I gigged at this Italian outdoor restaurant.
It’s a large pavilion smack-dab in the middle of a winery, tucked in the rolling hills… out in the middle of no-friggin’-where.
Cool place.
The owner has this thing where he comes out with a microphone and a glass of house wine, and flirts with the packed audience with his signature Dean martin, Volare sing-along bit.
The whole joint gets singing and it’s just good fun.
We musicians play inside a gazebo just outside the dining area.
The tunes are piped into the eatery.
So, I’m playing in the little gazebo.
An older couple is dancing out on the lawn.
People are stuffing their gobs with food, and all is well…
Until this drunk dude pokes his head in the open gazebo.
“Hey buddy, can you write me a song?” Flashing a twenty at me.
“Huh? What?” I say pulling back from the mic in the middle of an instrumental.
“Can you write me a song?” He says waving the greenback.
“What, now? Here? “Extending the instrumental.
“yeah right now, man.” He says.
I just shook my head and played on.
I wasn’t about to stop in the middle of a good paying gig to write this dude a custom song.
Besides. Write one Johnny-on-the-spot? Nope.
I do write custom tunes, but for a lot more than the $20 bill he was waving around.
Had you ever considered writing custom songs?
Cripes. One time I wrote a musical marriage proposal for this dude to pop the big question to his girlfriend.
Talk about coming out a real hero on that one. They both flipped over it.
And, it was a cool honor to be a part of such an important day for them.
Scribing custom tunes is a great way to monetize your talent, right?
The tips and techniques on the craft of songwriting you will pick up in Tune Booster will help you snag some of those extra custom bucks, doing what you love to do.
First edition coming in June.
Get your tune on.
Until then…
Keep writing from the heart!