My name is Phil and I endorse this webpage
I’m the owner of a boutique marketing agency, Focused Creative, the founder of a new shaving product (that’s pretty awesome, actually) The Original PreShave Bar, co-host of The Song Talk Radio Podcast as well as other projects. You can find links to the other stuff I do here as well.
Focused Creative
A small, boutique agency that helps small and medium-sized non-profits, B2B and B2C companies build their brand and boost their bottom-line.
The Song Talk Radio Podcast
An “inside-baseball” format weekly podcast where songwriters talk about all the fidgety-bits of writing songs. Also, have theme shows where we talk about songwriting-related movies and tips and junk.
The Original PreShave Bar
A new preshave treatment for blade shavers. Eliminates nicks, cuts and rashes that come from shaving with a blade – pretty great stuff, if I do say so myself.
Writing
- 5 Band Practice Tips That Will Make Your Band Sound Better Today
- Bad ROI on Marketing? Your messaging might suck – but it doesn’t have to
- Should You Use AI in Your Messaging? The Answer Might Surprise You.
- Your Midweek Marketing Morsel: Never forget, you’re forgettable
- Your Midweek Marketing Morsel: A/B test every bulk communication – don’t leave valuable data on the table!
- Music / songwriting competition tips to help you stand out from the pack
- Creating Lyric Sheets that Don’t Suck
- How to get noticed: Promotional Artist Tips: Photography
- The Strange, Strange World of “Sound Alike” Songs
Music and other links
The Song Talk Radio Songwriters’ Meetup
(Formerly The Songwriters Cafe, The Songwriters Meetup). I first went to this about a decade ago. I started hosting not too long after. The podcast grew out of this.
Songwriters meet once a month in a bar to present songs in progress and get supportive but useful feedback from other songwriters. Now being held alternatively in person in Toronto and via Zoom.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/o/song-talk-radio-108579767951
Original Music at SoundCloud
You can find some of my original songs at my SoundCloud page.
The Parkdale Hookers
I played bass and shared songwriting and vocal responsibilities with the very talented Mark Jeftovic. Kinda power-pop punk stuff with a corporate edge.
Playing Guitar with Mumbo Jumbo Shrimp
These awesome people asked me to join them for a fun show:
USA Slot Car Racing Tracks
A free and open listing of Slot Car Racing tracks in the US. All scales and types are welcome: 1:32, 1:24, HO, Drag, and Wing Racing. Both commercial tracks, clubs and home tracks.
You can add your track via a form on the site.
Slot Car Racing Tracks in Canada
An open listing of Slot Car Racing tracks of all scales you can find in Canada; HO, 1:32, 1:24, Drag racing, and Wing Car racing. Tracks and clubs are located in commercial storefronts or in people’s homes or community centers.
https://canadaslotcarracing.ca/
If you’d like your track added to the listing, there is a form on the site you can send us your info.