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Read about DeDe's 2 major Music Industry Honors in March 2013, and stay tuned for all her other news!

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Now that the OSCARS and WINTER are over, we're MARCH-ing on!

Hi there,

     Well, hasn't this been an interesting weekend?! Lots of unusual weather in Texas (we had a 50 degree fluctation in the past 24 hours: 79 to 29 degrees F!!) And as in most years, some very unusual outfits/dresses at the Oscars this year! Who's on your fav & worst dressed list?  Mine? Laura Dern-Worst, Jennifer Lawrence-Best! How's the weather in your area?

     Contests are fun & the winner of the Feb. Valentine contest was Samantha Holmes, who won a copy of "Love & Fairy Tales": her hubby took her to a romantic dinner & movie, then she treated him to a home made heart-shaped chocolate cake with pecans on top-yum! Congrats Samantha!

March-ing on to the Music! Please vote if you can...

     PLEASE VOTE! The Fairy Tale Song is a FINALIST in the Intl. Songwriting Competition in the Children's Music Category: please "LIKE" first, then click on "Children's Music" & "The Fairy Tale Song". Please VOTE here: The Fairy Tale Song.  

     THANKS SO MUCH for your support of local & independent artists!  Thanks to you & your help, I'm floored to have just received Singer Universe.com's Best Vocalist of the Month for Feb. 2014 for "Blame It on the Summertime", (which also is in the Top 5 for SongwriterUniverse.com for Feb.) 

Local Public Shows (Kingwood N. Houston):

WED. March 5th-Cafe du Bois 6:30-9:30pm  Treat yourself to a relaxing mid week dinner & music!  www.Cafedubois.com

WED. March 19- Zammittis 5:30-8:30pm  Great new menu, we'll be on the patio by the lake.  www.zammittis.com

SAT. March 22-Ford Dealership in Cleveland off Hwy 59N.  10am-6pm.  Fundraiser for HEAVEN's ARMY, crawfish, fun, food, music, classic cars and cycles!  DeDe from 5-6pm  Tix @ the door. Please bring the family & donate here:  www.heavensarmyofresources.com.

SUN March 9 & SUN April 13 4:30-6:30pm  ALIVE in the PARK @ Town Center, a free family-friendly inspirational concert event! Bring your lawnchairs & kids.  DeDe & Bands will be there in April, time TBA!

THURS April 24-Amedeos 6:30-9:30pm. Enjoy 1/2 price appetizers, music, fun, and drink specials all night!  www.Amedeos.net, 281-359-4451  

Please drop me a line and let me know how you're doing, enjoy your March, and HOPEFULLY some great spring weather!  Feel free to "share" this okay?

Blessings, peace, and all the best musically,

DeDe :)

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Reviews/Praise for The Fairy Tale Song...

I submitted this song for review on ReverbNation on 2 recent occasions. I was very pleasantly surprised by the detailed and positive responses overall I received.  I thought I'd post them here for your reading pleasure:)  I did remove a few of the nasty responses, but surprisingly there were only a few, and a lot of encouraging comments, and some constructive and insightful feedback. Note I did not make grammar or spelling corrections...it's more realistic that way.  The colored comments are the ones I especially liked or found interesting :)  The music video should be out in a few weeks or less...it's really cool!  For more information, visit www.DeDe-Music.com.  Thanks! DeDe

Praise & Reviews for "The Fairy Tale Song"-ReverbNation 8-22-13

This record starts with the thundering drums followed by the sound of the guitar. The artist lyrics tells a story about many different events. The artist has a sweet and bright voice. There is a beautiful harmony that is coming from the background vocals. The artist gives listeners encouraging words and it makes you want to hear more. The singer has a unique sound and excellent metaphors. After listening to this record you will feel inspired by the sound. Overall this is a great record and I love the positive sound that was coming from it.

