NT client, Wayne Patterson, signs deal with Big Noise, wins NACMAI 2016 Album of the Year
Posted: March 9, 2016 Filed under: Client News | Tags: 2016 NACMAI Winners, Al Gomez Big Noise Records, The Greartest Gift Gospel Singing Trio Leave a comment
Nashville Trax producer, Bill Watson was present yesterday to witness Nashville Trax’ client Wayne Patterson, and his trio partners, Krys Smith (left) and Mike Biasin ( rt) perform at the national finals of the NACMAI .
Singing to two of the 28 tracks Watson and his team produced, this Gospel trio has already won the local and state competitions. The winner will be announced this coming Sunday. (Update: After enough contestants to fill an entire week of competition, on Sunday, March 13, 2016 the trio won Gospel Band of the Year, Gospel Album of the Year, and Horizon award in the Gospel Song category.)
Unrelated to this competition, the trio also announced the signing of a nine month development deal with Big Noise records. The direction will be focused on “Gospel with a rock edge”. The label head, Al Gomes, who produced two Christina Aguilera singles and helped break her career. said the tracks they perform with are major label quality and agreed to Bill Watson of Nashville Trax continuing to produce the trio’s music.
Mr. Gomes other credits include Red Hot Chili Peppers, J. Geils Band, Paul Doucette of Matchbox 20 and he is on the nominating committee for The Grammy’s.
Wayne Paterson’s Gospel trio,, The Greatest Gift, with producer, Bill Watson at NACMAI in Pigeon Forge.
Album of the Year winners at the 2016 NACMAI competition held here in Tennessee.
On the Red Carpet!
Instrument and Vocal Tracks Online On YOUR Project!
Posted: March 1, 2016 Filed under: Studio Services, Tracks Online | Tags: Bass Guitar Tracks Online, piano tracks online, Singers Online Leave a comment“I just wanted to drop a line and say the tracks was super awesome. I will be encouraging clients to use you for most all projects in the future.”- studio owner P. Rodgers, Saluda, S.C.
Nashville Trax: We provide Nashville session talent that you don’t need to leave your home to take advantage of.
“I just wanted to drop a line and say the tracks was super awesome. I will be encouraging clients to use you for most all projects in the future.”- studio owner P. Rodgers, Saluda, S.C.
In today from Kim Berry of Citrus Heights, CA:
“I did a rough mix last night and blown away by the quality. The bass line is exactly what I envisioned. All of the musicians captured the essence of the song – up to that “grand finale” at the last beat. Banjo – fiddle – guitar parts … Everything fit.
I’m used to working with separate samples for chorus and verse – much faster when it’s one sample for the complete song – and the sync was perfect too – no latency to adjust for.”
Need Tracks?
Vocal Tracks Online Yes! Get the singer online you need for ypur song here!
In fact, see every instrument available by going to our main page and clicking the word “MORE” in the upper right corner for a drop down menu where you can order mandolin, sax, violins…you name it!
Brent Mason Guitar Tracks Recording Session, Available For Your Song!
Posted: March 1, 2016 Filed under: Studio Services, Tracks Online | Tags: Hire Brent Mason Guitar Track Leave a commentCelebrated Nashville session guitarist, Brent Mason, is available to play on your song!
The photos below show Brent recently playing on a a recording session for several Nashville Trax clients.
Also included in the slide show are pictures of Brent Mason’s amplifier and Brent Mason’s pedal board.
If you have only one song and time is of the essence the rate is higher than normal, but if you have at least 4 songs or you’re willing to wait until we have enough to do a Brent session it’s only slightly more than you’d normally pay for a typical session guitarist.
To hire Brent Mason to play on your song in a session here at Nashville Trax contact us at nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Music Publisher Looking For Country, Rock, Pop, Rap Songs
Posted: February 29, 2016 Filed under: Song Pitch Opportunity | Tags: music publisher looking for songs Leave a comment
After 14 years of not accepting outside material, for a limited time, Listen Again Music (BMI), based in the Nashville Tennessee area, is in a catalog building phase and is accepting unpublished song submissions from songwriters for possible placement on major label and independent recording projects as well as for use in film and television shows.
Extra consideration will be given to songwriters who have master recordings of their songs (available for download and/or CD sales) and/or regularly perform their original songs in small bars, clubs and concert settings) in need of a publishing in order to collect live performance royalties and obtain ongoing promotion.
You may be offered publishing contract(s) on one song or all original unpublished songs in your catalog.
