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| Where do you live? | Have you recorded any of your songs? | Rank: Solo Songwriting Challenges | Rank: Co-Writing Songwriting Challenges | Rank: Song Critique Sessions | Rank: Remote Educational Sessions | Rank: Live Performing Opportunities in Metro Area | Rank: Having Your Songs Played on Radio | Rank: Having Your Songs Licensed | Note questions for future surveys | Comments and Questions |
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| Central MN (St Cloud up to Bemidji | In a professional studio, yes, Reaper, PreSonus AudioBox44, AKG P220 large diaphragm mic | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 1-No interest at all | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested |
Can’t think of any |
No comments currently |
| Metro area | In a professional studio, DAW, interface, microphone | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested |
None |
None |
| Outside Minnesota and inside USA | logic, scarlett | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all | 5-Extremely interested | 1-No interest at all | 4-Somewhat interested | 1-No interest at all | ||
| Metro area | In a professional studio | 1-No interest at all | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 1-No interest at all | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | ||
| Metro area | logic, Tascam Model 12 interface, di for guitars, mics, effects | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 2-Not very interested | 2-Not very interested |
attitude towards / opportunities for collaborating as lyricists and composers (ie Bernie Taupin to Elton John). |
although it may seems from my answers above that I am only mildly interested in songwriting, it is the “words” part that holds as opposed to the composing and production part. |
| Metro area | In a professional studio | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all | 5-Extremely interested | 1-No interest at all | 1-No interest at all |
Being a new member this is what I have experienced 1. On the co writes the assigned people were not interested and did not respond in a positive way 2.Reaching out to find guitarist that I liked after listening to their gallery brought little or no interest 3.I haven’t figured out how to set up a gallery or upload my work to the site 4. lots of people have no gallery or information to assess their ability |
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| Central MN (St Cloud up to Bemidji) | Just on iPhone for now | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 3-Might be interested, might not | 2-Not very interested |
I’m continually impressed by this organization and what it all offers |
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| Metro area | In a professional studio, a dedicated studio room, iMac, Garageband, Focusrite 2i2 interface, MXI vocal condenser mic, MXI 603s instrument condenser mic, numerous other mics, 3 accoustic guitars, bass, ES 335 electric guitar, Yamaha P-45 digital piano, DT 770 PRO head phones + several other headphones, ROSS 4×4 series cassette recorder, Boss BR-1180 digital recording studio, Cheap Drumset, etc. etc. | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 3-Might be interested, might not |
How interested are you in learning to produce/record your music? What instruments do you play? Do you sing? Do you perform in public and in what sorts of venues? |
I think it would be helpful to add a monthly “Round Robin” where members discuss the recording process they are using, what they have learned, and the difficulties they are having recording and producing their music. This could be open to all levels cause how else will people learn to use the new systems. |
| Outside Minnesota and inside USA | Project Dependent | 2-Not very interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 1-No interest at all | 2-Not very interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | ||
| Metro area | Ancient GarageBand | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 2-Not very interested | ||
| Metro area | No, Not yet, but I hope to | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | ||
| Metro area | ProTools8, GarageBand | 2-Not very interested | 2-Not very interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | ||
| Metro area | DAW, Microphone, interface | 4-Somewhat interested | 2-Not very interested | 2-Not very interested | 5-Extremely interested | 2-Not very interested | 1-No interest at all | 3-Might be interested, might not |
What would you most like to improve in your songwriting? |
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| Metro area | In a professional studio, DAW-Reaper, mics-Shure sm58, sm81, sm86, AKG214, interface- Presonus USB | 3-Might be interested, might not | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | ||
| Outside Minnesota and inside USA | Not yet, but I hope to | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | ||
| Metro area | In a professional studio, Cowriters home studios, varies. | 2-Not very interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 1-No interest at all | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested |
Keep up the good work, Vicki! |
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| Metro area | In a professional studio, Guitar vocals with sound forge, gold wave, USB mic, sure 57 Mike, and digital recorder. | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | ||
| Metro area | 24 Track Tascam Recorder for recording. The upload into GarageBand for mixing. I have a variety of MXL Condenser Microphones. I also have three portable handheld recorders (Tascam and Zoom) for recording live. A group of us formed the “Minnesota Coffee Table” where we get together and write/record a song it three hours. Here is an example of our work recorded on a handheld recorder:https://alonetone.com/MinnesotaCoffeeTable/tracks | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 2-Not very interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested |
I enjoy the writing and recording process and I enjoy playing music with other people. The “Minnesota Coffee Table” (Write and Record a song in 3 hours) idea is one of my favorites. It would be fun to go back and actually record a better version of the songs but I don’t know how to address the co-written element of it. Here is a link to Minnesota Coffee Table Songs: https://alonetone.com/MinnesotaCoffeeTable/tracks I publish almost everything that I write. I would enjoy co-writing even more if I knew how to share royalties. CD Baby, my “go to” distributor, wont do that. Distro Kid is only good until the contract stops (From what I understand). I wonder if anyone knows of an easy solution? There is a question above asking about live performance. I’m interested in that but not where I get up and sing 3 songs and done. I’d be more interested in doing an hour show with other writers where we play the whole performance supporting the music. I just played with John Bennett at an assisted living place. We played for 90 minutes. We are not familiar with each others songs, but we did great with it. |
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| Metro area | In a professional studio | 2-Not very interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 2-Not very interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | ||
| Central MN (St Cloud up to Bemidji) | In a professional studio, Logic Pro X, Focusrite Clarett+4 Pre, multiple mics: Miktek C-1, AKG C-2214 (2), AT4050, Shure Beta 87s. | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested |
What process do you use to critique your own recordings? |
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| Central MN (St Cloud up to Bemidji) | Logic | 4-Somewhat interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 2-Not very interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 3-Might be interested, might not | ||
| Metro area | In a professional studio, My home set up has been, and is currently, overtly simple with a digital recorder to record guitar-vocal demos and process it with Sound Forge or another editor. I’d gotten great comments on those, but am currently struggling for a non-digital recorder system (PC interface) which actually works well with XLR connected mikes. | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested | 5-Extremely interested | 4-Somewhat interested |
