Phill Mason

This years Thirty Day Challenge is already set to be the biggest, most powerful, most intuitive and most fun, free internet training program on the planet. For those of you who don’t know what the Thirty Day Challenge is all about, I recommend you nip on over to the 30DC site and take a look at what it can do for you. Click here to go to the Thirty Day Challenge website.

It’s for anyone who wants to know how to setup an online business, let me rephrase that, it’s for anyone looking to setup a business period, whether its on or offline I personally don’t think it makes any difference. This is business training at its best and it covers everything from "basic business 101" right through to all the latest marketing techniques you’ll need in order to take your business to new heights. If you’ve never had a business before or simply want to improve your existing business, then the 30 Day Challenge would be a great place for you to begin sharpening your business skills. Taking full advantage of the best web 2.0 and social media tools available, Ed Dale and Dan Raine will guide you through each step of setting up and scaling a business exactly how they would do it for themselves. This is priceless folks! Following in the footsteps of those who have already been there and are already wearing the t-shirt, is the fastest way for you to learn the ropes and avoid the pitfalls. No one else on the planet is showing you these tactics.

How much I hear you ask for such a detailed and extremely well-planned video training course? Well….. Eerrr! Nothing, Zip, Nada, Diddley, Yup you read that right, nothing at all, not a penny. What’s the catch? There isn’t one, but don’t take my word for it, head over to the 30DC website, join and ask anyone who taken the challenge before, they’ll tell you exactly the same as me, Listen, Learn and Take Action. That is the key to your success, study hard but don’t forget to apply what you’ve learnt otherwise nothing happens at all. If you don’t like what the challenge has to offer – simply quit, that’s it, what has is cost you? Nothing.

I have personally made some great friends in the 30DC community and aside from the opportunity to network with like-minded and often brilliant people, this is you chance to become the expert, Guru, market leader in your niche. You owe it to your community and yourself to share your expertise, when you give you will receive. When you become an authority in your field, a plethora of opportunities begin to present themselves.

I look forward to seeing you in the forums and if I can help in anyway, just ask. In the video below, you can see Ed Dale on last nights broadcast talking about some new goodies for 2009, along with my plans for this years Thirty Day Challenge Theme Song – it could involve you! As you’ll see in the video intro (Thanks Karen Kramer) we are complete Man Candy – and game for a laugh!

It’s not everyday you get to meet your mentors, so when the opportunity presents itself, you should take the time to go and meet the people who have made a difference in your life. For me this day was Sunday 31st August 2008 when I had the pleasure and privilege to finally meet Internet Marketing Guru – Ed Dale.

Below is an image taken from my phone (quality not too super duper) of Ed receiving two of my CD’s – the original cast recording of ‘Mmm Mmm The Musical’ and a copy of ‘Up At The Albert’ by rock band ‘Boned’ which is an EP of the short set we played at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Ed being a fellow musician and an ex-thesp himself, could really appreciate what effort is involved in writing, producing and performing a show like this and that gave us a real bond of interests outside of the internet marketing niche. We also had a chance to visit a few guitar shops down the famous Denmark Street and had lunch together just prior to the final Thirty Day Challenge meet up later that day.

It’s always really strange when you meet someone for the first time as you never really know what they’re like in "Real Life", but due to Ed’s huge visual internet presence from many of his training programs, you’re given the sense of a friendship before you even meet him and I’m happy to say Ed was exactly as I’d hoped and imagined he would be. He’s just like he is in his videos, calm, real, collective, funny and passionate about what he does. I’ve met TV celebrities, comedians and a handful of rock stars before and have been left with a hint of disappointment with some of them after they were not what I’d hoped they’d be like when we met and sadly this is quite often the case. Celeb’s are simply regular people like you and me and only thrust into celebrity status due to their job’s commitment and the press.

