dream I was driving with a group of new friends and we pulled into a parking space. Right behind us was another car, filled with a group of friends from my past. The car I was in, with my new group of friends, took the only available parking spot. As the other car started to leave, since there was no space to park, one of my new friends jumped out of the car I was in and drew a new parking space on the road with chalk. My old friends pulled their car into the new space my friend had created and parked.
For some reason this dream struck with me and for the next few days I kept thinking about what it could mean and how it might relate to my life. There was the idea of "coloring outside the lines" and "thinking outside of the box". There was also the idea of making room for old ideas and goals and integrating them with newer ones. There was also the idea of arriving at a destination and reaching a goal.
As I thought about this dream, an idea came to me, inspired by my thought process of trying to decipher what this dream could mean.
A couple years ago I had an idea for creating a CD, using dozens of musicians from all over the world. All individually recording parts and having a producer mix and master everything remotely. The idea was to create something together, that would be greater than its' individual parts. I thought if I could get dozens of musicians involved and excited in a project, that together we could pool our collective resources, both creatively and in terms of marketing and social media, and generate more interest and attention than we could on our own. Strength in numbers.
But, like most of my genius ideas, the more I thought about the idea, the more I discovered and invented reasons why the idea would never work and why it was probably just too crazy to pull off.
So, I forgot about it. Until my dream.
For some reason the idea came back to me. I started asking myself, how could I take my old dreams and goals and integrate them with the path I'm currently on. How can I integrate my life long dream of making it big in the music business, with my more recent goal of utilizing the internet and social media to help other artists reach their goals. How could I do both?
Then, I had an idea that was a little different, and more elegant and simple, than my original idea. The thought went something like this....
What if you had a CD of amazing, original, innovative and completely refreshing music?
What if you then had one person with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? The project would probably generate a little bit of attention. But it would probably fail to reach any real momentum or buzz. It would most likely get lost in the sea of mediocre music that's out there like most recording projects do.
Then i thought...
What if you had two people with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? It would probably get a little more interest. But it still would most likely fail to reach the needed tipping point for mainstream success.
Then I thought...
What if you had four people with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? It would probably do even better with four people all kicking ass in getting the word out.
Then I thought...
What if you had eight people or ten people?
Then I thought what if you had 15 or 20 people?
Then I thought, what are the maximum number of songs you can include on one digital CD release on Itunes? It turns out, the answer to that question is 101.
Then I had a lightbulb, aha moment.
If there were 101 people, with a large, or even medium sized social media reach, all working together to promote an amazing music project, wouldn't that be enough to generate real buzz? Wouldn't it be possible, together, to reach a "tipping point", where enough people buy and support the project that we could, for example, make it onto the Itunes Charts? Get noticed by the press? Couldn't we, together, make a real mark on the music business?
The more I thought about the idea, the more excited I got. Sure, I could try to pull this off and it could fail. But so what? Would I or anyone participating be any worse off? What If I tried it and it succeeded, but didn't meet the goal of charting on Itunes, but still managed to get a fair amount of attention and press? That would still be pretty cool and better than had I not tried at all.
Then I thought, what if it actually succeeded and I put together a team of amazing and passionate musicians, that share the same vision for getting there music out on a wider scale? It could actually work!
Then, I thought, Fuck it. I'm doing it. After all, 2017 is the year I'm dominating the world.
Does this project sound like something you want to be involved in? Do you want to make internet history and be involved in a new, collective way of promoting our music together? Do you want your music to be on a CD that's #1 on Itunes? Do you want your music to reach a wider audience? Do you believe in the idea of "Strength In Numbers"?
If so, apply to be a part of this project below. I'm looking for as many as 101 amazing artists with amazing songs and an established online presence that want to be part of an innovative and groundbreaking Digital Music Release. We'll share in all the marketing to build a substantial buzz that will leads to press, sales and ultimately making it onto the top of digital charts, like Itunes, Amazon, etc.
Then, we'll split all the profits equally. [You'll of course retain full ownership of your music]
Sound interesting? Apply below.