this song tells a really pleasant story. the music in this song are really enlightening. the instrumental in this song is vital. there`s such a upbeat sound from this. there`s a cute run in the lyrics here. how they are so placed well in this . the singer in this song gives off a nice and simple performance. her voice is a shinning star. it`s very attractive and her approach in performing this song is really good

nice intro!! Love the females voice, clear and awesome!!! Sounds a bit like like sarah mclaughlin, Great song about overcoming your fears. Love the fairy tales come true bit. College kids would love this song, and straight edgers!! Has a churchy vibe... I like the overall lyrics, content and the female artist is amazing. Love to hear more from her and this band. Great job and hope that you get signed!!

You had a very tuneful melody. Also a very rich and warm distinctive voice. I can tell the fact that you were telling a story. You background music was very engaging. You sound like you are a very creative imaginative person (your lyrics expressed that ).

I really like this song! It's very upbeat and has a happy tone. It sounds like something that could fit very easily and very well in a children's movie. I also like the dual singers - the lead singer really sounds fantastic, and the background singer later brings out the melody. For a song in a children's movie, this really seems like an excellent song.

Great vocalist with some really clever vocals. I really like the delivery and slow build up in the instrumental. Very catchy tune, with a great melody and harmonized vocals. Great message in the song and is extremely uplifting. Alot of allusions and poetic devices used in the songwriting so this is a huge plus. The composition is on point, and the song is constantly changing with bridges and such. Unlike many other songs I have reviewed, this is very upbeat and like-able.

6-28-13 Reviews

Awesome pop drum fill opens this uptempo swing pop record. Love the glockenspiel in the verses. The record is well balanced - clearly mixed by a pro. The vocal rides the track nicely. Nice vibrato. Love the tone of the guitars. Reminds me of early - mid 2000's pop rock. The use of major 7 chords is unique and refreshing for this type of record. The song is very well written. Love the lyrics. This could be a great Disney record. Either that or it would be awesome in some type of soundtrack.

I like the lyrics and the 'boppy' sound used, in fact, the whole song has a very happy, go lucky feel, this would be a lovely song for a car ride in the summer. I really like the harmonising at the chorus section and the use of fills and 'oohs'. :)

The song did not have the sound for the radio too much, but more for a TV show. I really imagine this for a Lifetime or Hallmark channel show. That is just the mood that the song gave off. Now for the specifics: The music was a bit cheesy in an upbeat way. But this is not necessarily a bad thing because at least the song came off as positive and happy. The melody I think was what made it kind of cheesy sounding not so much the rhythm. And to cover the vocals: They were very suiting and appropriate to this style music, I do not think that these vocals would match any other style music though, they would not sound very good with another kind of sound. I say this because they had a certain sound to them. That was most appealing to this kind of music. It was actually perfect for this kind. And as far as the lyrics go, I was glad to hear the positivity of the message. They were very positive and had a good point behind them, which in a lot of songs, I have noticed that not all songs write lyrics with meaning so much, just words that rhyme. So I was very pleased to hear that this track had a positive and thought-out message. Which you do not get a lot of these days. That also is what made the song have a TV show feel to it, I thought that it was nice though. So even though I did not particularly like this song to hear on a daily basis or regularly, I thought that it was a nice and good use of talent. So with that said, I will rate this song a 10 out of 10 because even though it was not really my cup of tea, I was not bored at all during the song and also the important part was hard work paying off and that is what was done here.

and up beat song and good tunes and singer. Singer has a good voice. and understandable song. I like it. a song I could sing to. I like the lyrics and music.good song arrangement. very pretty. it makes me want to sing along with the song. I would buy it. i like country and its singer is crisp and i can hear the lyrics good.nice add with the piano playing and the drums out shine the singer.

I think the intro to this song had a good rhythm to it and a strong beat, it was varied and creative. The vocal melody of the siger was stylish and impressive, she sang with great ease. The lyrics were inspiring and though provoking, I love the little nursery rhythm lyrics near the start of the song. The instrumental was balanced, varied and compelling. It was smoothly put together with great timing.