Scanned set list(s) with the performance date, venue and original songs performed circled as well as any supporting documentation of an ongoing performance schedule (website with show dates, YouTube videos or similar ) will be helpful in making a decision.
- Songwriters seeking possible single song publishing contracts to obtain ongoing promotion, please submit only professionally produced demos or master quality work. All songs submitted for possible single song contracts or blanket publishing deals must be unpublished. Songwriters (and/or collaborators) must control copyright 100%.
- Listen Again Music (BMI) is also interested in purchasing royalty streams and/or copyrights on Top 40 Billboard charting hit songs.
Interests are: Christian, Modern Country similar to what’s currently receiving radio airplay, Pop, R & B, Hip Hop, Rap and Rock material.
This opportunity is also open to performers currently planning an album project in need of a publisher.
All songs added to the Listen Again Music catalog will continually be reviewed for possible pitches as opportunities arise and pitched if suitable.
- Professionally made demos and masters of unpublished songs may be submitted (with permission) to Listen Again Music (BMI) or PlayItAgainMusicPublishing (ASCAP).
- E-mail your request for permission to submit to: LAMusicPublishing.1@gmail.comMP3 only, songs must be unpublished. Lyrics submitted in body of e-mail, no attachments except the MP3. Songwriter and/or co-writers must control copyright 100%.
If your song is accepted you will be asked to sign a single song publishing agreement. There is no charge to the songwriter, the publisher will acquire the publisher’s share of the song and the songwriter retains 100% of the writer’s share.
Please first e-mail for permission to submit: LAMusicPublishing.1@gmail.com
“Miles And Miles” video released. Your song, our production= You Tube success!
Posted: February 24, 2016 Filed under: Christian, Client News, Client News, Music Industry News, Now Tracking, Uncategorized | Tags: Bill Watson, danny thompson, miles and miles, sony Leave a comment
Dan Thompson’s just-released video of the song he wrote for his long haul trucker son who tragically died when he fell asleep and crashed his rig about two months after Dan wrote it. Dan and his band are “lip syncing” and “air guitaring” to the track the Nashville Trax A team played on.
This video was made after Dan’s first trip here to record his vocals on three Dan Thompson penned tunes that producer, Bill Watson, arranged and produced prior.
A simple-to-shoot-and-edit video like this can be posted on You Tube as Dan has done. It’s extremely useful for promotion of your live shows and adding fans to your database, or if you don’t perform, you can monetize the video itself and get paid for the short ads that run each time someone clicks on it. One of our clients has made several of these videos, hiring actors to perform in fairly elaborate videos to the tracks we produce of songs he writes. He has hundreds of thousands of You Tube clicks on several of them and has quite a successful business going.
2-23-16 Bill Watson (center) and Shawn Conley (center) producing/engineering Dan Thompson’s vocals on 5 additional tunes Dan (pictured left, in booth) wrote to complete the album. Dan has one more meeting to hopefully seal a distribution deal through Sony.
Above: Dan Thompson performing at The George Jones Entertainment Complex in downtown Nashville on 2-21-16.
Musicians who played on the music track used in the above video:
Drums and percussion: Jim Riley (Rascal Flatts)
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Tom Wild, (B.J. Thomas, Mindy McCready, Brenda Lee)
Bass guitar: Bill Watson (producer, Nashville Trax)
Vocals: Dan Thompson
Piano: Ronald Fairchild, (Oak Ridge Boys)
Fiddle: Jenee Fleenor (Blake Shelton, The Voice. Reigning winner of the CMA Touring Musician of th Year Award, Dec. 2015)
Engineers: Bill Watson, Shawn Conley
Produced & Arranged by Bill Watson.
The song and video of “Miles and Miles” is © 2016 Dan Thompson. It’s posted here for demonstration of production values only. Any other use is a violation of U.S. and International copyright laws.
LeAnn Rimes album planned, looking for material.
Posted: February 1, 2016 Filed under: Song Pitch Opportunity, Uncategorized | Tags: LeAnn Rimes Leave a commentBryan Stewart at Curb in Nashville is looking for motivational, upbeat country/popsongs for an upcoming LeAnn Rimes album planned for 2016/2017. No firm deadline has been set at the time of this post.
For direction, check out her last album Spitfire (2013).
- Professionally made demos and masters of unpublished songs may be submitted (with permission) to Listen Again Music (BMI) or PlayItAgainMusicPublishing (ASCAP).
- E-mail your request for permission to submit to: LAMusicPublishing.1@gmail.com
- MP3 only, songs must be unpublished. Lyrics submitted in body of e-mail, no attachments except the MP3. Songwriter and/or co-writers must control copyright 100%.
