In The Still Of The Night

I was an unemployed musician so in the still of the night I would hop into my MG and check out the Clubs/Bars just north of New York City.

 Yep, I told my family I was going bowling. Gee...I wonder how many guys are telling their wives that they are gonna go bowling tonight? Ok...back to music......so.....

I'd walk into the bar and I'd ask the bartender for a beer and I would say "Thank You". And everytime I ordered another beer while giving the bartender my money I would say "Thank You".

I got to know and become good friends with many bartenders at these Clubs/Bars and in turn they introduced me to all the bands.....and  the girls 

I reckon saying "Thank You" was very important because I remember in the still of one night I was playing with The Five Satins at a Club as they sang thier  number 1 mega hit song "In The Still of The Night".

I often wonder what would have happened if I didn't say "Thank You". Guess I would have gone Bowling.

John Silvestri
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DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED

I thought I would pass along some information on things to do if  you Don't want to succeed in the Music Industry as a Songwriter. Gee....there are so many but I'll just list a few for now.

So for Songwriters who Don't want to succeed in The Music Industry here is a list of a some very important  things you should do>

*fabricate stories like "I played my song for Clive Davis and he thinks it's Great"

*If permission to submit your song to a Publisher is denied, make a sarcastic remark like                    
 "you just lost millions of dollars"

*Make sure you  keep calling and calling and calling the publisher to see if they listened to your song

*If a Publisher Passes on your song,  debate his decision

*Don't forget to tell a Publisher that all your friends say your song will sell  millions of  copies when requesting permission to submit

*Now this a very important one. If a Publisher's policy is that they  accept a maximum of 3 songs,  Make sure  you send  them a demo with 10 songs

*When sending a  demo of three songs make sure your worst  song is the first track

Gee....I almost  forgot  something very important. If  you are a Songwriter who does not  want to succeed in The Music Industry never Listen to what a Published Writer has to say. I mean let's face it, you just might get a song recorded.

John Silvestri
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Time

I'm amazed at  how many ppl trying for the gold in the music biz don't follow the simple do's and don'ts. They click on the "add friend" and attach an email such as >>>Hi can  you listen to our songs and let us know what you think. Thanks.<<<

Now you may say what's wrong with that? Let's face it they did say Thanks. Right?

I was talkin with a very good friend about this topic this morning and I mentioned how I sent in my Grammy Award Ballot and on my NARAS membership card some info is a bit worn but I won't call The National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences till a couple of months after the Grammy Awards Show. They are way too busy at this point in time.

She said "not everybody thinks that way John. They don't consider one's Time".

Time. Let's say you want to call Sony for permission to Submit a song/press kit. When they answer the telphone do you know how much Time you should take in asking for permission to submit?

If  you don't you should. Those 20 seconds could be the difference between "accept" or "pass".
 
John Silvestri
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