Finally getting the ducks in a row... (You ever had ducks? Not as simple as saying it) by Rev. Barry Willie Black

Rev. Barry Willie Black

Been singing off and on since I was pretty young, less than 10 as I recall, choirs in church and school, like so many folks, and then in late 2006 I decided to give it a go at recording some of the songs of my life for a Christmas present for my family "back home" that I could deliver, without being able to be there.

The rest of the CD projects I have recorded masters of over the last 16 years ... read more

Rev. Barry Willie Black

3 years ago

Finally getting the ducks in a row... (You ever had ducks? Not as simple as saying it)

Rev. Barry Willie Black

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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"