Monday, April 16, 2012

A New Connection-Blazetrak



A New Connection-Blazetrak

So I’ve been writing songs, for 23 years now.  It may have started out as a hobby, but now it’s in me to write more than I’ve ever had.  I‘ve tried to leave writing alone and just focus on my second career of teaching, but every time I did, it would just put me in this place that I didn’t like.  I would find myself being down not knowing why. But I would hear a track a producer friend would send me and wind up staying up all night just to work on a song and get right up to go to work.  That’s living to me. 

It’s been hard though making the right connections.  It’s often said that getting somewhere in this business that its in who you know.  Well, that can be frustrating, especially when I began raising a family.  It became harder and harder to spend the sleepless nights in the studio creating with some of the best to collaborate.  Now its more like I want to work on this song, but I’m so tired from working, spending time with my husband and children that there’s not enough energy in me to do this every day.  So what do we do?  Check out Blazetrak.

What’s Blazetrak? Blazetrak is a company that allows creators from all around the world to connect with some of the hottest artist and producers in the industry.  Co-founder Ron Harrison said that he and his co-founder were working for a small label and were frustrated at the mass amounts of demos that were sent daily.  They thought to themselves lets start charging people to listen to their demos and it seemed that more people started sending the demos in because they knew they would actually get feedback.  This was a great revelation for them and they realized this is a way for them to start their company.

Blazetrak began in 2009 and is still going strong.  There’s a membership fee of $49.99 then you have to purchase credits, which range from $8.50 to $15.00 per credit.  Each celebrity could range from 0 credits, which would be free, that may introduce you to some names you’re not necessarily familiar.  You will have to do some digging just to see if they’re legit to send your music. A small star like Blake Lewis asks for 8 credits but a huge star like Paul Worley, grammy producer of Lady Antebellum and winner of the country album of the year in 2012 asks for 12 credits. Once you submit your song, music or question, they have 30 days to give you a personal response. Does it work?  There are success stories on the website as well.  

Will you try it? Let me know, I’ll come back and tell you about my experience.  Thanks for readingJ

Jacki





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