Demo Talk Music Art
New in 2024: #demoTalkMusicArt
The musical project of releasing a first EP of 4 songs by an independent artist-entrepreneur.
The musical project of releasing a first EP of 4 songs by an independent artist-entrepreneur.
Introducing
#demoTalkMusicArt (DTMA) will be the name of the first EP released in the virtual market. 4 songs released as demo, or instrumental versions, for promotion and advertising matters, but never presented to the public as completed songs, with the official lyrics and voices tracks.
The premiere of the Lyric Video of Desert on the YouTube Channel was officially launching DTMA on January 2, 2024.
The DTMA project has also the mission to publish reports explaining the process to monetise music by publishing compositions in the Quebec market. Videos on the progress of each stage will be presented on the YouTube channel! A true Musico-Novel!
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Listing
#demoTalkMusicArt includes 4 demo songs that have been used for promotional and advertising purposes for the past few years and will be officially launched on virtual shopping platforms.
A series of reports will be presented to explain the process of monetization of music in Quebec as an independent artist entrepreneur in the launch of an EP: Demo Talk Music Art, by Jeff Maheux.
Track 1: I Think About You
Track 2: Florinda
Track 3: Desert
Track 4: Men
Track 1 - I Think About You
I Think About You - Demo
Words and music by Jeff Maheux. Arrangement JMaheux and Angelo Labbate. Guitars ALabbate. Productions ©JM2001-24.
I Think About You,
A fast-paced and 50's influenced play with a humorous text about a sexual alter ego. Just with this, you can guess who I'm talking about... The King! My father imitated him very well, by the way!
The music and lyrics evolved during the fall of 2001 and culminated in the recording and mixing of the music on November 22, 2001. The short tracks of the vocals and harmonies from the demo version were added a few years later to make the song part of the list of choice of the demo presentation service offering to artists and producers.
Thinking was a pleasure to record with Angelo. I remember coming back from the studio with a lot of enthusiasm as I reread my production diary. It's a song that puts you in a good mood and was composed for the stage. It's a great track to keep people standing and dancing!
This song offers a lot of interpretation possibilities. The intro has been used several times as music for announcements and advertisements of all kinds since 2018, the year the site launched jeffmaheux.com.
When the website was unveiled, I presented this demo, along with the Desert coin, which attracted a lot of requests and communications to be made. I must admit it made me panic a little bit and I wasn't well prepared. I then took an artist-entrepreneur course which allowed me to learn about the administrative side of the profession of self-employed songwriter and especially to spot scams of all kinds.
The vocal tracks in the sung version of the demo are rough tapes; Voices performed during studio work to indicate the peaks of the performance when recording the music, before recording the final vocals and harmonies. Over time, I started recording rough tape vocal tracks at the very beginning of the arrangement process demonstrating an idea of the melody and the moments to be highlighted in the song through effects or musical flights. I even keep them until mixing, because I don't work on my music continuously, but one or two hours a week. I was able to limit my time in the studio, which was often expensive.
#demoTalkMusicArt will introduce the final piece with recordings of vocals and harmonies. I really like the lyrics of this one. Over time, I sing it in a more assertive way and added a story to introduce it, about a date in a 1950s style Steak House, like in the movie Back To The Future.
Track 2 - Florinda
Florinda - Demos
Words and music by Jeff Maheux. Arrangement JMaheux and Angelo Labbate. Guitars ALabbate. Productions ©JM2005-24.
Florinda,
This music was composed for an agent looking for different styles to present to his male artist, lyricist. The first version, smooth, is edited as a simple pop rock progression. The arrangements are simple, and it can be used perfectly in 30-second radio format or muted in a 3-minute interview.
The pop version features a change of rhythm to the chorus and punchy pop arrangements. A brass section was added a few months later to be remixed, to provide more streaming options.
The current version of Florinda is the result of a mix of the pop instrumental version with the chorus of another song whose music I didn't like. In fact, I wondered for about ten years what I was going to do with Florinda's music. Several versions of lyrics existed before this final version in January 2024, so the word Florinda is not a first name, but the end of the first and the beginning of the second sentence of the chorus: ... bring the flow. Ring tha bells too...
#demoTalkMusicArt will introduce the final piece with recordings of vocals and harmonies.
Track 3 - Desert
Desert - Demos
Words and music by Jeff Maheux. Arrangement JMaheux and Angelo Labbate. Guitars ALabbate. Productions ©JM2000-23.
Desert,
A piece written on March 1, 2002, on the bus going to the studio to record the vocals of this musical composition that I had been dragging around for several months. The musical scores being completed. I had the chorus area in mind (... and I would never have to suffer) without being able to put words into words. I would then jokingly hum this line while waiting to find the words for the song. The final text was written in the last 10 minutes of the journey when the bus was deserted.
Nothing was touched up once recorded. I thought to myself, if Debbie Harry had laid down her extraordinary One Way to Another hidden in the bathroom at the last minute, my Desert would do the job for a demo.
The instrumental version was first presented to the public during the launch campaign of the jeffmaheux.com site in March 2018. Later this year, DTMA will present the final piece with voice and harmony recordings and new orchestration.
Track 4 - Men
Men - Demo
Words and music by Jeff Maheux. Arrangement JMaheux and Angelo Labbate. Guitars ALabbate. Productions ©JM1998-23.
Men,
A composition of April 11, 1998. Originally a children's acoustic lullaby, arrangements and a drum + base composition was added later when I worked in the studio to produce an instrumental version of over 8 minutes to serve as a soundtrack in a student documentary in 2002. The classical guitar soundtrack was featured for commercials and was later used in 2005 as a soundtrack on a personal music video for Mother's Day.
The melody of the chorus comes from my invented hums since I was a child. It's a tune I've always hummed and always loops. It was one of the first compositions I made with a classical guitar when I learned to play after my CEGEP.
#demoTalkMusicArt will present the final piece later this year, with recordings of vocals and harmonies.
Useful links
Website: www.jeffmaheux.com
Profile and bio: www.jeffmaheux.com/profile
Media - Press - Official images: www.jeffmaheux.com/media-en
Contact: www.jeffmaheux.com/contact-en
Social Media Links:
Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffmaheux