There's been a bunch of new developments since yesterday. I'll try to cover them all.
First, Nate sent the song file by e-mail to the director of Pittsburgh Promise, an organization that works with Pittsburgh Youth. We're interested in coming up with some way to collaborate with them on getting the song out there. 10% of the proceeds from the song would go to their organaization. The Director, Saalem, loved it I guess. He said to count them in. Nate is meeting with Saalem tomorrow afternoon over a beer on the North side. I'm going to do my best to make it there, too, although things have been rather busy lately at the Weasel household because of dealing with various illnesses and responsibilities.
Second, Nate sent out some logo options over the past couple days. Here's a couple examples:
Currently, there's a disagreement. I'm sold on the yellow one, but my designer friend and Nate both disagree with me. Crap. There are a lot of other options though that are all similar to these. One of them will end up working out for us.
Third development: I have posted some samples of a video blog idea I got I'm calling The Yinzer Diaries. These files are currently unedited demos of what I imagine doing for that blog, so they're not the finished product. The one called Top 10 is the only one I fully planned out. The others I was kind of winging off the cuff. You'll get the idea, though. If this ever caught on and someone goes back in this blog's archives, you'll be able to see when the idea all started, which might be interesting to some people.
Fourth development, the song has been sent to the contact Nate has at Heinz Field. Through his wife, Nate knows a guy that is one of four people that control what's played on the video board and over the loudspeakers there at Heinz Field. If he likes the song and plays it at the game, we're in. Fingers are crossed and prayers have been said.
Fifth development, I heard the final mix of the song yesterday and I think it sounds fantastic. It's a very full blend of all instruments, voices and EQ ranges. I feel like everything is able to be heard very clearly. Walter Ino did a great job playing, recording and mixing it. A one man show!! We'll be able to post it online now. A link will be on the main page of the site sometime soon.
Sixth development, we're now ranked #2 in Google for the term "Steeler Country." We're also ranked #1 for the search term "Steeler Country Song." These are not the most sought after keywords right now, but when people start hearing the song it will be the likely terms they'll use to find us. This is an exciting development, but we've got to get going on the real site design so that we don't lose prospective customers...
I think that's it. We still need to do some work to get ranked on Google for "Steelers Fight Songs" as a search term. We're no where to be seen right now for this or anything like it: Fight Songs, Steelers Songs, etc. I'll keep trying, though.
GET THE SONG HERE:
www.SteelerCountrySong.com
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