Very tuneful and strong. Definitely original. Your voice is rich, and warm. Very inviting. The lyrics were perfectly clear, and told a great story. It was heart warming. The instrument accompaniments were balanced, solid, exciting and quite powerful. You were on pitch and the rhythm was wonderful. The introduction was catchy. You are very talented and imaginative, and put a great amount of effort into your work. It payed off =]

The first thing that struck me about the song was the lyrics from nursery rhymes, I thought it was a bit silly when I first heard the first line although I quickly got it and actually thought it was clever. Well written lyrics. The bass needs to do more in this song or there is no it being there, it's not even a case of a bass line that is making the song have more depth but not taking attention, the bass just needs more use. There was however a very good use of drums as they were playing good beats and keeping the rhythm and timing well for the piece. The techniques used were good at keeping the listener excited to hear the song all throughout it. The piano part was also composed and played very well, the melodies of the part were pleasant to listen to and uplifting. The vocalist has excellent quality of rich tone and depth to the voice and makes the singing a pleasure to listen to, the male backing in the chorus complemented her voice well and was a strong part of the wholeness and completeness of the arrangement in the chorus. The usage of the guitar is great as it was only used sparingly instead of taking over the song and was very well played and integrated into the music well. The bridge section was also a nice touch with great progressions and vocals. The ending did let the otherwise great song down a bit though as it seemed to end a bit abruptly, I think I would have preferred a fading ending on this song or a coda with a gradual ending. All in all, a good song though.

I love this song. the singer has a nice velvety voice, very sexy, and sounds great! The music is uplifting and the lyrics are as well. Very beautiful. These are the types of country songs I love to hear. Very inspiring, harmony sounds great. The male voice matches very well with the lead singers voice! The chorus very clear and illustrates a picture for the audience to hear and see. I can see how tis songs music video would be like!

I love this artist's voice; it's soft, yet strong. She does well with the high notes, too. I like the melody of the song, and the melding of her vocals with the background vocals. The tempo is energetic and fun, matching with the positive messages of the lyrics. I like the lead-in changes to the chorus. I think this could be a nice track to go to radio, as songs like this are definitely needed and can sit nicely right alongside other songs like this that have hit on country radio. The note at right around 3:48 is nice, and I like the abrupt ending with the drumbeat.

Imaginative lyrics. Memorable, tuneful, and shapely melody. The vocals are distinctive and rich, as well as being heartfelt and stylish. The lyrics are clever and thought-provoking, and the instrumental accompaniment works well with the lyrics, as well as being engaging and rhythmic in its own right. The artist is extremely talented and creative. Overall, excellent music with a real chance at doing well!

The song has a nice beat to dance to. It's a country/pop song that little kids would even enjoy. It has references to children's stories that makes it a great song for kids. It has a happy mood and puts you in a happy mood. It lifts your spirits. The lyrics of the chorus and the rest of the song are inspirational. The chorus is very catchy. The song could be a hit! The singer carries her voice well. The ending of the song could be better. The lyrics and how the beat of the song in the end could be improved.

This song is good. It reminds me of a loving home. With your family. Most of all I like the different rhythm in the beat. The vocals had a real high pitch, but that made it better with that combination.

Very nice. Smooth listening. I love the way that the song starts. Its very easy listening. The song reminds me of a love story song that I've heard in the past. I love the bridge to the song. I could definitely relate to this one!

This song had a great inspirational message behind it. The use of nursery rhymes allowed the reader to connect with the message the singer was trying to convey, also it added a fun twist on the style of song. The singer had great vocal control and pitch control through out the duration of the song. The track used was fun and child like which once again complimented the fun aspect of the song.

