Five Big Mistakes

The Five Beginner Mistakes

That Prevent Songwriters From Making Money

We’re living in a strange and wonderful moment.
For the first time in history, a songwriter does not need a record label, a band, a studio contract, or permission from anyone to create commercially usable music.

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Fang and Smitty on Sunset Strip

Turning Songwriting Into a Profitable Practice

If you hold a Pro membership in Suno, you generally retain commercial rights to the songs you create. That means your songs are not just creative exercises — they are intellectual property you can legally use, distribute, and monetize.

The important shift is this:

You are no longer trying to sell one hit song.
You are building a catalog.

Modern success comes from many uses of many songs.

Below are several realistic paths.

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Aliens, Aliens — Wherefore Art Thou?

Roswell, Aliens, and the Front Lawn Test

Every few years the Roswell story floats back into public conversation. The original headlines, the sudden retraction, the weather balloon explanation, the secrecy, the speculation — it’s all still with us. And like most long-lived mysteries, it has layered itself into culture far beyond whatever actually happened in that New Mexico field in 1947.

Let’s begin with something simple and reasonable: it’s hard to believe we’re alone in the universe. Continue reading

On Another Computer

Well, my old computer finally gave out, and I’m in the process of bringing a new one online — a laptop, which captures the radio signals from the mysterious little box that pulls them out of the air.

I’m not entirely sure how this is all going to shake out, but I do know one thing: we always figure it out. That’s part of the practice.

In the meantime, I’ve got this laptop up and running, and it seems to be doing a respectable job navigating the internet seas.

I haven’t quite gotten a handle on Suno yet from this machine, but that too will settle into place. Every system has its temperament. You learn its personality, and then it becomes an ally.

You may notice that the text is larger than usual. I can shrink it down, but then everything shrinks globally, so for now I’m working in glorious oversized type. Think of it as Large Print Edition: Transitional Phase.

With a bit of luck — and a little technical diplomacy — I’ll be able to run some demos at the workshop today.

We adapt. We recalibrate. We continue.

choirs of angels

I’ve been thinking about what’s quietly been happening over the past few months, and the use and significance of the product turns out to be more than I first realized.

I’ve created a dozen albums built around a single “Angelic Collective” Prayer. Same prayer, different treatments. Continue reading