Now I’m sure Ed like many other Guru’s would not class themselves as celebrities, but in many people’s eye’s they are and their regular appearance in our email in-box and on our computer screen’s makes them so. I know this must sound like an "I love Ed Dale Fest", and perhaps it is, but I really just wanted the opportunity to record in writing how grateful I am to have had the chance to learn from someone like Ed, as he has helped me in my online business ventures in more ways than he could ever imagine. So, thank you Ed, your contribution to my Internet Marketing knowledge has been enormous and I hope to continue to learn from you for many years and even though we are half a world apart, aside from being a great mentor and a fantastic fashion advisor, I truly feel that I have found a great friend and hope that we get many more opportunities to share some quality time. And for those readers who are thinking it, no I don’t want to marry Ed – we haven’t even kissed yet!

Here is a handful of mug shots I managed to grab from my phone whilst at the meet up in London. A truly great bunch of people all sharing a similar passion for online success and I wish each and everyone of them – plenty of it.

I’m looking forward to meeting more people from the Thirty Day Challenge and hope that they’re all taking something away from their 30DC experience as I have. From the early days of Dale & Kern as an ‘Underachiever’ to the present day Dale & Raine offering that is the amazing ‘Immediate Edge’ I’m more than happy to stay in the loop and continue to widen my IM repertoire from those who seem to really care about what you get from it. Thanks Ed, keep doing what you do best.

It sure was fun – Meeting Ed Dale.

Cheers Mate
All the Best

Phill Mason

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Ok guys, they’re finally here, the worlds first, Thirty Day Challenge ringtones. After being asked by several challengers if I was going to make the 30DC Theme Song available for download and could people have it on their phones, I have created – through popular demand, a handful of Thirty Day Challenge ringtone snippets. They are the most popular parts of this years theme song like the intro, chorus and Mid8 etc, along with a couple of unplugged style ringtones featuring just the piano and vocals for an added bonus.

I’m going to charge a small fee to download these MP3′s in order to amortize some of the costs incurred making this year’s 30DC theme song. I don’t get paid to do it and it took me well over 100 hours to put together with all the video edits and so on, so if I could get a little back – that would be great.

These MP3′s have been optimised for Mobile/Cellphones and are mono files with a sample rate of 22.050 kHz @ 96kbps, this sounds great in most phones. The main 30DC Theme Song’s are regular high quality MP3 – 44.1kHz – 192kpbs – stereo.

I’ll keep it really simple and make each ringtone only $1 to download with no fancy memberships or sign-ups to worry about.

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Please check your email “Spam” folder after you’ve made your purchase. The email address admin at phillmason.com will be sending you your new 30 Day Challenge ring tones – Enjoy!

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Click on the link or small triangle next to each link to preview the demo audio. On the demo ringtones you will also hear “phill mason dot com” spoken during these demo’s and this will not be present on your downloaded version.

There are 7 Thirty Day Challenge Theme Song 2008 ringtones: Only $1 per ringtone

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There are 3 Original Phone Ringtones: Only $1 per ringtone

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Thirty Day Challenge Theme Songs: Only $1 per ringtone
These two demo’s are snippets, but you get the whole track

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30dc-theme-tune-2007-master

Full Package includes: Only $10

7 x 30DC Ringtones

3 x Original Ringtones

1 x MP3 Full Length 30DC Theme Song 2008 + Lyrics PDF

1 x MP3 Full Length 30DC Theme Song 2007 + Lyrics PDF

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I just wanted to take this opportunity to say many thanks for your continued support and kind comments regarding my music on both this website and youtube, it really does mean a hell of a lot to me and your feedback is vital to my continued learning curve of this song writing malarkey and I hope that you’ll continue to enjoy my music for a long time – thanks.

All the Best
Phill

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Last year a competition was a-foot and the person who submitted the most interesting video to Ed Dale and Dale Raine of The Thirty Day Challenge fame  would win some goodies. Woo Hoo, I came back from my hols in the middle of August only to find out I’d won. What a lovely surprise, Ed and Dan actually liked my song – cool, it was quite catchy and it received a few thousand views on Youtube also – Ah fame at last.

