Look at this GREAT homepage!

Love this homepage for the music site, well done to the designers.

This is bound to appeal to all those Indie musicians out there, just waiting for recognition and feedback on their music.

I find the new layout (not that new as it has been up and running a couple of weeks) to be really user friendly, uploading your music is simple, voting (for free) is easy and it's fascinating reading the musicians bio's and listener comments.

wwtq.net - Upload Vote and Win

Upload Vote and Win
That's the header we are using on our current round of correspondence. It is interesting to see the level of distrust out there when in reality we are trying to help aspiring musicians. Personally I can't see the risk involved, they upload a song, they get friends to vote - for free - and they run an excellent chance of winning money AND recognition from industry professionals. Where's the risk? In fact WHAT is the risk?

We have a big event due to start in the UK in December, it will be heavily publicised over there and is already building excitement. The prize will be 10,000 POUNDS - wow how can any aspiring Indie singer/band refuse or ignore that chance? In addition the professionals will be watching and listening VERY carefully - ready to grab the next "big thing".

Can't wait to hear some of the entries!

Blue Sky Day

That's today, another blue sky day. I just checked the entries on the latest two concerts in the World Wide Talent Quest www.wwtq.net and it is looking great. Fab to see people are getting their friends to vote for them, voting is free afterall so why wouldn't you! I wonder who will win the prize this time? I imagine in the current economic climate anyone would be pleased to have a boost of $1000 or more dollars.

I like seeing things working and working well. I have a friend, who died quite a few years ago, who would have just loved being involved with this music site. The chance to interact with other budding musicians, the opportunity to have his music listened to by friends and the general public so he could receive feedback and most excitingly to be listened to by real players in the industry. To think he pottered for so many hours in his home recording studio but there was never any real outlet to share his work and his love of music. www.wwtq.net would have been that sort of thing for him. I think it is wonderful how the entrants can now put up profiles about themselves and start communicating with each other. Yes, he would have been thrilled by the possibilities, what a shame it came too late for him.

1 million hits!

Wow, just heard that the music site - World Wide Talent Quest.net - wwtq.net - has had 1,000,000 hits. There's a landmark! I do hope people are enjoying it as there are so many motivated music industry professionals involved and keen to use it as a way to discover new talent. We all want it to be a success! I love seeing people are loading their music, it's fun to see how many times something has been listened to or voted for.

It isn't even 6am and I'm tired and hungry. What a start to the day. Have been up for quite a while trying to get ahead of the projects needing my attention. Today is Melbourne Cup day but the thought of spending money and sitting in some average pub watching horses run around a track doesn't exactly inspire me! I will be home creating Christmas cards for our Fine Art Photography range. We have quite a few orders for sets of Christmas cards. Some people have seen the images on our website and chosen those which they really like and emailed us for custom orders.

In addition I have been sourcing a supplier for other custom printing items, like placemats, coasters, tablecloths, mousemats and bookmarks. All of these sorts of things will look stunning with Renee's images and be perfect for gifts.

Isla is having trouble settling at night again, so I think I will completely change her night routine. I think she is reading too much before bed - reading too much - did I really say that! Like me she gets involved in what she reads and the can't calm her mind. So I will replace the bed time reading with bed time music and see how that goes.

Well I still have an hour before she wakes up, so I should try and achieve some work, plenty to do!

A Day of Achievements

A very warm and windy day here today! Miss Isla spent the day with Mama and Bapa, while John and I went to get a new microwave. That's pretty exciting isn't it! We did a couple of other chores before coming home for lunch.

I then spent a couple of hours cleaning out my wardrobe, wow I was hoarding some old stuff! It is much clearer now, much more sensible, just the things I actually wear.

I'm excited to note that our music site www.wwtq.net now has a new look. It looks so much better I am rapt. Instead of the red it is now black, much groovier looking and more in fitting with the music scene - I think.

I hope everyone finds it easy to use and is willing to have a go. We have paid out over $10,000 in prizes in the past month, so anything is possible!

Off to dinner now, Thai tonight.

Thursday 30th October 2008

6am, getting through a few jobs before Isla wakes. This morning's challenge is to finish that invitation for the Art Show we are holding on the 14th and 15th November - showing Renee's Fine Art Photography and Pettina's ceramic and glass works. It should be fun but lots of work to co-ordinate, setup and run.

It is getting hot here already, due for a very warm day I think.

I am out with my mum today, I have to take some documents to my lawyers, then we're going clothes shopping! mmmmm not sure if I am keen or not.

Things are moving on with another business interest, the music website. www.wwtq.net (World Wide Talent Quest) is a website where singers, bands - serious and not so serious - can upload their music file and enter concerts/competitions to win pretty big prizes. They get their friends to vote and the one with the highest vote wins. So, free to upload, $5 to enter concert, free to vote and you could win $1000. There are higher levels also. Our challenge now is to get the concept popular, get it out there.

We also have a panel of experts, all from the music industry in some way, watching the entries, well listening to them! Some will offer larger one off concert prizes like production deals, others are watching out for talent for upcoming tv shows. It's very, very exciting but again very, very difficult getting a new concept off the work table and into reality.

The way I see it, it is a great opportunity for Indie Bands to have a go, win much needed money and hopefully get recognition.

Anyway, something else for me to think about. Anyone with ideas out there - do share!