Vibrant drum line kicks this track off. I like the way that it provides bounce and life to the track. female vocalist had a brilliant feel to it. She used all the tonal range and character in her voice to perfection. Loved the way she projected the words with a slightly breathless feeling. For me what really worked was the way every word was lifted up. Also really liked the way the lyrics were created by mixing up nursery rhythms and stitching them together. This song goes a long way. the instrumentals to this song are very interesting. the beat is good and the music goes pretty far as being entertaining. the lyrics are good and there free flowing. this singer in this song does a commendable job. her voice is extremeely good, yet she does have a nice pitch to her voice. her performance is imaginative. it has a nice and genuine way here.

This song has a good and steady muiscal beat in the beginning. It's medium paced. A female singer starts in. She has a pretty light and soft voice. I think the genre would be country though it also sounds a little like soft or light rock. It is a pretty uplifting song. The lyrics talk about living your dreams and make your fairy tales come true. They are pretty and that alone might make some people more interested in this song.

I think the woman sounds classic country. I think she stays on melody with the song. I like the lyrics, they are cute. I think the song is encouraging and makes you feel independent and dominant. The rhythm is great.

This song a very strong message of keep fighting on, just cause there might me bumps in your journey; you can't give up cause there is always a happy ending at the end of the tunnel. This is a great song for teenagers that feel like they can't make it. I really love the meaning of the song. I would recommend this song to anyone that just doesn't feel like keep going.

I think this sounds similar to a musical arrangement john mayor would use. The woman on here has a great tone. The nursery stores are perfect. I think she has incorporated the idea well. I love the concept she provides in the song. It is truly wonderful and her sound is perfect and the rhythm of the instruments match it well.

I really like the beat of this song, it reminded me of a country song from very early on. The singer even sounds like she has a little bit of country in her voice. I think that this song could go on both pop radio and country radio. I like the "story" theme to the lyrics, too. I think there are some very encouraging lyrics here and the singer does a good job expressing them with her voice. This also sounds like it would be a good kid's song and could go in a kid's movie.

This singer has an excellent singing voice. I like that this song is so touching, what a positive song"we must follow are heart". The melody is nice and the singer sounds terrific with the instruments played great choice. Exceptional band love this performance.

This song has a nice melody.. a female vocalist sings the lyrics..."Marry... Marry...quite contrary ...how does your garden grow... " Male harmonies join in for the chorus...."Life is a tapestry. the fun and the tragedy.. the bad good all mixed together..cause no else can really do what you were meant to do ...Live your dreams and make your fairytale come true " it had a great beat.. the instrumentals were awesome.. this had a positive message.. it was great for the imagination... I loved it!

Elements of soft rock, country, and folk displayed here. This song is not bad at all and the singer reminds me of Shania Twain, Jewel, and Taylor Swift in which she can use country and switch between different elements and genres on the same song. The music compliments the singer pretty well. You did a pretty good job here.

THIS WAS A HAPPY GO LUCKY SONG, NURSERY RHYME STYLE. MUSIC/MELODY HAD GOOD STEADY FLOW VOCALS HAD GOOD RANGE GREAT VOICE TO LISTEN TO. LYRIC FUNNY AS AGAIN IT DEALT WITH NURSERY RHYMES...THIS WAS A ENTERTAINING SONG!

Nice catchy melody, brings out the emotion of the lyrics. Lyrics written well, make sense and actually seem to tell a story. Arrangement is good because none of the instrumentals overwhelm the vocals. Vocals do very well, harmonies are excellent when used. Change of pace in spots works very well. Yes I would listen to this singer and this music again.

I like the nursery rhyme theme to this song. It is different and unique. The singer has an incredible voice as she sings about life and living it and doing what you wanna do. She can reach so many great notes.

The singer tells a story so good with a great melodic voice. We have a great sound quality. The instrumental part shines. The composition is memorable. Studio work is made in a serious music studio. I would like to listen this song in the radio stations.

