Now: We All Get Back Up Again?

I got the 50 fans back, but the song plays are flat. I am probably leveling off and headed back down. It will have to take care of itself. No tweaking from me! I'm getting ready to move to Vermont soon. I will record another song tomorrow in Indy! RRG Chuck

Now: We All Fall Down!

I made it to # 5 today on the Louiville Reverbnation chart for Rock! Wow! I'm impressed...not! The system is easily tweeked and you will see artists with way more fans than song plays? Why would you become a fan when you have not heard their songs? To get a higher fan number for yourself. I gained fans steadily after a few key artists became my fan. It is like joinign a fan club or secret society. You are however only allowed to have 1000 favorites so you have to drop artists as you go to keep your own numbers up. I just lost 50 fans today after never losing more than 1 or 2 before. So funny! I guess my fair share payment will go down now! I did earn 18 cents so far, which helps you to see how important "Fameville" (Reverbnation) really is. I will keep my songs on there, but the climb up the charts may be over. I will let it take care of itself. You can spend more time tweeking the fans than writing and playing songs. I'm gonna be Rockin' instead. I did meet a few nice people on RVN which does make it worthwhile. Watch Liam's video on my page or Utube. It is so funny! RRG Chuck

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Way Back Then: My Family's Musical Roots

To be fair, I thought that I would mention that I do come from a musical family. My mom was an excellent pianist, but never taught me to play. she did buy me my first guitar! I was a part of our family sing alongs. My both of my uncles sang and played guitar. My uncle George taught me some guitar when I was a teen. My grandfather played violin with the Chicago Symphony until he broke his shoulder when he fell on some ice. His father played fiddle in Iowa. My great uncle Frederick W. Agard sang at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in the 1920's and was one of the first to be broadcast on radio. The station was WEBH which became WGN. This is a piece of sheet music with his picture on it that I somehow found on EBay. He was the "Ace of the Air". I chose to paint after seeing my Uncle Richard's work when I was 11 in New York state. It took me a long time to get into music (starting again at 57), but here I am! Thanks, Family!