In my dream I was driving with a group of new friends and we pulled into a parking space. Right behind us was another car, filled with a group of friends from my past. The car I was in, with my new group of friends, took the only available parking spot. As the other car started to leave, since there was no space to park, one of my new friends jumped out of the car I was in and drew a new parking space on the road with chalk. My old friends pulled their car into the new space my friend had created and parked.
For some reason this dream struck with me and for the next few days I kept thinking about what it could mean and how it might relate to my life. There was the idea of "coloring outside the lines" and "thinking outside of the box". There was also the idea of making room for old ideas and goals and integrating them with newer ones. There was also the idea of arriving at a destination and reaching a goal.
As I thought about this dream, an idea came to me, inspired by my thought process of trying to decipher what this dream could mean.
A couple years ago I had an idea for creating a CD, using dozens of musicians from all over the world. All individually recording parts and having a producer mix and master everything remotely. The idea was to create something together, that would be greater than its' individual parts. I thought if I could get dozens of musicians involved and excited in a project, that together we could pool our collective resources, both creatively and in terms of marketing and social media, and generate more interest and attention than we could on our own. Strength in numbers.
But, like most of my genius ideas, the more I thought about the idea, the more I discovered and invented reasons why the idea would never work and why it was probably just too crazy to pull off.
So, I forgot about it. Until my dream.
For some reason the idea came back to me. I started asking myself, how could I take my old dreams and goals and integrate them with the path I'm currently on. How can I integrate my life long dream of making it big in the music business, with my more recent goal of utilizing the internet and social media to help other artists reach their goals. How could I do both?
Then, I had an idea that was a little different, and more elegant and simple, than my original idea. The thought went something like this....
What if you had a CD of amazing, original, innovative and completely refreshing music?
What if you then had one person with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? The project would probably generate a little bit of attention. But it would probably fail to reach any real momentum or buzz. It would most likely get lost in the sea of mediocre music that's out there like most recording projects do.
Then i thought...
What if you had two people with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? It would probably get a little more interest. But it still would most likely fail to reach the needed tipping point for mainstream success.
Then I thought...
What if you had four people with a large social media following and they used their social reach to get the word out about the project via facebook posts, tweets, youtube videos, blogs and email? It would probably do even better with four people all kicking ass in getting the word out.
Then I thought...
What if you had eight people or ten people?
Then I thought what if you had 15 or 20 people?
Then I thought, what are the maximum number of songs you can include on one digital CD release on Itunes? It turns out, the answer to that question is 101.
Then I had a lightbulb, aha moment.
If there were 101 people, with a large, or even medium sized social media reach, all working together to promote an amazing music project, wouldn't that be enough to generate real buzz? Wouldn't it be possible, together, to reach a "tipping point", where enough people buy and support the project that we could, for example, make it onto the Itunes Charts? Get noticed by the press? Couldn't we, together, make a real mark on the music business?
The more I thought about the idea, the more excited I got. Sure, I could try to pull this off and it could fail. But so what? Would I or anyone participating be any worse off? What If I tried it and it succeeded, but didn't meet the goal of charting on Itunes, but still managed to get a fair amount of attention and press? That would still be pretty cool and better than had I not tried at all.
Then I thought, what if it actually succeeded and I put together a team of amazing and passionate musicians, that share the same vision for getting there music out on a wider scale? It could actually work!
Then, I thought, Fuck it. I'm doing it. After all, 2017 is the year I'm dominating the world.
Does this project sound like something you want to be involved in? Do you want to make internet history and be involved in a new, collective way of promoting our music together? Do you want your music to be on a CD that's #1 on Itunes? Do you want your music to reach a wider audience? Do you believe in the idea of "Strength In Numbers"?
If so, apply to be a part of this project below. I'm looking for as many as 101 amazing artists with amazing songs and an established online presence that want to be part of an innovative and groundbreaking Digital Music Release. We'll share in all the marketing to build a substantial buzz that will leads to press, sales and ultimately making it onto the top of digital charts, like Itunes, Amazon, etc.
Then, we'll split all the profits equally. [You'll of course retain full ownership of your music]
Sound interesting? Apply below.