An immediate country/secular music cross-over just from the intro. The woman's voice is soft and classic. This song sounds a bit more like a child's song than a successful top charts hit. The sound mixing is great and professional. The harmonies are perfect. The execution of the beat and the rhythm is staccato, giving it a cutesy feel. The instrument choices are plain, which works for a song like this. The drums are appropriate for a country cross-over tune. The break after the key change is placed excellently.

I love music like this. The Lord is good right? I think she has a wonderful voice. The song is very inspirational to do good in life. It is a happy song as well. Puts a smile on your face and makes you feel a little bit better than before you did. The instrumentals on the song could be brought down a tiny bit. I would for surely listen to this song on a Sunday afternoon or Monday morning to get me going for the day. Good job on the song!

The intro starts with soft sounds of guitar strings, played so gently with the right freshness of sounds. The vocals are fascinating and touching with passion from the singers heart. The song is created with the right amount of harmony and flow.

Starts off with rocking beat my people, the artist music is displaying a lot soul and heart, nice upbeat tempo for a captive audience, great instrumental music, the artist voice is very powerful,her energy for the sound is outstanding, the drummer brings out the sound of the music, the song has great meaning to it, like it for inspirational music.

The lyrics are different and distinctive. The singer has good tone and expression and is not being over-powered by the instruments. The melody could have a better beat during the chorus as it gets quite repetitive and would sound better if it was more upbeat. I think this song would sound better with a stronger piano input to make it sound more upbeat and easy for the listener.

Loving the start to this song it sounds amazing with her voice, although the lyrics could do with a little thought but she suits it well. The instruments sound amazing and really well played they have amazing talent and i can see them going far. The rhythm is great and her vocal range is out of this world, so good.

I got this one today....I will attempt to answer it!

....How do I sell my music on the web?

So how does one really go about "selling" their song(s) on the internet?  Okay, so this is a real doozie of a question because it's so broad, but I will attempt to answer. (Gee I sure wish someone had told me all this stuff when I started out doing this full time less than 2 years ago-it would have saved me about a gazillion hours...but I'm NOT bitter!) I'm glad we had my nephew (Brendon, 22, a songwriter too, who'd a thunk that??) here this weekend, since he was asking about all this same stuff.  I know a lot of musicians need this information and don't know where to start or even look...it was good for me to review it all with him, so I'd know what to write here...

First of all, every song you write or want to put on a CD, needs to first be copyrighted (http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html).  And the old mail it to yourself trick isn't really working too well any more... You can register like 30 songs online at the .gov site at a time, for only $35!  And it's really important that you make a good if not great, demo. It can be a home recording if you have a good home mic and studio setup, but ideally it should be a professionally cut demo (some of the opportunities out there I discuss below take home recordings, but not that many). And have I ever mentioned that it's really competitive out there? So you DO want your music to sound at least as good if not better than everyone else's, right?  But that's another bloggie...

The advice from some of my friends on Linked In Music is all good advice. They say get a good  online presence.  What works well for me is to have my own website, and yes, it does have to be great, (sorry!) My new one is from Section 101 (yes, that one, the www.DeDe-Music.com one!) and it's very cheap considering...and (aw shucks) it is pretty awesome too (thanks Kathleen!), especially compared to the last one I had which it beats by about 2 million coconuts to negative 1 million coconuts (so what if I happen to love coconuts?).  I switched to Section 101, because my last website cost a whole lotta cha-ching, but looked like a whole lotta caca-doo.  Plus, Section 101 covers your Hosting and you can do all your own updates for like $265 per year. (Google: "Section 101" and ask for Kathleen, and please tell 'em DeDe sent you, okay?) I also have Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (aka MyWaste), and YouTube. Looks like I may need to do a website building blog now too, hmm?  Also: good photos and great videos seem to be where it's at now, especially music videos.

