I am a passionate versatile singer/songwriter. Afro Soul, Pop, Funk, Reggae, Soft Rock, Soul, Trance, spoken are my main genres. However, I can jump on anything that shakes my soul! I can write lyrics/melody to music or vice-versa. Ownership/Publishing: Vocals 50% Melody 40% Lyrics 40% Melody,Lyrics 50% Lead/BGs 50%
I am Maggie Soul Bird, a singer/songwriter from Zimbabwe. I am available for singing, songwriting and song arrangement services. I have an 8 track album which I wrote on all songs and several singles. My music is on Spotify, SoundCloud and Youtube under Maggie Soul Bird. If you hire me you will find that I am flexible in my songwriting methods and I am generally fast-paced in my work therefore you wold not have to wait for too long on a project. The importance of time is not lost on me and I greatly respect people's time and effort such that I do not waste or take it all for granted.
I am result-oriented and love to work with equally passionate partners as I am a great team player. Suggestions and professional advice are things which I take with an open mind when I work as I believe in the art of collaboration. Personal differences i.e. religious, race, gender etc never penetrate through to my work as I also believe in the art of variability.
Work with me and you will find it worthwhile!
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
Languages
- English
Interview with Maggie Soul Bird
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: My first album. It was a dream come true.
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: An album
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: I will give every project the best of me.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: Collaborating with other artists
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: How is it you can write a song/s in a short period, doesn't that make them substandard. Well, inspiration hits at different time spans for different projects. When it hits, it hits anytime!
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: Are you time flexible? Do you have any lyric/melody suggestions or is it all up to me?
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Provide me with a background to your project request e.g. is it personal to you. Provide a reference to your project request. Give me reasonable time to work on your project so as to come up with something worthwhile.
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I have been writing for over 20yrs
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: Soulful
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Leave the studio having done everything to the best of your abilities. Do not leave it to the producer to work magic on all vocal flaws
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Funk, Soul, Trance, Reggae, Afro Soul, Spoken Word, Ambient
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Writing
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring meaning, feeling and vibe
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: BillyBosco (Andrew Lang) ltillman (Larry Tillman) Thomas Hake
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Writing lyrics Providing vocals (Lead/BGVs)
I was the the singer/songwriter in this production
I can work with 3 revisions. After that it is safe to accept that the project might not work. However if you strongly believe in going for another revision, additional costs will be taken into account
Vocals, song writing, chorus, verse, hook, melody only, lyrics and melody. Vocals $250/song; Melody $200/song; Lyrics $200/song; Melody & lyrics $350/song; Melody,lyrics and vocals $450/song; Lead vocals / BGs $300/ song.
