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THE OVERCONFIDENT SONGWRITER

6/28/2022

I was talking to a songwriter and he was telling about his story of when he walked into a certain PRO office like he owned the place, because he knew that his songs were better than anything they had in their catalogue. When he demanded a meeting on the spot, they escorted him out of the building. He was shocked. Then, he went across the street and tried that same plan out at another place with the same result. At the end of the story he claimed that someone else actually escorted him out of the whole city. While that part stretched believability, I’ve seen the first two routines in action several times.
Songwriter Dude, I’m sorry if you wind up hearing your story and seeing yourself here, but I have to say that your plan is a bad one. You don’t own this town. You don’t own your PRO. And, nobody here owes you anything. You didn’t build the town, or the PRO, or any of the artists involved, or in general you still hadn’t generated even a cent from your music for yourself or for anybody else.

I love your confidence though, but it is not going to get you anywhere in this industry. You may be a very talented songwriter. I am not here to judge that at this moment, but you have to understand where you fit into the big picture before you will ever be welcomed into the fold.

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HOW WE RAISE THE TIDE AS SONGWRITERS

6/21/2022

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In any music community I am a member I am always trying to remind everyone around me that we rise by lifting each other up. As some of us improve, the bar gets raised and others improve trying to reach for that bar. This is the healthiest way of competition inside a community that literally benefits everyone. In some ways, the music business is a cut-throat competition, with some similarities to the hunger games. Some people look at it as a “kill or be killed” proposition. This kind of behavior would create what I call dirty competition. These people try to destroy their competitors instead of trying to improve themselves and get better than the rest. If everyone just try to be better than the others rather than destroying the others, the whole team will get better and better and it’s great for everyone.

Playing “kill or get killed” kind of game stifles creativity and it creates crappy music. Our philosophy at Flipside is that if we lift each other up, better music starts to be created.

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5 ROOKIE MISTAKES SONGWRITERS MAKE

6/14/2022

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Act Like You Know! In the music business, your best bet is to try and ACT like you know what you are doing, even if you don’t. I don’t mean you should lie or bluff. But you want to come across to people like you know how things work in the big leagues even if you are just trying out for the farm team at the moment. The reason for this is that usually you only have one shot with each person in this industry and once they see you and feel you don’t know what is going on, that’s it. They will not remember your name or your face, or even worth, they will remember you as a person they don’t need around themselves.
Making these mistakes can tip people off that you DON’T know what you are doing, so don’t make these rookie mistakes:

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CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGHLY CREATIVE PEOPLE

6/7/2022

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A different breed. Over the past 15 years of writing and working with artists, producers, and co-writers; I’ve noticed certain traits in myself and others in the creative community. We are wired differently than the other 95% of the population. We are the creative types. I’m not trying to say I am different but what I’m saying is that there are certain things I absorbed while working with these people and maybe these behaviours grown in me too, because I started being in this create environment from tender age of 12.

When inspiration strikes, they forget everything else but their creative work. They tend to lose all track of time and even forget to eat. This is something very common that we are in studio and out of nowhere we realise it’s 3am and we still hadn’t eaten dinner and not planning to leave the studio any time soon until the project is wrapped. And interesting part is that everyone is perfectly happy with such arrangement!

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Press Release: xs - Summer Love

6/3/2022

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Pop singer-songwriter xs just dropped the perfect party banger this season, Summer Love on 3 Jun 2022.

Published by record label Flipside Productions, the sexy yet cheeky electro-pop song is written by xs and produced by Swedish producer BADCOMBINA. The song expresses xs’ desire to have a passionate summer romance.

The upbeat track pays homage to the early 2010s nostalgia with influences from K-Pop. Its heavy bassline and infectious lyrics instantly make listeners want to hit the dance floor. Listeners also can’t resist singing along to the catchy hook “Gimme gimme gimme that summer love”.

The lyrics come to life in the steamy music video. Shot at a beautiful villa in xs’ home country, Malaysia, the music video was directed by Chen Saw. It begins with xs hanging out with her friends at a pool party where she spots her love interest (played by model Hadi Karkout). The pair eventually lock eyes and it gets hot from there quick.

The summer anthem has a highly contagious positive energy. “I want to inspire people to live, love and laugh when they listen to ‘Summer Love’” xs shares, “So gather your friends, go to the beach, throw a party, have some cocktails and just have lots of fun!

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THE OVERCONFIDENT SONGWRITER

HOW WE RAISE THE TIDE AS SONGWRITERS

5 ROOKIE MISTAKES SONGWRITERS MAKE

CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGHLY CREATIVE PEOPLE

Press Release: xs - Summer Love

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