Whazzup ProCollabers!
Newsletter #15 - May, 2016
Happy National Chocolate Chip Day! Yep, that is a 'thing'. 
1 Minute Jingle Challenge
It's that time again, so put your best foot forward and show us whatcha got!
For this month's challenge, you'll create a memorable jingle that is no more than one-minute long. Despite the fact that your tune is only one minute, you'll still need to make a lasting impression - which means, it needs to be catchy!
Sounds like fun? Then swing by the challenge thread for more info, and start collaborating!
Tip of the Month
You can't be an expert in all things when it comes to creating awesome music. In our Tip of the Month, we suggest that you take a risk and.. collaborate!
To read more or to comment, checkout Tip #2 in this forum thread.
ProCollabs Blog
For those of you that might not have noticed, we've recently created a public blog called, "The Creative Music Blog". We wanted to wait to announce it in this newsletter, but we already have a link to it on the ProCollabs banner.
The Creative Music Blog is an external blog site that can be read by the public. As the name suggests, we'll be blogging about everything that is music related, which could include music tips, opinions, gig experiences, collaboration do's and don'ts, etc. We're hoping to have you guys contribute too - as well as have different guest writers chime in.
Are you interested in submitting an article? Swing by The Creative Music Blog and sign-up. All articles are subject to our approval - so please remember, quality over quantity!
Music Forum
We've also created an external public forum as well, "The Creative Music Forum". Again, we felt that the public could benefit from all your discussions, questions, and ideas covering lots of different musical topics, as they cannot see our internal, exclusive ProCollabs forum.
Most of the categories on the external forum are the same as on our private forum. If you have any ideas for additional categories or topics, feel free to contact us and let us know.
And please make sure to tell people about both the blog and forum - they can be a part of it without having to be a ProCollab's member. There's not too much posted there just now, but with your help and support, we do hope to be able to grow both these sites and to create a couple of great new musical resources for all musicians everywhere.
If anyone is interested in taking on a 'moderator' role, please contact us.
SoundCloud Promotion
Do you want ProCollabs to promote your completed projects on SoundCloud? If you do, then please make sure to complete this two question survey, giving us explicit permission to post your songs.
Coming Very Soon
Music Licensing Opportunities!
That's right!! If you want a place and the chance to pitch your music for potential licensing opportunities, this is a new feature that we will be trialing very soon.
Watch your inbox for an update in the coming days.
Work for Hire Projects
Do you want to make money on ProCollabs? We are so excited to report that we are 98% ready to introduce our work-for-hire project options! Finally!!
It's been a long time coming, but fingers crossed we will be activating these new features in beta mode within the next couple of weeks.
Once we turn it on (for testing purposes initially), we'll really need our members to use this option and test it thoroughly before we integrate the payments process and release it full scale. This new feature has huge potential for all of our members, so we'll really need you to participate and give us feedback once we get it going.
More info to follow soon!
Spread The Word!
Word of mouth counts. Spread the word about ProCollabs, if you enjoy collaborating with others, then invite your musician friends to join.
And please do stop by our social media pages and show us some lurve. We're happy that our numbers are growing, but they can triple if you guys can help pimp us too. Below are the links to our Social Media pages.
https://twitter.com/procollabs
https://www.facebook.com/proco
https://plus.google.com/+Proco
New Members
Warm welcome to all of our new members this month!
We encourage all newbies to introduce themselves in the forum introduction thread and get collaborating asap. There's no shortage of talented and creative individuals in ProCollabs Projectland, so jump on it! Talents in need include guitars, vocals, keyboards, drums, strings, brass and others – all in various genres!
We'll be sending out more updates soon. In the meantime, get yourself on over to procollabs.com and let's make some new and exciting music together!
