Thoughts and Rhymes

Who knows the dangers we might meet?

Inspired by listening to the book To Rule the Waves by Arthur Herman, about the British Navy and Herrmann’s The Great Age of Discovery about great explorers I have written a track called Seize the Day. These chaps must’ve had balls of steel. Heading out into the unknown. Makes our over scrutinized lives seem rather small in comparison.

Stuart

 

I have used this painting as the base for the artwork to go with the single. For more information about the painting click here.

Seize the Day

Throw the dice and say your prayers

The World is yours, if you dare

 

Who knows the dangers we might meet?

Crashing waves or the guns of the mighty Spanish Fleet

It’s the great adventure of our time

I’ve got the chance to know what is or isn’t mine

Chorus

And this ripple could become a mighty wave

No-one knows if their souls are ever safe

So, they should seize the day

Carpe diem

Carpe diem

Verse

In a burning sun on a breathless sea

With thoughts of home and a waiting Virgin Queen

 

Francis Drake and the Golden Hind

Lived on hope of all the treasure he might find

Who knows the dangers we might meet

 

Words by Stuart James Wright (Copyright 2018 Stuart Wright Music)

When I finish a new song I sometimes submit the finished recording to a blind test using a crowd reviewing service. This then helps me by highlighting what the average listener thinks of my song and from this I can make changes if I feel it’s appropriate or promote it to certain sets of people.

Anyhow, I’ve just got a Crowd Review back for “Bringing the Harvest Home” and for your entertainment I am posting a link to the final report here. 

Crowd Review 29162722_175189 Bringing the Harvest Home

It just goes to show that you can’t expect to please all the people all the time but you can really please some of the people some of the time.

Now excuse me while I go find these 10% who say they would buy the CD. 

Enjoy,

Stuart

 

A Little Self Promotion – Spreading the Word

Over the years I’ve tried to promote my music with whatever the current trend is. So, in the 80’s, I would record demos onto cassettes and then either give them away or sell them to anyone who might listen. In the early 90’s this progressed to putting out my own 7″ single and once again pushing it to anyone who might help further my career. This led to interest from 5 labels and the chance to be “signed”, but this came to nought and I was back to recording and releasing songs on my own ShowSnaps “label”.

At the end of the 90’s I took to the World Wide Web and hoped to make a killing, but I was probably 5 years too soon. Download speeds were too slow and the web pages that could be created were not appealing.

So, moving on to the 00’s through to the present day I have continued to improve my web site and I use Facebook and email newsletters to promote my latest songs and having a major label deal is no longer something to be desired.

Over time I’ve garnered quite a few good reviews and I’ve used these to back up my promotional activities, but due to family commitments I’ve only just started getting back to doing live work which is a great way to get my music into the ears of potential followers.

I need your support

The problem I have now is that Facebook make me pay to get my posts in front of more than a small fraction of your followers and therefore my reach is seriously restricted. The only way I gain any traction on Facebook is if someone shares my posts, otherwise it can easily cost me more than I can hope to make. So the most cost effective way for me to stay in touch with my followers is to ask them to sign up to my email newsletter. 

Every time someone shares my songs or signs up as a VIP supporter I dance a happy dance. So, if you read my posts or listen to my music and enjoy the experience please don’t be shy in signing up to become a VIP Supporter or sharing my posts. It goes a long way towards making the ship stay afloat.

Thank-you,

Stuart

 

I’ve not had a great deal of time this last week so I’m delighted to have come across RotorVideos.com. This had allowed me to make a completely new lyric video for Take This Smile for less than a tenner. I remastered the sound at the same time.

I have no plans at the mo to put the track out on Spotify or iTunes, but it will feature on my next CD that should be out in July.

Stuart

 

So I’ve made a stab at compiling a lyric video for old favorite “Pieces of Gold”. I’m not so sure about the layout of the words and might come back to it once I’ve really got my head around the Adobe After Effects software. Anyway, in the meantime this is still a great new vid. Pieces will feature on my next CD/Album “Days of Our lives” and is available to downstream on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc.

Enjoy,

Stuart