ADSactly Music Initiative #19

Welcome back to our music edition of the Adsactly blog, luckily it has not been too long since we last spoke. We just wanted to take the time to give really important advice, that is many times overlooked by new musicians here on the Steem blockchain, and pretty much everywhere else. That is to diversify, as much as we hate the main music platforms that are out there, don't neglect them, the more places your music is, the better and bigger your potential audience can become. Sometimes all it takes is one person to hear your music creation and next thing you know they are using it on TV series or they would like to use it on a commercial. So go out and share, and then keep sharing.

We would also like to again ask anyone to please drop some links of your own music or anyone else in the comments below, if you come across a great tune, be cool and share, or come post it in our ADSactly discord server in the music_initiative channel. Our aim with this initiative is to help support music orientated content from across the Steem blockchain, focusing on original content.

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"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music." - William Shakespeare

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Introduction

We got together and decided we wanted to do something in the music space, as there are so many budding, talented musicians on the Steemit platform. We noticed that, although there were a lot of people posting, it felt like some of the contributors could use a little helping hand. I mean, who wouldn't want a little helping hand, right?
So where could WE add value? We could use our own in-house production people to help develop music for fellow Steemians looking for that little extra audio assistance.

We'll be running an initiative where Steemians can post their links below, and if the criteria are met (please read the criteria), we'll dig in with them and help mix their track, or add some instruments that they feel are missing from their song, or some little production techniques. If there isn't actually a post that our producer can work with, we might even just decide to give one of the entrants a bit of upvote love.

As time goes by and we put together enough collaborated content, we will then upload this content to digital stores (iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, etc.) and release a compilation album.

The other avenue where we would like to add value is to sync the music to commercials to try and develop some additional passive income for the artists.
Where will this go?
....Only time will tell!

How does it work?

• Comment below with your Steemit post, DSound link or Soundcloud link (or another platform that you would prefer to use). Must be within 7 days of this post.
• Upvote this post
• Join the ADSactly Discord Community
• Please try make sure you have independent audio files that we could actually work with in production
• @ADSactly picks a winner (Please check back in the comments for this)
• The winner receives a consultation over discord to discuss the direction moving forward on the track.
• Our in-house producer does the work, sends it back to the winner, and they upload it to DSound with a guaranteed upvote from @ADSactly
• We'll report back with the results in the following post so you, our followers, can keep track.

Disclaimer: Sometimes it might the case that out of all the entries, there isn't a post that can be worked with effectively; whether its due to a winner not getting back to us, or there being insufficient or inferior audio separates to work with. In this case we'll pick a song or track to show some love to.

About the Producer

Our guy behind the wheel is @heypapalegend, a music producer with a PDM in jazz studies and a BMusHons with distinction. He has performed in a variety of music acts in genres such as punk rock, reggae, dancehall, hip hop, electro, pop, jazz, and more. @heypapalegend is co-owner of internationally award-winning HeyPapaLegend Studios (heypapalegend.com) which have facilities in Cape Town and Johannesburg and has been in operation for roughly 10 years. Trust us, you're in good hands.

Check out our company website here

As well as some of the work we have done here

Our Previous Winner

We’ve decided to give some upvote love to @melissakellie for her beautiful cover of the 1967 song made famous by Louis Armstrong, "What a Wonderful World". I just love how music happens, as I started looking though the music categories for someone new to feature here, one of the first songs I listened to was this. Then went through a number of tracks, but at the end of it, her beautiful voice was stuck in my head and I just had to go with it. Melissa Kellie hails from down under and has been on Steemit for exactly a year this month, so happy birthday, and she has been churning out amazing covers as well as her very own originally composed music. Please go check out her EP called Nobody's Perfect, pop round to her DSound profile here and show some support .

Please be sure to join our discord server and look out for the adsactly_music_initiative channel, where you can drop your music link as well as chat to us and others about all things music. We look forward to seeing some amazing new music tracks and projects, as well as meeting all the musicians who have come to Steem.

Now what are you waiting for? Go and get that music post and link it in the comments...Don't forget to check up in the "How It Works" section to make sure you submit within the parameters. Let's have some fun with music!

The ADSactly Music Initiative is by led by Ross Dabone & Mork Rock

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect the official policy or position of ADSactly

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