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01
May
What does your word cloud say about you? Freelancer Fun with Wordle
posted by Tracy Ready in The Social Freelancer and have No Comments
23
Mar
Indie Music, Texas Groove: Trace Relations Releases “Prosperity Street”
TRACE RELATIONS RELEASES DEBUT CD WITH SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDING AUGIE MEYERS AND SHAWN SAHM OF TEXAS TORNADOS AND DALLAS’ BLUES MASTER HASH BROWN
TRACE RELATIONS is just that, all of vocalist Tracy Ready’s musical relations. ‘PROSPERITY STREET’ is a unique listening experience encompassing Rock, Blues, Jazz and Americana styles. It’s twelve tracks of Texas groove guaranteed to improve your mood, produced by Sal Salvador and Tracy Ready.
Why Wait? Get on down to ‘PROSPERITY STREET’ > Download available NOW HERE > TRACERELATIONS.COM/MUSIC ! SUPPORT INDIE MUSIC! GROOVE ON…
READ the Press Release >>> Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in San Antonio and have Comments (3)
29
Feb
Your CD is “not my cup of tea.” That’s OK! Indie Music Insight
Recently, a blues “purist” who I like and respect said (apologetically) about our debut CD release “Prosperity Street”:
“It’s just not my cup of tea.”
Great! It’s honest, and that’s cool.
Creative projects such as music, painting, film, photography, sculpture, etcetera are best, in my opinion, when they are true to themselves. That’s all I tried to do with the record and feel its an accurate representation, musically, of who I am.
Read on and check out the MUSIC, maybe it’s your “cup of tea”!>>> Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Music and have Comments (2)
23
Feb
Why I Stopped Expecting My Friends to “Get It”
Got a great idea? A concept to change the world? Excellent, but here’s the deal: It means nothing unless you act upon it and bring it to the “real world”
A Tricky Life Lesson
I now understand that an idea, however great it is in my “mind’s eye”, means little to anyone else. It never will, until I do something about it.
Ideas are common, the execution of ideas is a rare commodity.
posted by Tracy Ready in The Social Freelancer and have Comments (11)
03
Feb
About the Future: What Will You Do?
Predictions are novelties but “actions speak louder than words”. The only question about the future that any of us can actually answer is “What will I do?”
Long Live George Jetson
When I was a kid, I loved The Jetsons cartoons and tried to never miss it on Saturday mornings. Watching George flying to work, dropping off daughter Judy, Boy Elroy and Jane his wife, then arriving to have his personal air-car “transform” to his briefcase fascinated me. The whole show was a prediction of the future but the characters were just like people in my everyday life.
Live to See it Happen Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in The Social Freelancer and have Comments (6)
01
Feb
Focus On What You CAN Do, Not What You CAN’T
I had a horrible dream last night.
Riding in the very back seat of a passenger van on a two lane blacktop highway at night, I looked up to see that I was the only one in the van. No driver, no other passengers and the van was starting to veer off of the road. I struggled to unstrap myself from the seat so that I could somehow climb over all the seats, get behind the wheel and save myself from certain disaster. I woke up sweating. When I told my wife about the dream she pointed out how symbolic it was for my life at this time. Strange, I couldn’t even see the symbolism until she pointed it out to me.
The rest of the story >>> Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Writing and have Comments (17)
21
Jan
Seven BEST Roots, Blues & Boogie On the Net!
I have been doing a lot of blues, boogie and roots music surfing online lately. Below are links to seven excellent sites I have discovered for insight on the MUSIC.
The list is not “scientific”, “all encompassing”, “definitive” or any of those fanciful terms, just spots I like for the music I love. If you are a fan of blues music and its history, I’ll bet you’ll enjoy them as well.
What’s your favorite? Any others you would like me to know about? Hope so! Comment below if you please… Thanks!
Willie Dixon courtesy The Willie Dixon Fan Club
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits.
- Willie Dixon
Shuffle on to these seven sites for history and music for the soul. >>> Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Music and have No Comments
27
Oct
Music Just Got Louder in Social Media! Pandora and Spotify Step Up
Being a lover of music in the modern age has taken me (sometimes kicking and screaming) to searching out great tunes online. My vinyl record collection still sits on the shelf, don’t even have a turntable that works (but still have over 800 LPs).
More and more of my time is spent at a computer, so I am a sucker for any service that makes it easy for me to listen to and share music that I love. Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Uncategorized and have No Comments
16
Aug
“Groover’s Paradise” A Tribute to Doug Sahm
Dallas, TX (Aug. 16, 2011) A rocked up remake of Doug Sahm’s 1974 landmark track “Groover’s Paradise” has been released. The track is available at Trace Relations Band Official Site. “Groover’s Paradise” is one of four tracks released from the band in advance of their full length CD “Prosperity Street” coming in December, 2011.
The song was arranged and performed by vocalist Tracy Ready and guitarist Kevin Lewis of Trace Relations Band with Shawn Sahm of Texas Tornados, a tribute to his father, the late Texas music pioneer Doug Sahm.
GROOVER’S PARADISE
Read on for the story behind the track >>> Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Texas and have Comments (2)
11
Aug
Top 7 Socially Smart Indie Musicians!
Today’s post is a showcase of indie musicians who really “get it” about Social Media. One month ago, I posted this article > Let’s Stick Together: Share to Become 1 of “My Top 5 Socially Smart Indie Musicians”.
In it, I asked indie artists to help spread the word about my band‘s upcoming CD release, with the promise that I would post an article highlighting indie musicians who responded and whose music I genuinely respect.
It had to be Top 7! Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in The Social Freelancer and have Comments (6)
23
Jul
Indie Music: “Open Mind, Open Eye” a Trace Relations Original
I am very thankful for the kind response we’ve had on the release of this song “Open Mind, Open Eye” a Trace Relations ™ original. The lyric was inspired by a single line from my friend, guitarist Kevin Lewis. I posted the story about the lyric HERE> A Crash A Day.
Today I am posting the track (click play on ReverbNation box below) along with the full lyric, for those of you curious about the words. I hope you enjoy our song and look forward to your feedback. Please post in the comments section below, that would thrill me!
Trace Relations - The Band
What do you think of this? Read more…
posted by Tracy Ready in Music and have No Comments
20
Jul
A Crash A Day – It’s Not “Right” but it’s True
A Crash
You were seeing the beauty of the Swiss Alps up close and personal in a private helicopter. A rogue crosswind slammed the chopper into the side of the mountain with no warning. Miraculously you find yourself outside of the wreckage, the only survivor and basically unscathed, save a few bumps and bruises. This is the way we wake up each morning.
Rescue in the Alps - photo courtesy DataLife Engine
posted by Tracy Ready in Writing and have Comments (4)
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