For SERIOUS Songwriters & Performing Artists Only

I’m tired…

When I wake up in the mornings now days, I’m trying to figure out how to put together the best damn FREE content for singers/songwriters around.  Not just traditional stuff, but stuff that you need to know to get to the NEXT LEVEL.  Stuff that you need to know to have phone conversations, stuff that you need to know in order to sell 100,000 copies without being signed to a label.

I try really hard to keep this from being a whinge blog and I don’t want this to turn into some musicians anonymous story-time blog that nobody wants to read and I don’t want to write…  But I have alot of stuff on my mind that I need to get out…

But I’m tired. It is 2am in New York right now and it seems like I have spent these past few weeks driving myself insane to push Music Industry School into the spotlight. It’s not easy, and I guess it’s not that hard… if you consider that I haven’t been spending much time with my family and I haven’t been getting much sleep, and my eating habits have turned really sour lately.  It’s just become so critical and I keep trying to figure out what to do with myself… should I keep building Music Industry School and making it the best resource it can be, or should I just get extremely selfish and save all the information to myself.

There are thousands of people who want to know… who need to know how they can make their music better.  How can they affix their mind to the task of dealing with the crazy people in the industry.  How can they EQ their track so the vocals sit better in the mix. How can they write a hit song? How can they get in contact with Clive Davis? How can they promote their music to thousands of fans worldwide.

I’m not doing much music now… I’m kind of just preparing information and content for you.  I’m not working behind my keyboard, I’m just making sure you have what you need and making sure I’m able to help you reach your goals.  It’s been deep like this since late June.  All I’ve been thinking about is whether I can postpone this until 2008 or whether I should just get this off my chest.

Where Have I Been For The Last Month & A Half

Okay okay… the real issue is that I’m putting together some software for singers/songwriters/performing artists.  I’m paying for it, I haven’t asked anyone for any money, and it’s cost me thousands of dollars, a lot of time, a lot of energy, and I’ve made a ton of sacrifices.

It’s only just the beginning…

But that’s what scares me.  Once this starts, I’m not sure I’ll be able to stop it.

I want to help songwriters and artists from all over the world, that is what I love to do… and to be honest, it’s the kind of software that other companies are charging or $59.99 or $79.99  for.  My heart is saying… “Howard you know you need to give them something for free” but my mind is saying… okay is it really worth it?

See the music industry is all about relationships… and yeah that’s very true.  But I don’t know most of you, and most of you don’t really know me.  So just a few minutes ago (and I haven’t made up my mind yet) I was thinking that maybe I should just not take this *ALL* the way public.  I don’t know… I honestly don’t, I wish I did. But I don’t.

I just thought I’d write because…. well, I’m delirious and I had no one else to share it with.   LOL

— Howard