“There aren't that many songs that pay homage to the DJ. They are the ones getting artists' music out there. They are the ones getting the club popping. But no one's giving them any love.” GivingArtistSongPayClubsHomageDjsPopping Author:Tila Tequila
“Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.” KnowsMadeI CanFeelingsRealityRememberSongSoundAudienceRecordsFansJudgingPerceptionNegativeClubsReviewsScreamNew Songs Author:Chris Cornell
“I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even with 'Sweet Dreams' how it was a club record and it was up tempo, but it was melodic and it was, like, lyrical.” PeopleThinkingTryingDreamSongRecordsSweetClubsCleverSubstanceTempoLyricalRicoSweet Dreams Author:Rico Love
“Yesterday I wrote the majority of a song called 'Burn the Nightclub Down' which was about kind of driving into Cleveland full of dread at the prospect of playing at this night club and actually just the night before I had called my girlfriend whose birthday it was. And it's her birthday and here I am on the road in some hellhole in Ann Arbor in Michigan.” KindNightSongMajorityClubsDrivingYesterdayGirlfriendDreadMy GirlfriendHere I AmMichiganClevelandNightclubsNight ClubArbors Author:Rhett Miller
“When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.” TryingFirstsPersonsPlaySongMy OwnLet MeClubsBellsIntroducingSongwritersVansEricHouston Author:Lyle Lovett
“Getting a gay fan base is slow. I think if I were able to reach more gay people they would love it. I can't get the songs in their ears. I love my gay family. I just wish I could reach more of them. I'm in this car going from club to club but they're not gay clubs.” PeopleIfsThinkingI CanAbleSongWishFansCarGayEarsClubsGay People Author:Mary Gauthier
“Here's some free advice; like the folkies of yore, you need to be not just a writer of songs, you need to be a lover of songs, a listener of songs and a collector of songs. If you hear a song in a club that knocks you out or you hear an old recording of a great song you never knew existed, it does not diminish you to record it; it actually exalts you because you have brought a great song from obscurity to the ear of the public.” IfsNeedsWritingDoeSongRecordsAdviceLoversEarsClubsSongwritingListenersDiminishObscurityCollectorsFree Advice Author:Michael Kosser