2 songs on MTV!

[bigbluebarry]

hey everybody... I just got word that two tracks I signed with a music library back in March (indirect TAXI connection ) got placed in an episode of MTV's show Parental Control. I don't know which episode or when the show airs yet, but once I do I'll let everyone know!The songs are "Everybody" (re-titled for the library as "Nobody") and "Hidden Beauty" (re-titled for the library as "Precious Cutey") on my profile at http://www.taxi.com/bigbluebarryOr you can hear them here:"Everybody" - http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... rue"Hidden Beauty" - http://www.taximusic.com/song.php?song_ ... am=trueThe library told me he just happened to find out about these two songs but that it's very likely that they've used other songs of mine as well but he won't know for sure until September when the cue sheets are released. He asked me to send more tracks like that. Anybody will fill in for me at my day job this week and pretend to be me writing code in C# so I can write some more tracks???? - Big Blue

[allends]

Jun 14, 2009, 3:46pm, bigbluebarry wrote:...got placed in an episode of MTV's show Parental Control. I don't know which episode or when the show airs yet, but once I do I'll let everyone know!Look who's on fire!Super-Ultra-Mega Congrats!Allen

[bucyboy]

CONGRATS Big Blue! Keep writing, you're on a roll!Buc

[mazz]

OH YEAH! Quitting that day job is one step closer to reality my man.Huge congratulations!!Mazz

[fusilierb]

What??!! Yes!!! Not to the taking over of your day job, still trying to ditch mine. But YES to your success!!B

[crystallions]

This is VERY cool!!! Congratulations! ~ Lydia

[yammer107]

Wow...... gettin stuff on MTV's gotta be the next best thing to a major movie or artist cut..... your climbing up the ladder rungs Blue! ~Chris

[bigbluebarry]

Thanks Alan, Buc, Mazz, B, Lydia and Chris!Quick update... My library connection told me that the music sup's at MTV apparently really liked my pop-punk tracks and suggested that I send him as many this week as I can. So I ended up writing 2 brand new tracks for him last night. Still waiting to hear back from him on whether he wants to use them or not. Gonna try and crank out another 4 more this week. Not sure where I'm gonna find the time to do it, but I'm gonna give it all I got. Big Blue's 10 Steps To Success...1) Join TAXI2) LEARN as much as you can about where your skill sets and ability levels are at. Be realistic, drop your ego and LISTEN.3) Write material that falls squarely in your realm of expertise, and produce that material at the highest quality level that you possibly can4) Submit that material to the appropriate listings5) Don't wait around to see if you get forwarded or returned and immediately begin to repeat steps 2 - 46) When you get a forward, immediately repeat steps 2 - 47) When you get a return, immediately repeat steps 2 - 4, but pay special attention to step 28) When you get a deal, be polite, courteous, and professional with the client, ask them if you could send them more material and then repeat steps 2 - 49) When you get your first placement, scream like a little kid, jump up and down in your kitchen, make a fool of yourself in front of your wife, then repeat steps 2 - 410) When you get your royalty statements, don't focus on the numbers to the left of the decimal point, be grateful that there even IS a decimal point, then repeat steps 2 - 4There you have it... I'm sure there are other paths to success, but that's the model that I used and it looks like it's beginning to pay off - Big Blue

[yammer107]

Big Blues top ten list! I like it, thanks.

[stevebarden]

Barry, you've got the momentum now. Don't let up!Steve