3207 2 2009-02-20T19:37:53-08:00 GBP <p>Hi</p> <p>My name is James Mckay. Im a singer/songwriter based in Edinburgh in Scotland.</p> <p>Over the last 4/5 years i have been writing and performing my own material to anyone who will listen. The reaction to my music is always extremely positive and the main question i get asked is, why dont i send my music away? People are constantly telling me i have a very mainstream sound and should get my music onto disk and send it to record/publishing companies.</p> <p>I recently took wind of this and saved enough money to make a demo in a recording studio. This turned out well, but i found once i had made it that the cost to have it look proffesional then duplicated would cost more than the demo itself. Also on further investigation, i have found that most companies still prefer packaged disks and presspacks to sending MP3&#8217;s. I have since put the demo online at www.myspace.com/jamiemckay</p> <p>So after much begging, my friend, who is a radio sound engineer has agreed to help me record an album. His musical knowledge and technical ability will without a doubt make an astounding album. He has agreed to do this out of the kindness of his heart but advised i may have to get session musicians in for certain parts, and he knows a company that have great prices on CD cuplication and artwork. I have now picked the 11 songs that get the most reaction and have started recording the first song on thursday :)</p> <p>This is where the good of the people hopefully comes into play.</p> <p>I am requesting any financial help available to get the dream out of my head and onto disk. I have set myself the goal of July 26th 2009, as this is my birthday and also when i will be free from college to make that vital trip to London, where i intend to pester the life out of record companys and publishing companies with a product i can be proud of. Im hoping to make up to 500 copies of my album for maximum effect.</p> <p>Your help would be much appreciated and anyone who donates will recieve a namecheck and thanks on my album.</p> <p>Thanks for your time :)</p> <p>J</p> 2009-07-25T17:00:00-07:00 3024 image/pjpeg J_McKay_Promo.jpg 18038 2009-02-20T19:37:52-08:00 GB 10 2009-02-20T16:00:00-08:00 "music" "album" "unsigned" "songwriter" "singer" Help me make my album 2010-02-08T13:27:03-08:00 200.0 986 0.0 112 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 29 Special Interests special-interests 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 218 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00 19 Arts arts 2008-10-06T20:00:55-07:00