Brandon Stiles

Full stack developer at Greenlight, web performance enthusiast.

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@AMooreUpdates He’s a rebounding beast

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@benisraelsmusic You passed on the offer!

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Free stage name for a Nashville country track guy:

"Boot Loops"

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@FiddleSabre Eddy Raven

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(9/?) PEER-REVIEWED SONGS:

Anyone can say "I love you".

Your songs can PROVE it.

Citations. Results from double-blind studies.

The focus group findings should be in the bridge section.

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(1/?) To help break into country songwriting, it can be helpful to carve out a niche.

To become the "go-to" for certain types of tunes.

Here are some currently untapped ones:

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(8/?) Three words:

ONLY.
IAMBIC. PENTAMETER.

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(7/?) SPONSORED SONGS:

Become THE guy for securing in-song sponsorships.

Movies do it all the time - hell, the James Bond franchise is basically bankrupt w/o Heineken placements.

Get PAID to drop the name of that cold beer.

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(6/?) FINANCIAL ADVISE SONGS:

So many country song subjects are down to their last dime. No money in their pocket. Waiting for payday to come.

Not yours!

Get a foot tapping over a tax bracket & you got magic.

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(5/?) Ballads in odd time signatures

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(4/?) Not sure the "title" for this one, but basically: "You pissed me off, & I know Jason Aldean, & he's gonna come kick your ass!"

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(3/?) SEQUEL SONGS:
Let others do the hard work for you.

Slap an "again" or "some more" at the end of various lines, give a couple points on your writing credits, & you've basically guaranteed a cut.

Cruise 2.

Take A Backroad... AGAIN.

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(2/?) TUTORIAL SONGS

So many broken-down things in country songs.

Houses, tractors, trucks, etc.

Take advantage of that - how can listeners fix those? What tools are needed? Teach a man to fish, literally.

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@DrDragon1011 Mmm me too

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@E11even745 The uncanny valley is strong

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Why do all of Pitt's QBs look the exact same?

#PeachBowl

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@BahamasMusic seems I have a type

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Something that won't ever leave me:

So the opening yell of "Crazy Train" ("All abooooooard, ha ha ha ha ha") is Ozzy Osbourne.

However, it also sounds exactly like @tomhanks

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Automatic answering services: can we stop doing the "fake typing noise" sound effect?

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@DrDragon1011 INFURIATING when that happens!!