My solo project, "The Drive" is on itunes Now!!! Check it out!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-drive/id511923304
If you want to hear a rock band play music, my band, As You Were, is also out!!!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ill-call-you-back/id511930681
This music is independently recorded and not owned by a label. These artists did this for free and for the joy of playing music. Support the people who helped me and who i helped!
Thanks
Nicholas Kade
Showing posts with label Nicholas Kade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicholas Kade. Show all posts
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Business and Music
"I don't want to work. I wanna bang on the drums all day." -Todd Rundgren
Bad news, everybody. We can't just do that. Especially in music. Writing music takes, time, as with any sort of endeavour. You have to have the right stuff when you strike that first chord, a vision, an experience, an ambition. It's got to flow, and that can take days, weeks, months. Just to write one little song. So why are we going to try to work on the business side of this? We have no time.
A few reasons why:
1. Just because you wrote a song doesn't mean anyone will hear it.
2. People connect better with you if you make a conscious effort to do the same things they do.
3. Your music is truly special. Better for a thousand people to hear one song then one person to hear a thousand songs.
4. The more that know you, the more that will.
So put an emphasis on the basics with the business. These might help you:
1. Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogspot, various other websites.
2. Play live. If you can't play live, youtube and other sites can help you, just get a camera and start filming.
3. Stay organized. If you clean your guitar every other day and it's immaculate, then keep all of your information for contacts, websites, and shows the same way.
Finally, enjoy your music. My dry list of things to do sucks, but better that you're hating reading this from a brand new car you bought after signing a record deal than sitting on a tricycle you've been using to get to the nearest grocery store. Good Luck!
Bad news, everybody. We can't just do that. Especially in music. Writing music takes, time, as with any sort of endeavour. You have to have the right stuff when you strike that first chord, a vision, an experience, an ambition. It's got to flow, and that can take days, weeks, months. Just to write one little song. So why are we going to try to work on the business side of this? We have no time.
A few reasons why:
1. Just because you wrote a song doesn't mean anyone will hear it.
2. People connect better with you if you make a conscious effort to do the same things they do.
3. Your music is truly special. Better for a thousand people to hear one song then one person to hear a thousand songs.
4. The more that know you, the more that will.
So put an emphasis on the basics with the business. These might help you:
1. Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Blogspot, various other websites.
2. Play live. If you can't play live, youtube and other sites can help you, just get a camera and start filming.
3. Stay organized. If you clean your guitar every other day and it's immaculate, then keep all of your information for contacts, websites, and shows the same way.
Finally, enjoy your music. My dry list of things to do sucks, but better that you're hating reading this from a brand new car you bought after signing a record deal than sitting on a tricycle you've been using to get to the nearest grocery store. Good Luck!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Music Video Madness
I had a little fun with some amateur filming. This song was written on request from a friend of mine. The verses are written about conversations we had, while the chorus is a love story I know she hoped to have at one point.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Brand New!
Ok, so I'm brand new at this whole blogging thing except for my half hearted attempts on myspace. Usually I tend to drink a little and that lets me get more creative but tonight I'm stone cold sober. Hold on a minute... never mind about the sober part, although I just started so this'll be lame. But here goes.
I write music. I love music. Music is cooler than world peace because it could cause world peace, given enough time. Put on a soldier's favorite song, he'll be more inspired when he goes into battle. Give a little kid a new song to listen too, and he'll feel like he can be anything he wants to be. That's what music is to me. As sweet as love, more necessary than money, prettier than the prettiest girl at prom.
I'm a geek on some days, an idiot on others, and some days I look like I might have been smart for a minute. That's what I love about me. I'd rather you tell me I suck when I suck and that i'm doing ok when I drive you to the doctor because you tried riding a stolen Walmart shopping cart down a hill wearing a speedo and holding a margarita. That's what friends do for friends.
Friends are what it's all about. I like friends. They laugh at you when you fall, pick you up afterwards, give you half their cheese steak sub. Now I want a cheese steak sub. Crap. It's almost midnight and there isn't anywhere good around here that makes cheese steak subs. I may have a problem.
So I will try my best to write about stuff that interests me an may interest other people. I refuse to limit myself to socially appropriate subjects all the time, so "boobs" may be a subject. HaHa boobs. Such a cool word.
Peace.
I write music. I love music. Music is cooler than world peace because it could cause world peace, given enough time. Put on a soldier's favorite song, he'll be more inspired when he goes into battle. Give a little kid a new song to listen too, and he'll feel like he can be anything he wants to be. That's what music is to me. As sweet as love, more necessary than money, prettier than the prettiest girl at prom.
I'm a geek on some days, an idiot on others, and some days I look like I might have been smart for a minute. That's what I love about me. I'd rather you tell me I suck when I suck and that i'm doing ok when I drive you to the doctor because you tried riding a stolen Walmart shopping cart down a hill wearing a speedo and holding a margarita. That's what friends do for friends.
Friends are what it's all about. I like friends. They laugh at you when you fall, pick you up afterwards, give you half their cheese steak sub. Now I want a cheese steak sub. Crap. It's almost midnight and there isn't anywhere good around here that makes cheese steak subs. I may have a problem.
So I will try my best to write about stuff that interests me an may interest other people. I refuse to limit myself to socially appropriate subjects all the time, so "boobs" may be a subject. HaHa boobs. Such a cool word.
Peace.
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