Marc-Alan Barnette

ENTITLEMENT GENERATION.

I've noticed a new trend among a lot of people who seemingly find their way to this web site. The propensity of people who just show up, join my mailing list THEN ADVERTISE THEIR OWN BLOGS ,THEIR OWN…

               MAB’S MUSICAL STUFF: 

               SONGWRITERS FESTIVALS AND HOW TO PLAY EM’ 

I found out last Friday, that I was going to be included in the upcoming GATLINBURG SONGWRITER’S FESTIVAL, August 19-22 of this year. This was very nice because…

MAB'S MUSICAL STUFF 
"WHAT IS "COUNTRY"? 
Well, it must have recently been awards time, (haven't watched them in years), but the age old claims have popped up over and over again, "THAT AIN'T COUNTRY!!!" "All the acts, have changed,the music…

                            THAT'S MY NICHE AND I'M STICKING TO IT 
                          (THE ONGOING SAGA OF SCOTT SOUTHWORTH) 

                                                                   3-23-21 

One of the hardest things to convey people from all over the world, trying to make forays into the music business, particularly those…

  USING REALITY 
by MARC-ALAN BARNETTE 

Hello folks, hope everyone is weathering the ongoing challenges of life. Between Covid, snowstorms, lockdowns, and even in Nashville, a Christmas day bombing, there has been a lot going on, and not a lot…

FINDING A POINT (or not)

Recently, a lot of people seem to gravitate over here, to post their own web site information and their comments about nothingness. which is basically showing how senseless and low intelligence they are. Not a…

"If everything has been written, what can you write about?"
This question gets asked a lot, especially after a two hour critique session, where I;'ve been forced to say to a client, "Yeah, I've heard it before." Cause most of…

Here we are in the age of Covid, elections, and about every part of unrest we have ever seen. I guess it's the "END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT." Do we feel fine? That remains to be seen…

Hello,

I have not been here a lot lately, as we are all under the Covid 19 lockdowns and I have been focused on some other things. All Nashville musicians have been locked down, and all venues have been…

                                                                  INTERNET LIVE, THE NEW NORMAL 

Hello everyone. Hope you are all safe at this time. The newest dimension that is now a fact of life for all of us in music are the LIVE PLATFORMS on FACEBOOK, TWITTER, and…

                                                         CREATING YOUR NICHE 

                                                         WRITER’S FINDING ARTISTS 

In the past, I have outlined some of the reasons we’ve gotten where we are in the music business. It took me three posts to scratch the surface, and there could be…

I was talking to a fellow today from New York City, who has been going through a very familiar situation to anyone who does music.

WHAT IS THE POINT?

I mean, we have to be realistic in all of this.…