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 of the song is Love you More. It is hard to write a love song. Everybody writes love songs. The hard part is writing one that is personal and universal. Personal is that it means something to me, Universal is when it speaks to others. Hope this song does both. Thanks for listening. 

   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 break and sitting on a table looking at my phone. Ella came over and we started eating sunflower seeds. Let me clarify, I was cracking sunflower seed shells and Ella was eating the seeds. Then I taught her how to break them open with her teeth and remove the seed herself. I remember setting my phone down on the table but I never picked it up.

    The bad part was I didn't even miss it. I missed it when I was going to bed and I couldn't find the phone to charge it up. I did a thorough search and called the phone. Calling the phone did not do me any good. I went to church in the morning and I turned off the ringer. The ringer was still off. 

     It was time to go to the computer and do an Iphone search. I was able to locate my phone as it traveled around Topeka. I watched it go from here to there for an hour and a half. It made the rounds around east Topeka and then it stopped. Where did it stop? At the Topeka Police Department. I watched as it went from the parking lot into the building. I got a call from the police department saying, My phone had been turned it. Thank you to whoever turned in my phone. I appreciate your kindness,

      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 copy and they liked it and offered me a contract on Sing. I was thrilled. This was a brand new song that I had just written. I believe almost every songwriter has gems that they have written in the past that are really good songs. Anytime we get an opportunity to pitch to a publisher we go with our go to song. This was not a go to song, it was so new that I still messed up the words if I didn't read them while singing. 

       Ammar Music took the song and gave it a more rock flavor. Check it out and let me know which you like better? The country version or the rock version. Still the same song, just done in a different style. Give me your thoughts about your preference. 

       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 sell my songs. You will be able to compare my rough demo with my pitch to publisher demo.

       I have a friend who is an artist and a songwriter. He records demos on his phone.(I believe) He has a great voice and is a really good guitar player. I will let you be the judge. He is cheaper than getting a professional demo done in Nashville. This is a more economical way to get your music heard without breaking the bank. 

      Please click on the circle below to hear the song- Sing. 

     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 have completed before demoing the song. Lyrics- You will need a typed or a legible hand written page of lyrics with the chords. I will get my lyrics on my music stand and practice it to get better at singing it. After I get the kinks worked out I will hit the record button on my Roland digital work station.  

      I will set up my microphones and tune my guitar. If I need new guitar strings I will replace them. I am now ready to record. I will do my best to play and sing my song. I don't do individual tracks for my rough demos. I hit the record button and play and sing. I am not the best singer so the main thing I am trying to do is come across with feeling.(especially in the guitar playing) I want the vocals to be clear so you can hear the lyrics and not just the guitar. 

      I will do multiple takes of my song. I can have the words right in front of me and still sing the wrong words. So it might take me five or six  takes to get an acceptable one. Acceptable does not mean perfect singing. It is singing the correct lyrics and playing the right chords. Pretty basic stuff. I am going to share my rough demo, a better demo, and the final demo of the song, Sing.