Category Archives: B-Side

In music lingo, the b-side refers to the side of a 45RPM record that was not promoted and that didn’t get a lot of radio air play. In this case we are referring to the b-usiness side of music. Topics covered here will include taxes, record keeping, business relationships and anything that might be helpful for someone trying to get back gracefully in the music business.

Hymn to the Here and Now

When there’s a sunset over Jordan, There’s a sunrise over Georgia What a joy to see eternity, in a single grain of sand So fear not for tomorrow or how you’re crossing over Serenity is to rest in me, for … Continue reading

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Don’t Look Back

She’s got everything she needs, She’s an artist, she don’t look back. She can take the dark out of the nighttime And paint the daytime black. “She Belongs to Me” by Bob Dylan This month’s lyric is from a song … Continue reading

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Takin’ Care of Business

“Taking care of business (every day) Taking care of business (every way) I’ve been taking care of business (it’s all mine) Taking care of business and working overtime” “Takin’ Care of Business” by R Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive II)     … Continue reading

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I Am a Snowflake

      I am a snowflake, I fell from heaven There is no other just like me I am in wonder of my existence My perfect symmetry I am a Snowflake – By Randy Brown – from the upcoming … Continue reading

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Checking It Twice

      “He’s making a list He’s checking it twice He’s gonna find out who’s Naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming to town” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by John Coots & Haven Gillespie     This … Continue reading

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So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star

      So you want to be a rock and roll star? Then listen now to what I say. Just get an electric guitar Then take some time And learn how to play. “So You Want to Be a … Continue reading

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No Success Like Failure

      In the dime stores and bus stations People talk of situations Read books, repeat quotations Draw conclusions on the wall Some speak of the future My love she speaks softly She knows there’s no success like failure … Continue reading

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Get Uncomfortable

Comfort is a trap It lures us and seduces Till we’re in that velvet grasp Comfort is a trap from Money is a Drug – By Randy Brown – from the CD “Dream Big” This month’s lyric like last month’s … Continue reading

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The Truth

Truth is a rabbit, is a rabbit, is a rabbit Truth is a rabbit in a bramble bush “Truth is a Rabbit” by Randy Brown from the CD Dream Big   This month’s lyric is from one of my own … Continue reading

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Stage Fright

  See the man with stage fright Just standing up there to give it all his might. And he got caught in the spotlight, But when he gets to the end He wants to start all over again. “Stage Fright” … Continue reading

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