Social Networks and music.

Here are some interesting statistics about Social Neworks and music.

*This year, 19% of those surveyed listen to music through SN sites. It’s up 4% from last year.
*Almost half of US teens surveyed listen through SN sites and that’s up 37% from last year.
*Among college aged fans listening to music through SN sites it’s 41%. [...]

January Post.

Hey,
Okay, so I’m really guilty of not maintaining this site on a regular basis.  I’ve been devoting most of my time lately to writing new songs and keeping my homepage updated.  So, what I think  I’ll do is blog half the time here and copy and paste some of the things I’ve been doing from [...]

Here are my February Twitter blogs.

I stoled me old mans car once. Hoped he wouldn’t notice. NOTE TO SELF: If there’s ever a time to do that…it would be NOW ’cause I’m mature. 19 minutes ago from web

Cold Play kicked butt at the 2009 Grammy’s. about 8 hours ago from web

Just dropped a good chunk of [...]

365 days of music

January 20th/09

Wow, there is so much happening in the world of Kelly Pettit lately. I am just really excited that I have stuck with doing what I love. The last 365 days have been amazing for me as a musician. Here are some of the highlights:
 Out of 2000 bands competing for top prize of [...]

For all Canadians who grew up watching Hockey Night in Canada, you might not have known there was a contest out for a new Theme Song.
The old theme song is as popular to Canadians as the national anthem (maybe more so).  Heck, I bet 1 out of every 3 males could hum the tune right [...]

Um, er, Feel like voting again?

Feel like voting AGAIN?

OK, like I haven’t asked enough from my friends and fans over the last year.
BUT,
because of you,
I’ve achieved some pretty cool things!
I won a HUGE contest (www.ubl.com), Track of the Month onFAME GAMES, Track of the Week on Garageband.com, been in countless magazines (thanks Shannon and Hibiki), [...]

The trip back to the west coast (home).

The trip back to the west coast (home).
Well, after flying back to Canada for 4 weeks to tour the west coast and visit family, I found that trying to kill two birds with one stone isn’t as easy as it seems. Thanks to UBL and all my fans to help me win the Ultimate Band [...]

7 steps to writing a good song

If anyone knows, please comment me!

Just kidding!

There are 7 factors that I require when writing a good song and they are:
1) Emotions: The best place to find these are through a woman or a bottle of whiskey (note* whiskey was created after emotions were lost on a woman)
2) Catchy melody: Usually my songs start with [...]

Verbal diarrhea

How has technology made my life busier? Or is it that, I’m that kind of person who needs to be everywhere and do everything at once? Damn if I’m going to let someone else do something I should know how to do.
But the problem with that mindset is finding time to get good at [...]