If your song is accepted you will be asked to sign a single song publishing agreement. There is no charge to the songwriter, the publisher will acquire the publisher’s share of the song and the songwriter retains 100% of the writer’s share.
Click here for additional pitch opportunities
Christian Country Rock Songs Wanted
Posted: January 13, 2016 Filed under: Song Pitch Opportunity, Uncategorized Leave a commentStephen’s Cry, a band based in Kentucky (U.S.A.) is seeking southern rock material with Christian lyrics/message. An independent album release is planned for late 2016.
Send up to two mp3s or web links to:
stephenscry@gmail.com
http://www.stephenscry.com/bio
https://www.facebook.com/stephenscry/
Planning a vacation trip to the U.S.? Stop by to record a couple songs!
Posted: January 7, 2016 Filed under: Studio Services | Tags: Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Record in Nashville while on vacation. Germany, Sweden, U.K. Leave a commentMake your vacation to the U.S. and the Nashville area a memory you’ll never forget!
Record with world class musicians, get pics of your recording experience you can post to your friends on Facebook! Get session charts signed by the Nashville musicians and producer!
The Danny Thompson Band single, Miles and Miles (distributed by Sony) which was recorded here, has given Nashville Trax unexpected exposure overseas.
Airplay in the U.K., Australia, Canada and other places has prompted potential clients who live in those countries to seek us out. The sessions have been low pressure, great fun and the clients left with great recordings. Some do cover tunes, some do originals.
It’s so much fun for us to meet people who live in other countries, trade stories and make some great music!
If you, or a member of your family sings or plays an instrument and you are about to vacation in the U.S., why not take advantage of the opportunity to do some music in Nashville?
This is your chance to record with world class musicians, the best on the planet!
Some of our overseas clients did only cover tunes, others only originals. Grace Kelly of New Zealand (pic #1) did both.
“Thanks Bill, I wants to say thanks for your patience, professionalism and support of Grace. Sunday was a big step for her. The guys were all outstanding AND were all great musos too. Loved your bass playing, your lines on her own song really made the track. We can start planning the next project. Best to you and the guys.” Brian (Kelly)
This from our clients from Germany:
“Hi Bill,
Feel free to post the mixes on the website. They really sound great, thanks again to both Shawn and you.
Best regards from Berlin
Walther & Dirk”
Interested?
e-mail us: nashtrax@bellsouth.net
backup e-mail nashtraxstudios@gmail.com
Here are some pics from sessions we’ve done recently with clients from outside the U.S. (Canada, Germany and New Zealand):
You can sing and play everything yourself, or perhaps just you and another family member can record together.
We can add any musicians you need or provide the whole band!
nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Nashville Session Guitarist, Brent Mason, Is Now Available To Play On Your Song!
Posted: January 1, 2016 Filed under: Nashville Session Musicians, Studio News, Studio Services, Tracks Online Leave a comment
Nashville Session Guitar Player, Brent Mason at Nashville Trax Recording Studio. Known worldwide for his Fender Telecaster work, for this song he’s playing a Gibson Les Paul.
Brent Mason has been featured on over 1,000 major label albums and hundreds of Billboard #1 hits; on commercials for Dodge, Ford, Wrangler Jeans, Whirlpool, Revlon, Geico, the opening to NFL Monday Night Football and tons more. Also on movie and TV soundtracks: Friends, Becker, King of the Hill, The Dukes of Hazzard, A Few Good Men, The Horse Whisperer, Home Alone, Home Alone II to name a few.
And he’s now available to play on your song!
Known for lightning fast chicken picking style guitar like he played on Alan Jackson’s song “Chatahoochee,” and dozens of other hits, Brent can play anything. He has a Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy and is a 12-time winner of the ACM Guitarist of the Year Award.
Brent has been added to the Nashville Trax roster and is available for songs we produce from scratch as well as songs you’re self-producing and need to add only his guitar skills to your work.
A small premium charge will apply.
For more information contact us at nashtrax@bellsouth.net
According to Guitar World Magazine, Brent is the #8 session guitarist of all time across all genres. Wouldn’t it be great to list him as a credit on your song?
Review: Les Paul 2016 Studio Series Guitars
Posted: December 26, 2015 Filed under: Studio Equipment | Tags: Les Paul Studio Guitar Review Leave a commentJust in from a second go-round of trying out the Les Paul studio series guitars at the local Sam Ash store.
