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Frickin computer crashing my useless post!!!
Blast it. I had so many useless things to say, and the bamm.. it all disappears. Which no doubt means that MSN Messenger is screwing with my crappy computer. Shiite!

Where was I?

Umm... Let's see I was babbling about... my happy birthday Bilbo song. Umm. oh yeah.

I made some headway on it. I'm planning on two different versions. A long one and a short one. The short is done. But the long wasn't coming together.

So last night I was brainstorming this whole b-day thingy and had an idea. I recently bought a domain for my Free Music Download Ezine. My plan was to put together a nice self-maintaining site. But ye know, I don't have a heckuva lot of time to really maintain something. I have too many sites as it is. I haven't even published my Celtic MP3s Music Magazine in over a month now (though I plan another edition this weekend). So I don't really have the time for anything that doesn't require minimal maintenance.

So what hit me was using the site instead to promote my birthday songs. Here's the idea:

Basically, setup a site that is designed to giveaway my happy birthday songs. There'll be greeting cards, free downloads, and customized happy birthday recordings. So people could pay twenty bucks and have someone's name plugged into Bilbo's song instead of Bilbo.

Well, that's the idea. I know I've had a few people ask about that for friends. But it might be another decent income source that could help me quit my job. Only this one sounds pretty decent.

So whatcha think? Am I loon?...umm.. with this idea that is...

Websites and stuff
Hey BTW. In case ye missed it, I do also have a livejournal. I really would prefer having the functions of livejournal ON my website, but LJ has a nice little community in tack. Seems everyone I know is on it. So feel free to add me to your friends list if you have one.

Umm... still feel like writing, soo... let's talk about my other websites... the Texas Musicians Network.

Well, that was the name when it started up in 1997. My brother and I were working on it. Much bigger than it is. Well, whatever I wanted it to be is again gonna take up too much time. So I'm getting ready to change it to another music biz resource page like The Bards Crier's Free Guerrilla Music Marketing and Promotion Tips.

I mean as long as that site is doing so well, why not turn the TMN into something similar for Texas artists, right? Well, that's the idea anyways.

I love helping out other musicians. Haven't had nearly enough time. I'm also just not big on criticism, methinks which is one of the reason The Bards Crier eventually disappeared in the first place.

Heck, also been thinking of dropping out of the Austin Celtic Association. I'm just tired of organizations in general. Particularly those that seem like "members only" clubs... Not saying I wouldn't be happy being a member in a "members only" club, but when you're not in it, it's frustrating.

Feeling like I just want to disappear off the face of the earth (side note: need more coffee).

Ugh, yeah, we could use a manager. Someone to guide the whole promotion of the band and keep things in check. I really should just focus on music. But I'm just psycho that way I guess.

Other annoyances
I signed for a bunch of newsletters over time. Ye know the ones I think are absolutely worthless? Those run by the Big Five record labels. Like Launch. What a crappy ezine! Heck MP3.com's bites these days. They used to have some decent zines.

Avoid those. Listen to Indie music (that means, Independent for those who don't know). That's the type of stuff that's way cool. I've found some incredible Indie bands. And that just makes me pretty durn happy!

So stick with those. You'll be happier in the long-run.

Ooo. One of the slogans (been brainstorming lots) I came up with was, "Think for yourself. Listen to Indie music." Odd little twist, of course, since I'm telling you what to think... but the it still makes a point, I think.

Celtic station
Oh, I'm also looking at the fact that I don't have much faith in the livelyhood of MP3.com. My guess is the Vivendi wants to kill off another indie competitor (though they could make a killing if they tried).

So the thought occurred to me. I need to find a new place to host the music from my ezine. So I guess I'm gonna try to find an online Celtic radio station that might be willing to give up an hour a week for me. Don't think I want to invest in something like that myself... I don't know though.

I forget where I saw this quote, but I like it:

How beautiful it is to do nothing...
and then to rest afterwards.

Alrighty. I'll stop babbling now. Have a great day!

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