SEX! DRUGS! VIOLENCE!

[carlosgomez]

Dude. Killer song! I loved the intro and the bass rif in particular. A little Mark Knopfler influenced rap? Actually the tune is a great slice of americana if you ask me. Reminds me of a cross between the ultra urban Sopranos theme and ultra vampish True Blood theme, story and groove wise. Perhaps this could be placed at HBO.No complaints here on the production or voc or lyrics.

[t4mh]

I really like that tamborine!

[billg]

Nothing wrong Ruby, and thanks for the compliment! I was just being a wise guy. Warren is a friend from the forum & i was goofing off. I think it would be fair to say that the majority of us aren't making a lot money from writing songs.

[Mark Kaufman]

Bloody brilliant -- my favorite Bill Gaunce cut too.I saw this Punch and Judy puppet show once, and after Punch did something absolutely fiendish, he'd say "THAT'S the way to do it!"

[heinsite]

hi Ruby (and billy)indeed bill is one of the most talented, and flat out funniest dudes on this forum...my name is warren hein, i have made SO much money at songwriting that taxi has forwarded me 4 times in 5 years because they want to spread the wealth around....no "officially" i have to date made $1.90 on broadjam (but check out my songs on the link) i demo most of my work, 'cuz i do not have the musician chops that billg and mark and other have here, nor the equiment...but we all do it a bit different.damn, the 90 cents just feel outta my bathrobe! the dollar bill's still there though...welcome--this forum is worth the price of taxi--there are very good people here, except for the occasional crazy aunt or brother! but we're family...the best,warren"that's the way to do it!"

[davewalton]

Feb 5, 2009, 4:50pm, ruby wrote:Bill,Ok then, I wondered if I asked a wrong question or said something wrong. I guess my lack of confidence from hearing so much great music here got me a bit paranoid and I'm sorry.Warren PM'd me and explained a lot and I think I understand a little more now. I hope I didn't sound snotty cus I was only trying to find out if some of you incredibly professional musicians are making any money at this and whether TAXI.com is helping you.I guess it is hard to be special in music today.From what I've read there seems to be a lot of people who are knocking on the door, so to speak and that's encouraging. What's discouraging is that I think you all are so much better than I am and I don't understand why you're not rolling in dough.You're all so good.Anyway, I hope there's no hard feelings and I thank both you and Warren for your kind words and your help. I hope I can learn enough from you and the rest of this incredible crowd to eventually make the grade.RubyHi Ruby!Just breaking in here to this nice conversation. One thing you'll learn... most of us don't take ourselves too seriously... LOTS of playful kidding, ribbing, etc. As evidenced by me posting a pic of myself with my new braces and then having several of my forum buddies posting a picture of "Jaws" from the James Bond movies. It's all in good fun. So you're free and clear of any forum crimes. Just relax and have fun. I don't know that there's a definitive answer to the relationship between talent and income. One thing is "longevity", not in terms of age of how long anyone has been playing but how long has a person REALLY been trying, treating it like any other legitimate business venture. It is difficult, especially as an artist or songwriter for an artist. But film/tv has a lot of opportunities and there's a pretty good number of forum members that have had or do have music on television and in films and have made either a little bit or a fair amount of money. Those that don't (yet)... it's that magic word, "yet". I don't know about BillG's placements but he's got music in various libraries, all of us agree that he's an awesome talent and so it's just a matter of time. Maybe none of us will be buying beachfront property in Malibu but we all (including you) have a fair shot at making some money with our music if we adopt a long-term approach and keep pushing ourselves and each other gently forward (Credit: Traveling Ed ).FWIW,Dave