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Taking a song +getting it into a TV series.

Discussion in 'Music Ministry' started by MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006.

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Hi everyone. Am I allowed to post this in B.B.com? I hope so. If not, then please tell me.

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

My friend would like for TV [or some other format..my words for my friend] for he sees it as wholesome.

He is receiving negative comments from people who make decisions.

If not TV, then what organizations might he consider?

My friend is not a member of B.B.com but is definitely a Christian. We grew up in the same local Baptist church.

#1 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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so what are you really asking here?

your friend wants his song to be played on TV?
or
your friend wants... i have no idea what you're asking...

#2 gekko, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."
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#3 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It
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#4 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is
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#5 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my
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#6 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of
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#7 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea
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#8 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking
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#9 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative
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#10 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative forms
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#11 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative forms of
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#12 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative forms of media
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#13 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative forms of media showing
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#14 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA said:

I have a friend in Indy who has written a song, music and lyrics, about a town that grew up at the bottom of a mountain or hill.

To quote from my Indy friend = "I have been been toying lately with an idea for a new TV show.

It started out with a song that I wrote. "Big Timber Hill" The song tells of a mountain full of timber, and the town that grew at the bottom of that mountain.
Everything they owned came from that mountain." From the horse drawn wagons
to the old log cabins; they owed it all to Big Timber Hill" The trials, the tribulations
the good times and bad. Most of the actors would be old time Nashville Cast Offs (over 30) Could be a memory show. "Someone telling about how it used to be" type of thing. We need one good wholesome tv show to watch...
I've sent this idea out to several people. Folks who are in a position to influence the big money guys -you know?
The answer that keeps coming back is: NO. ...None of the networks are looking for a wholesome program..."

It is my idea of seeking alternative forms of media showing as
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#15 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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sorry for my multiple postings on this tread

this is what I should have written.

I suggested alternatives such as Hallmark or Tv movies or alternative
or independent movie productions or perhaps Public Broadcasting
System or PBS Other possibilities might be Canandian (spelling?)
television. Other possibilities might be "Focus on the Family" or
perhaps the Southern Baptist group. I do not know. Here in Indy we
have the film festival entitled "Heartland" (spelling). Other
possibilities might be an audio series or perhaps a book for children
or teenagers (?).

He wrote me "Do you happen to know anyone who works for these people
that could get me an audience with the boss?"

Thanks for suggestions. I have run out of my own for him.

#16 MR._MESSY_AKA_GLA, Jun 8, 2006
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Has he tried Paxnet (which is for the most part, Christian)?

#17 Eric B, Jun 8, 2006
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Take it from someone who knows. It is extremely difficult to get meetings with anyone to greenlight projects. For the most part it is about networking, because it is VERY, VERY rare to be able to speak with anyone remotely connected to the "boss". My first suggestion is for your friend to register his treatment with the screenwriters guild or something similar. My second suggestion would be to produce the pilot himself. There are many indie producers around who might be willing to help. I am assuming it would be fairly low budget, BUT if it is as strong as he believes, someone will want to pick it up. Screenplays pour into these companies and many will return unsolicited material without even opening it. An idea can only get you so far, be creative, and think outside the box.

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Also isn't there some preachers that do movies? TD Jakes, John Hagee, Tommy Tenley(not sure if I got that name right but it was the movie about Esther)? Might check through "TBN address book" and look and see if you see any ministries that might be interested in this project. http://www.tbn.org/index.php/9/4.html
It accually sounds like an episode of "Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman" or like "Little House on the Prarie". I love good clean showes that you can accually watch, but here latley theres just not much of it. :flower:
Today I got lucky and I did see a movie on TBN while flipping through the channels and it was like a western type movie about a bunch of cowboys, a school teacher (married to one of the cowboys that owned the ranch) and some nice indians, and even a few bad guys.

#19 music4Him, Jun 8, 2006

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