For 24 hours on Monday, the 4th of October, 2004 (PST)
"I
Call You" was featured on GarageBand.com's Pop front page.
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As you can hear, John's songs are modern, melodious, universally singable and eternal... He writes in many styles, so don't overlook SongLand's
Gold Custom Service: Songs written especially for your needs. A young girl singer for whom he recently wrote a song described his lyrics as "awesome". Need we say more?
How does it work?
Please take your time to read
this carefully.
Contact John directly to specify your needs: A song for a girl singer, boy
singer, mature person, vocal group, instrumental group, film music,
lyrics to your music, music to your lyrics, up-tempo, slow, pop, rock,
reggae, blues, dance, techno - the more details you can supply, the
better.
John will then set to
work on some ideas and upload them to a page on this site, to which you
alone will be given directions. You supply your opinions about the ideas
and, hopefully, pick one or more that you would like John to complete.
What does it cost?
We did not
previously ask
for up-front payment, and you could hear a sample of your song before you
paid anything. But the
dishonesty of certain people has made John decide that a
30-euro
fee is payable in advance of any
work done. Then... You have to pay for the time (in hours) taken
to complete the writing of the song. This averages 3 hours in John's case, thus you would
pay 90.00 euro more.
There is a cap of 150.00 euro for each song, even if
they take longer than 5 hours to write. Note: Songs can take less than 3 hours to actually
write/compose, but there's also some time involved in creating your demo...
A simple demo version
is supplied to you for 30 euro, totalling 120 euro for a '3-hour song'.
A more sophisticated demo @ 30 euro
per hour of studio time can be supplied to you if you request this. All payments can easily be made via
PayPal,
even using your credit card.
us for details.
Once completed, songs are registered
with the Performing
Right Society (PRS) in London, UK, with John as composer & lyricist. If you have asked for lyrics to your music, or music to your lyrics, then John will be registered with the
PRS only as the lyricist or composer, whichever is relevant.
Finally, a CD will be sent to you with
your finished song(s). The song(s) can also be sent via e-mail if you
wish, but only as MP3 files. Your CD will contain your song as a wave
file, plus a backing only version, also as a wave file.
FREE!
Yes, there's a nice freebie too!
An MP3 file will be added to your CD. And there will also be a Word
document with the lyrics & chords. The song will be truly yours!
As
a further favour, we will help for free with any advice & help you
may need with regards to putting your song on the Internet, if you wish
to do so.
Please note that
the copyright of the song (ownership of the rights as composer
and/or lyricist, whichever is appropriate) remains with John through
the
Performing
Right Society (PRS).
FAQ
Can I buy my song(s)?
There's no need to 'buy' them. Your fee covers the musical production,
so you will have your copy of the song, plus a backing without John's
vocal, if you wish you add your own voice. The song will not be uploaded
to anywhere on the Internet, unless you do it yourself or ask us to do
it free for you, as explained above.
Remember...
And please do
remember that we create only demo versions for you, not finished products.
John is a songwriter, and Songland
is not a professional recording studio. But our quality's not bad at
all. Listen...
More questions?
Please
!
Contact
John
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