tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527201696562574191.post7602858418761162431..comments2023-09-26T17:11:25.319+01:00Comments on Legrand Network: A million copyrights! What is it good for?Emmanuel Legrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04561113796068395606noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5527201696562574191.post-34258586960421701862012-06-21T16:29:58.464+01:002012-06-21T16:29:58.464+01:00Hi Emmanuel
Thank you for your feedback last night...Hi Emmanuel<br />Thank you for your feedback last night at City Showcase - I found your blog interesting - I wondered if you'd be interested in a bit of a story ?<br />It's a bit of a Susan Boyle type fairytale:<br />You may recall I mentioned I recently signed a deal to write the music for a book launch promo video and linked that to having a 16 yr old upcoming "star" from Ireland singing on the song, which she has now released as a single through Indie Label New Atlantic Records. The book promo has now gone to the Google recommended page due to high volume of hits in its first week and the presales of the book have sent it to the Amazon best seller list ( for at least 1 week) All sounds a little less ordinary and on the back of this I have been asked to write 4 more book promo songs, all of which will be released as singles and been asked to write more songs for the label roster in general..but what makes it really intriguing is the background behind it. <br />For my own part, I discovered songwirting completely by accident at the age of 47 , after a 25 year management career in a totally unrelated industry , some 3 years ago and decided to go "full time " at it 2 yrs ago after losing everything I had in a bankruptcy; job, house, car, .. you get the picture. Even my blog ( grahamturnerblogspot) has around 12,000 hits and in that two years I have been offered 12 publishing deals, a management deal, have 8 indie cuts and a whole bunch of songs on hold with majors or for films. I've written with #1 hit writers in the states as well as a glttering array of testimonials form Grammy award winners and various collaborations with other less known award winning writers. <br />The book author,Jennifer Lorent, was an architect in the US, only decided to write books after she went blind in one eye and lost partial sight in the other. She now has around 12,000 followers on Facebook. The artists, have some 10,000 + FB followers too and some have over 150,000 you tube hits.<br />I was recommended to her after someone came to a city showcase in London that I was playing at and followed my songs on Facebook and soundcloud.<br />I'm not sure where it will all lead, I'm still not sure how I came to become a songwriter in the first place but I'm certainly having a ball. <br />My aim is to keep writing and I have just booked another month in America where I will be taking my "showcase" to NYC, LA and Nashville during November to see if I can consolidate my position so to speak.<br />I'm not sure if this is the type of thing you'd be interested in?<br />my website is www.gtsongwriter.com , which I'm actually converting to "themusicaviary.com" to give it more collective strength.<br />I guess overall, what I'm demonstrating here is, despite my age, the state of the industry and the barriers to entry, you can still gain enough momentum if you have a story to tell and some sort of talent for writing good songs... even if it is slightly accidental.<br />Here's my email if you're interested in an alternative view ; gturner2009@live.co.uk<br />Best and thanks again for the critique.<br />GrahamGraham Turner Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807737469253530437noreply@blogger.com