The better you get with Social Media, the better you will do, but if you're like me you need to work on it, (BTW I didn't know what LOL was for the longest time, I thought it was a new division of AOL or something...yikes)! And of course get out there and play music!  Build a fan base with your gigs, your Social Media and website by posting some of your songs (or just clips if you don't want people to rip them off free on the internet! (which, of course has NEVER happened to me; sarcasm completely unintentional).  There is free software on the web to make clips for your websites, and also even for hosting a website, etc. 

It's up to you if you want to try to compile your music into a CD to sell.  If you tour and do a lot of gigs, you probably need to have at least one good CD (8 plus songs), or EP (with 5-7 songs), and you need to get it mixed and mastered, especially if you don't use one producer for all the songs.  If you do make a CD, then iTunes and CD Baby are where it's at to sell them online if you don't want to ship it all yourself...

Once you have great songs (and some decent professional looking photos), I would join some of the what I call "Music Licensing and Opportunities (and yes, some of these "opportunites" are utter & complete BS!) Sites".  When you do, make sure you have good quality MP3's of your song available to upload to these sites: Music XRay, Broadjam.com (singer/songwriter), ReverbNation, Music Clout, & Hitlicense, and others. They all allow you to set up a free or semi-free account and upload your songs and send them to opportunities and synch licensing opportunities, for a fee.  The two best for me are Reverbnation and Broadjam. I have not personally had much success yet with the others, but it sure beats what I call "the mega-waterhose treatment" of mailing your music to all the people out there in the biz.  I did join Taxi, (and I'll save that fiasco for another time), but suffice it to say it was NOT a great investment...

So once you join, you build your page, you post your music and you submit it to the RIGHT opportunities (they give you reference songs, and a description, so please read & listen to them).  If they want a sound/song like Taylor Swift, and you sound like Otis Redding or God forbid, Kermit the Frog, please DON'T waste your time and money submitting! Okay, now repeat after me: "join, build, post, submit", "join, build, post, submit".  Got it? Now wasn't that easy?

Let me know how you are doing with all of this, okay?  If you have any questions, you can comment here or email me on my webpage at: www.DeDe-Music.com/About.  Please check out my weekly  "Musician Stuff" BLOG here:  http://dedewedekind.blogspot.com/, & if you have time after reading all this, please LIKE me at: www.facebook.com/DeDeWedekind. Thanks!!!

All the best to you in music & this thing we call "life"!  DeDe

I'm on iTunes (finally!)

Hi there Friends & Fans, OKAY SO THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING, MY NEW CD "Love & Fairy Tales" IS NOW ON iTunes (sigh). Before you laugh, let's talk about the level of difficulty here...  First I had to make the EP/CD, then get all the (retouched) photos, then get all the photos and songs to fit the format on the ReverbNation store to get them to push it to iTunes. I also had to first publish the hardcopy CD on my Reverbnation Store. For some reason the hardcopies didn't happen this time on CD Baby...oh well. No worries. Then I had to pay Reverb to put it on iTunes. Then I had to keep my fingers crossed that iTunes would publish it quickly-and (yay) they did! This was AFTER my release in June 2013 about a month and a half later, so I was, um, a bit late shall we say?  Anyways, it's there now. It took about 5 DAYS to get it posted to ReverbNation because they were having severe bandwidth issues with me getting my songs uploaded and the photos, etc. for the CD....it was a very taxing time for me. All's well that ends well anyways, so here's the URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blame-it-on-the-summertime/id681711229?i=681711394  Ta-Da! (I really hope you upload it since it's less than $6.00!!) A bargain I might add... Thanks! DeDe :)  PS the Christmas CD is really coming along great, (if I may say so), and I really think you will like the 2 videos coming from my visit to LA: "One Child", my original new Christmas song, and "The Fairy Tale Song" (fun & whimsical-I really love what Jesse is doing to this video so far!!) I'll certainly keep you posted about when they arrive, AND a few contest updates for you as well... :) www.DeDe-Music.com www.facebook.com/DeDeWedekind