Reverend Barry Willie Black

Here's one from 2019 I didn't share yet. A favorite Merle Haggard song from his latter years, that became one of my favorites among the hundreds he wrote and performed. It is said that he had over 300 more songs already written when he passed.

I have need of sending out a donation button so I can complete the legal work for over 240 releases and get them releases on iTunes and elsewhere. I have ten paid for but need small amounts to finish them, and fortunately, those are the newest recording sets.

I have already worked through to having one of the "public Domain Project" releases pushed out that far since I am doing it all manually except for the help I get by having my tracks released through CDBaby Pro.

If you are on this list, please be reminded that I export this list to MailChimp to send from there as well, so in this case, but not all, you will be receiving a second email with almost identical content so I can use MailChimp to help keep this list tiddy.

There is a donation widget, that will connect you to a PayPal window where you can donate one-time, or set up a recurring amount. In either case, please not to me the intention of the donation if there is a specific reason for the donation other than help with those fees. Food money is one need, and beer money & my meds, and for now I have the roof over my head due to some of my many other endeavors.

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Thank you. I appreciate that each of you have joined this list.
Rev. Barry Willie Black

Haven't posted a recording for a while... Here's a rough cut of a classic for y'all! Homeward Bound! no mastering, no nothing but me singing one I have known since the 60's.

Wherever you are tonight, I hope it feels like home.

RevBWB

In the last 11 years plus a little, I have recorded about 2200 covers +/-

Most have never been released except when CDBaby still had their version of a store.

I have a fan in Denmark that has purchased every Bob Dylan cover as a single even when he could have had the whole release for less. Pretty cool, I think.

I am writing today to announce that I have begun the process to finish proper licensing and digital distribution of about 20+ CD projects that have already had the fees paid but that I have not had time ti finish and get on Itunes, etc.

Any artist knows they have need of some capital to pre-pay royalties, because in this modern world, although it is not the law, it is the rule of the industry that those are paid in advance to some degree. CDBaby still helps with that, while also collecting royalties and sending them to my PayPal account. Gotta love that CDBaby and Google have teamed to make the sound licensing stuff work across all these "platforms". It is a huge quagmire, they have made simple if we use there services.

The point:

I will be starting to run IndieGoGo campaigns for each of the CD projects that are already in "fees paid" status since early 2017.

All I need is the amounts required to prepay royalties to the songwriters and publishers for each, which amounts to less than $500 for each project. Each campaign will have a "Be a Producer" option if you chose to cover the base cost, and the targeted amount for each project. Once they are at the place where they are fully funded they can be left open for others at the lower reward levels indefinitely.

If you would like to have your name as Producer on any of those projects, just go do it, and we will connect immediately and finish that release to all the biggest world-wide digital distribution outlets. (I already paid for that stuff!)

I have attached my upload today of a Beatles track I covered in 2016. Enjoy!

Thanks for taking the time out to enjoy what I have enjoyed so very much to make.
Rev. Barry Willie Black
Austin, Texas, USA
"The Live Music Capitol of the World"

As I prepare for going passed 3 MILLION song plays... My Indiegogo project is live

Well, I Did It. Help support "Lonesome In Virus Town, link.
My Indiegogo project is live for the funds to finish production, pay advance royalties, and admin fees.

Simplified Summary
Lonesome In Viris Town, link.:

A collection of songs I have "felt my way through" as the pandemic rolls on.
This is my new means of supporting the releases to Professional status on CDBaby, where I now have about 240 releases in limbo, awaiting funding for final production.
While I have labeled this a a single release project, I will use every penny possible towards getting the rest licensed and released, as funds allow.

What We Need & What You Get
Let me break it down for y'all:
The initial plan was to generate enough funds to pay advanced royalties and some much simpler administrative fees to CDBaby. My hopes are greater. Physical CDs and a producer, those are dreams of what I deem to be an "ideal" outcome.
While I am dedicating a couple of the songs to individuals...
I am mainly dedicating this to all my fans and listeners on link!
I have been asked again and again where folks can purchase my music.
Now that the CDBaby Digital Store has closed, that is no longer an option.
I need funding to properly distribute through all the normal modern music outlets.

The Impact
To be honest, I don't just want this, I need it:
If funded, this will be my first fully world-wide public release, other than "The Public Domain Project" that I pushed through to make sure I knew the process.
I have moved my studio 8 times and morphed it and the sound as many times, but recording projects like this have become second nature to me since I started the "Sing Into My Can Network" broadcasts years ago. Also on CDBaby waiting.
A little will mean a lot, and a little more can mean much more than you think if enough agree that this project "should be".
The release will also include a special pandemic parody that I am hoping can go "viral"!

Risks & Challenges
I could die tomorrow... number one challenge. But to quote Willie, I woke up, not dead again today"
That aside from that, for the moment...
I am well know for stating, "I win, 'cuz I don't quit!"
The entire project has already been recorded and mastered, so the only obstacle might be awaitng shipping on the physical CDs if we receive enough pledges at that Reward Level.

Other Ways You Can Help
Some people just can't contribute, but that doesn't mean they can't help:
Please help to get the word out and make some noise about my campaign.
Please use the Indiegogo share tools!
Remember, if you help me with this project, I will create a very special reward level for each that follows, where earlier contributors get a rebate of some portion of the next donation on my projects.
Ask yourself: if you wished to help me as a "credited" producer for residuals, would you like to make a larger contribution?
Then again if the desire to support me as as artist is welling up in you, I will entertain engaging a full time producer, but with limited powers and responsibilities.

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If you read all the way to here, you are a champ!

Thanks, y'all
BwB