This years 30 day challenge came swiftly upon us, but what was different this year was that I’d been asked to do another song for this years challenge – Scooters Man, now the pressure was on, the difficult second album syndrome. During the 30DC Pre-season, I even heard Ed say “can Phill do it” , can he write another catchy theme tune like last years? Oh cheers mate – thanks for doubling the pressure.

Anyway, I was actually really pleased to have been asked to do it again, I took it as a compliment and to the studio I ran to get cracking on the new Thirty Day Challenge Theme.

I realised that after waffling on about writing the 30 DC Theme Song above, I’d already chirped on about it on the 1st of August in a previous post – What a Gooner! End of Post

Wow, well here we are once again, at the beginning of August and its the grand opening of another Thirty Day Challenge. The 30 Day Challenge is the mastermind of two of the internets most highly-respected marketers – Ed Dale and Dan Raine and its designed to show you step-by-step, how to setup a rock-solid foundation for your new or existing online business. All the tools and all the techniques you could ever wish for are presented to you in crystal-clear video format – the best coaching program you’re likely to see! Best of all, its all for free and anyone can join in at any time – Check it out here 30DC you’ll be glad you did.

This means only one thing for me – time to write a new theme song and make a video to boot. Of course I’ve been working on this one for the last few months, a verse riff here and a middle 8 melody there, piece by piece the song has nicely come together, but not after several rewrites though. Some of the best songs have come from writing a phrase or melody only to realise that the piece you’ve just written is exactly what you don’t want. I personally have no formula for writing songs and I don’t really care which comes first – melody, riff or lyrics, it matters not to me, only that inspiration comes from one of them to inspire me for the rest – that’ll do me nicely! I’ve written both songs to lyrics and put lyrics to tunes and neither seems any easier than the other. I think as a composer, you know when its right and if you’re honest, you know when its not. Sometimes you really want a tune to work as you know it has a certain something to it and it may not be a bad tune, but perhaps it just doesn’t work in that particular configuration and thats what needs to change.

Talk about “pressure on” scooters man, it’s like the infamous “second album” – can Phill do it again and write another catchy tune for this years 30 Day Challenge!! Thanks guys no pressure – phew!

If you missed last years song – check it out here – Last years 30 Day Challenge Music Video.

I really like this song if I do say so myself, its simple and melodic. If I’m not confident of a melody or tune, I either rework it or trash it and start again, but this years 30DC theme tune melody is memorable – and thats what people like in a song, it also has an uplifting happy feel to help get people motivated for the challenge each day. Sure the track is perhaps a little cliché with a few prog-rock references at the end of the song, but its original, memorable and most of all fun – and that is the foundation of a good song.

I try not to attach myself to my music too much as you do put your head on the chopping-block ready for any type of criticism and abuse people wish to throw at you. I know Ed and Dan are in the same boat for what they put together for the challenge – you can never make everyone happy, you just have to put your stuff out there for folks to use and abuse, but you do have to be prepared to accept some non-friendly comments about your efforts, thats what creative people have to deal with, here’s my efforts – say what you will, its what I’m offering.

I wouldn’t change it for the world, I love it.

The video also contains some humorous references to this years “Ed Dale Mankini” joke in the style of a couple of video I released earlier last month. If you didn’t catch them, you can see them here on Youtube;

Thirty Day Challenge is Misunderstood – Mankini Style!

Beechworth Daily News For The Thirty Day Challenge

Finally, a huge thanks to my gorgeous little kids – Oscar and Eva who sang their hearts out and giggled a lot – bless em! A special thanks to the missus – Katrina Mason and best friend Emma Fisher who helped me Rock-Out at the end of this video – you’re both absolute stars – thank you.

Here is this years official Theme Song for the awesome Thirty Day Challenge – let me know what you think, your feedback is very much appreciated – thanks. Please allow the video some time to load.

You can join in all the fun & awesomeness and find out more about the Thirty Day Challenge by visiting;

http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com

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