Reason for the trips:
We use a variety of session guitarists on projects, I’m normally the bass player but occasionally lower budget clients will hire me as a “one man band” of sorts, including my lead and rhythm guitar skills.
I have plenty of acoustics of all types (6 string, 12 string, gut string, etc.) available for tracking at the studio and a great Telecaster and Stratocaster, but I needed a better rock tone.
So I headed to Sam Ash and tried the “worn black” Les Paul Studio series on day one. I plugged up to a Marshall stack and ran it through all sorts of riffs, chord sequences and licks all over the neck. It sounded very good. The Burstbucker Pro PAF-style pickups provided plenty of bite. Their out the door price was quoted at $730, Sam Ash web site price: $799.
I decided to sleep on it and do more research.
Digging deeper, I liked the Alpine White Les Paul 2016 T Studio model with gold trim but it was priced at $1,499 ($1,399 out the door) and it came with 490R & 498T neck & bridge pickups that were getting mostly horrible reviews online.
Returning to the store a couple of days later I intended to buy the “worn cherry” version at the $799 price point but thought I’d give the higher priced version a whirl first, just to cover all bases. It was quickly apparent the more expensive guitar had a meatier tone, more harmonic richness, better sustain and, in general, sounded like a Les Paul should sound .It also has the ability to split the coils providing tons of tonal variation.
There’s more to a guitar’s tone than pickups but obviously the 490/498 combo are getting a bad rap. They sound great. Better than the much heralded Burstbuckers in my opinion.
So I tried the worn Cherry through the same amp and although the tone was very good, it lost in the comparison test. Much thinner, less sustain.
I ended up purchasing the more expensive Alpine White Les Paul 2016 T Studio version. Your mileage may vary, and it deoens on what type of material you’ll be playing, but if you’re in the market for a Les Paul Studio I’d advise at least trying out both models. Forget the reviews you’ve read with your eyes, instead, listen with your ears. I won’t be at all surprised if you come to the same conclusion- B.E. Watson
Male Singer For Hire Online
Posted: November 27, 2015 Filed under: Studio Services | Tags: bluesy male singer, male singer for hire online Leave a commentBill Watson has been added to the roster of singers available at Nashville Trax service Vocal Tracks Online.
Style: bluesy
Rage: Medium
Pitch: good
Tone: A cross between Peter Wolf and Michael McDonald
He can sing lead, harmony and bgvs.
e-mail nashtrax@bellsouth.net
Or click this link for details and audio samples:
Our Newest Vocal Tracks Online Singer, Bill Watson
North Pole News: Santa Is Going On Strike! Country/Rap & Hip/Hop Mix Finished, Take a Listen!
Posted: October 29, 2015 Filed under: Now Tracking | Tags: Christmas song, hip hop, Jim Riley Rascal Flatts, rap, Santa Is Going On Strike, Songwriter Robyn Adams Leave a comment
He may not be coming this year! According to this song we just finished recording, Santa is too stressed out to do his Christmas Eve duty!
Santa Is Going On Strike: a light hearted, fun song aimed at country radio with a “pull-’em-out-of-their-seats” dance groove and some “bro-country rap/hip hop” sections program directors should consider adding to their playlist.
Are you a recording artist? You might wish to add “Santa” to your upcoming Christmas album. (If you haven’t recorded a Christmas album yet, stay in the business long enough and you will, you WILL!).
Take a listen to this clip:
The full version has two sections where it deviates from the Blake Sheltonish “All About Tonight” country rhythm: one section is pure rap, the second, hip hop style.
“Santa Is Going On Strike” Credits:
Live Drums: Jim Riley (Rascal Flatts)
Percussion: Jim Riley
Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Tom Wild, (B.J. Thomas, Mindy McCready, Brenda Lee)
Vocorder and Drum Programming in rap sections: Grant Anderson (Mission 615, Nashville Trax)
Bass guitar: Bill Watson (producer, Nashville Trax)
B3 Organ: Bill Watson
Jason E: all country and rap/hip hop vocals
Spoken Word Ending “radio DJ dialog”: Grant Anderson and Jake Anderson.
Tracking & Mix engineers: Ronald Fairchild and Bill Watson
Produced & Arranged by Bill Watson.
Santa Is Going On Strike © 2015 Robyn Adams, posted here for demonstration purposes only. Any other use is a violation of U.S. and international copyright law. The songwriter currently retains the right of first release. Requests sent to nashtrax@bellsouth.net by parties interested in recording it; program directors and producers interested in airplay or use in TV/film projects will be forwarded to the songwriter and/or publisher.
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