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New offices in Switzerland

Steve Moore — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:39:21 +0000

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Opens new office in Switzerland

YEP that’s right – MOORE TO COME!

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Spammers & Bogus Comments

Steve Moore — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:49:27 +0000

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SPAMMERS and Bogus Comments

I’ve got a lot of setting that prevent SPAM but sometimes I do get “Comments” that get through and I am just blown away at how amazingly dumb these people are…they could be “BOTS” for all I know – but they are not welcome and are usually trashed – but NOT before I report their e-mail, IP address and any other information I can extract which is usually quite a LOT!

I guess some people have nothing better to do?

I only mention this – as I want to make sure that ALL of our clients including all clients of ButterMilk Media are aware of this problem and that they take IMMEDIATE action to protect themselves from these Negative comments and/or completely off base contact form submissions! DELETE them – mark as spam and IF the same person persists in sending out this insane stuff – then report them!

OR YOU CAN FONT BOMB THEM!

It’s a crazy world out there – and in this OPEN SOURCE world you can never be too CAREFUL – I just uninstalled two of my browsers – started over and changed my passwords yet again!

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Steve and W. Keith Moore to Record Songs

Steve Moore — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:58:53 +0000

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High Cotton Records

W. Keith Moore and Steve Moore to record some songs soon..

Looking forward to recording both audio and video and collaborating with W. Keith Moore – no relation – but we go WAY BACK!

Moore to come!

The SONGS have been REMOVED for COPYRIGHT REASONS!

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Pistol v.2 – Steve Moore High Cotton Recording Artist

Steve Moore — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:38:28 +0000

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High Cotton Recording Artist

Steve Moore

Just a Quick Remix and Remastered Version of “PISTOL V.2″

Was pretty late at night when I got around to working on this – but that’s just how it is!

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For my Dad – William Ray Moore, JR. M.D.

Steve Moore — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:47:41 +0000

Steve Moore for My Dad!

I’ve tried – but only Bob Dylan could put it in to words…

When the rain is blowin’ in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love.

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love.

I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong.

I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawlin’ down the avenue
No, there’s nothin’ that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love.

Though storms are raging on the rollin’ sea
And on the highway of regrets
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free
You ain’t seen nothin’ like me yet.

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love.

For my Dad – Rest in Peace!

Just – Steve…

Your ONLY SON!

Can’t remember if we ever said “GOODBYE”

Bob Welch (Singer – Songwriter) by Steve Moore

Steve Moore — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:07:53 +0000

Bob Welch

By: Music Square One & Steve Moore

I first met Bob via Mike Lawson – who was my partner in many endeavors – Bob made the move to Nashville in the 90′s and he bought a place not to far from my home/studio. Bob and Wendy spent a lot of time hanging out over at the house and jamming and we often went out as “couples’ to have dinner – etc.

Wendy & Bob also had me do a lot of work with them on their Royalties with Fleetwood Mac – but kind of behind the scenes as it were. And all of that worked out well.

It’s amazing how small this music of business is – as I’ve worked or known so many members of Fleetwood Mac – including Billy Burnette – another great musician and friend – but Bob also did a tour in 2008 – and who backed him up? None other than Atlanta Rhythm Section whom I was very close with, especially Robert Nix – now that’s just too cool! And it truly is a small world!

But what I really miss about Bob was that he was such a super nice guy – not an ounce or pretension in him despite being a “ROCK STAR” – he was just as humble as could be and an incredible guy – not to mention that he was an amazing musician and incredible songwriter. He loved coming to my studio as it was set up for both recording and for playing live – with all the accoutrements like a light show, all kinds of instruments (drums, guitars, keyboards, basses, pretty much anything you needed to JAM!) and I’ll never forget the first night he came over – and he picked up my Les Paul – (that I had gotten via Mike Lawson when he was in California) and he started in on Ebony Eyes and I played drums – too cool! I was in heaven! Having know the man’s songs and music my whole life – and now I’m playing music with him? But that’s how cool Bob was – he said he felt like he was playing an arena as I turned only the lights, smoke machines, and we just JAMMED! That’s when Bob and I really hit it off – yet another one of my clients that was amazed that the guy in the suit could actually play and had the same passion for music that he and others had!

So many great memories – and I’ll miss him so much – as Bob and Wendy are just super special people! And losing Bob – well – under the circumstances, I know exactly how it all went down from Mike as they were super close. Mike called me when I was on my way to New Orleans – and that was June 9th – which was Wendy’s birthday – I literally have to pull over – and could not drive for a time – I was sick – really sick to hear the whole story as I loved Bob and I hated that he had gotten to a place where he could not even work due to the pain. So I just know that he too is in some great band – still rocking with all of my other dear friends and great musicians that I’ve lost recently. I was blessed just to have known him but even more blessed to call him “FRIEND!”

Bob Welch YouTube Videos

Bob Welch WIKI

Bob Welch Lefsetz Letter – Mike Lawson Responds

May you rest in peace my friend and you will always be remembered – your music will last forever – but the memory of who you were to me and so many others is just that much more special!

ROCK ON MY BOB WELCH!

You will not be forgotten!

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Robert Nix (Drummer and Songwriter)

Steve Moore — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:57:22 +0000

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Robert Nix

Wow – Losing Robert was just too much after losing Chris – and of course they knew each other! It’s a small world – especially in the Music Business!

I had met Allison – Roberts Wife – back when I used to play the Circuit out of Oxford, MS when in College, during my TOURING DAYS – and then while in Law School. She used to come see me play – but I had NO IDEA that she could sing so well.

So one day – Robert Nix walks into my office – and we hit off immediately! I remember him coming over to the house and then saying – “I’ve never met an attorney that could play and write like you can!” As music was our BOND first – and then I was his attorney for a long time.

