• Home
  • Get your Linwood Cafe CD here!
  • Music
  • Lyrics
  • Shows
  • Bio
  • Photos
  • Video
  • Contact
Jim McCarter

Jim McCarter

  • Home
  • Get your Linwood Cafe CD here!
  • Music
  • Lyrics
  • Shows
  • Bio
  • Photos
  • Video
  • Contact
placeholder

Oct 27 2020

Four tips on becoming a better songwriter

     Do you ever read a book and apply it to your life or your hobby. I went to see my son, Jeremy and his family on my vacation. He had a book that he suggested that I read. It is…

placeholder

Oct 24 2020

Centricity Publishing Pitch update 

    I have been waiting for my Pitch to Publisher results for my song, Long live the King. I had a problem when I submitted this song. I had to pick a category. This was hard. The problem is that it…

placeholder

Oct 12 2020

Pitch to Publisher day 

     Today I pitched one of my songs to Centricity Music Publishing. Centricity is a  Christian music publishing company. I have written some Christian music but have not spent money getting them demoed. I do have one song that I like…

placeholder

Oct 9 2020

Song titles 

 Song titles. Every song has a title. Duh! Can I be more obvious? lol. It is true that every song has a title but not all titles are good titles. It is easier to talk about  bad titles than good…

placeholder

Sep 29 2020

Songwriter struggles

    We all have our struggles. We have struggles at work, home and basically, anything we do or touch. I remember one struggle I had on learning to play the guitar. Barre chords. A barre chord is where you take your…

placeholder

Sep 25 2020

New song - Love you more-  

     This is my song that I just had demoed and got back this week. Usually, I send it off to get songs evaluated before I post them but decided to let my friends and family hear it first. The names…

placeholder

Sep 7 2020

I lost my phone

   I am not very responsible. I lost my phone. No, I'm not a teenager but I do know where I left it. I took my grand daughter, Ella to Lake Shawnee to play at the park. I was taking a…

placeholder

Aug 24 2020

Hear the publisher's version of Sing 

      After hearing the second version of Sing, I decided to pitch it to Ammar Music Group. They are the same company that I had signed a contract with on my song, "Something you can See".  So i sent them a…

placeholder

Aug 24 2020

Can a publisher know your songs a hit by a rough demo? 

       Can a publisher know your song is a hit by listening to your rough demo?  The answer is Yes and No. It depends on your publisher and your singing and guitar playing ability. My singing is not good enough to…

placeholder

Aug 23 2020

How not to write a song ( Rough Demo) 

     During this series of How not to write a song, I have tried to show you the nuts and bolts of songwriting. I also wanted to share the demo making process. Here are some things that you will need to…

placeholder

Aug 23 2020

Something you can see 

     This is the title of the song that I got a publishing single song contract on. It is a song about my Mom and Dad and their love for each other. I heard my Dad say time how you ought…

placeholder

Aug 21 2020

How not to write a song (Part 11)

     I am an Nashville Songwriting Association International (NSAI) member and chapter coordinator. I sent my song to them to have it evaluated. The evaluation came back. I got the impression that they liked the song but didn't love it. They…

« First ‹ Prev 1 2 3 … 32 Next › Last »
Thank you for visiting my music website.