Robert was one of the most upbeat people you could ever meet – no matter how badly things were going when he was sick – he was still saying “let’s get something goin’ and let’s Bite the ____ out of the MOON! “ And he had so many other ONE LINERS – he was GREAT at them!

Robert and I got to spend a LOT of time together and having him come play drums at my Studio was always a huge TREAT! But just knowing Robert you couldn’t help but just LOVE Him for who he was – as he was such an AWESOME GUY – I was just blown away when I heard he had passed away – and I immediately made quick plans to go to the Funeral – as I would NOT have missed that for the WORLD! I will miss him but I know he’s still Rockin’ in a GREAT BAND along with all the other of my friends who’ve passed – it’s a tough time for me – as I’ve lost too many friends as of late – but I’m going to keep on Rockin’ while I still can! As that’s what they would want me to do!

I love you ROBERT! You’ll always be in my heart and mind!

Interview from France

Press Release for Robert’s Death

ROCK ON MY BROTHER!

He was a great friend to me & so many others – he will be missed!

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Chris Ethridge (Bassist and Songwriter)

Steve Moore — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:47:22 +0000

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Chris Ethridge

Where do I even begin? I can’t really remember when Chris and I met but it was around the time I moved to Nashville – he would come into town for some session work and stop by my office to see me – when I moved back to Mississippi, I got to spend a lot of time with Chris as he played bass on most of the records that I had produced. A consummate studio musician! And he knew theory better than just about anyone I’ve ever met – he could just hear it – and say no that’s the minor 7th!

Chris was a great bass player – as evidenced by his body of work. But unless you knew him – you would not know that he was one of the most caring and great friends you could have! He was always complimentary of everything and everyone – and was always just great to be around!

There are just way too many place to find his music and work – so I’ll just add a few links here – but I was so sad that he passed away and the funeral was very hard for me – but I know he’s in a better place and playing music in a great band!

Chris Ethridge on WIKI

LA TIMES

He was a great friend to me & so many others – he will be missed!

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Caleb Martin doing his song “OH…BTW”

Steve Moore — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:56:26 +0000

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Here’s just a really quick video – that we pretty much created in about 2 minutes! The audio was done with a simple condenser.

“Oh…BTW” by Caleb Martin (C) 2012

Trouble viewing Click here:

http://youtu.be/pQiYPW69u0Q

Caleb came by the studio and since I didn’t feel like doing the whole Pro Tools thing – we just recorded the audio on a Q3 – and then I did some slight re-mastering and it came off pretty well…

Caleb just did ONE TAKE per song – so this falls in line with the ONE TAKE series that I’ve been messing about with…And he did a GREAT JOB – just flowed out of him like he’d been doing this his whole life! Great to play with other musicians that have put the time in to really learn their craft!

No warm ups, no rehearsing – no RED LIGHT FEVER – just play!

Fun to be playing music – and NOT having to worry about Engineering, Production value or anything else for that matter, just play!

I’m playing Tambourine with my left foot and a CAJUN – a pretty cool instrument! In fact, I’m going to take it down to one of Caleb’s gigs and play along – as it’s TOO EASY!

Not much audio work on the tracking – and 2 minutes of video – was way too tired to even try to create a collage of images, etc – maybe we’ll shoot it another time with several cameras and different angles – but I need to get a GREEN SCREEN that will fit in my outside offices – no way it’s going to fit in my old office or the studio….

I’m sometimes a producer & a musician…but I like my day job!

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Music and Books!

Steve Moore — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:22:41 +0000

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Music Publishing vs. Book Publishing

It’s been ten years since the record labels wiped Napster off the face of the earth. Unfortunately for them, hundreds of millions of songs still get shared every month and the music industry is no better off than when the digital revolution started. So they are Still losing money after all these years. But don’t accredit that to P2P or File Sharing – Video Games make more money than the total aggregate of ALL forms of entertainment – movies, music business, TV, radio, theme parks, you name it! Video Games were the real death knell for the Music Business. After all, you’re largest demographic was a younger audience – but when CD’s came out – a lot of people went back to buy their favorites – but that only lasted for a while and now Vinyl is making a comeback – but it’s not going to put a dent in Streaming! Which does NOT pay!

Book publishers went to school on the labels as e-books came into prominence. And now have over 60% of the market share – so watch as more and more book stores close just like record/CD stores did.

Book publishers like our other Company ButterMilk Media which is now putting out MORE BOOKS – we’ve licensed our books to make it easy for consumers to buy them on these new mobile devices whereas the record labels did their first deal to sell downloads five years after MP3s were introduced – and didn’t issue streaming licenses until relatively recently.

It may seem like history to you, but it’s only rock and roll as the labels are still headed the wrong way while book publishers are suing for the right to price their own books potentially making prices more attractive for consumers.

Pandora is the largest source of Internet music royalties to the record labels and Sirius XM is suing for the right to negotiate directly with individual artists. But 400,000 spins on Pandora will get you a grand total of $400.00 – that’s just a ridiculous return as you can’t even pay for the costs of production for that!

Now it’s time for the labels to learn their lesson and it’s also time for Book Publishers to make the change to E-Books! Nobody can say what the future holds, but the cloud, apps, and mobile tech is on the rise and it’s going to increase exponentially! But even with 4G – you’re not going to get what you want as fast as you want it – as the mobile carriers are NOT going to be able to handle the bandwidth!

So don’t be surprised if your phone or other mobile device get throttled back – as there’s ONLY so much bandwidth – and millions of new mobile users coming online every year!

We are definitely living in some interesting times!

May you find the success your looking for! Just be prepared to work HARD FOR IT!

All the best -

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