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Saturday, February 27, 2010 |
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Tickle the Ivories.
Transform iPhone into a full 88-key piano with Pianist. With authentic sound and great features like soft and sustaining pedals, dual keyboard layout, and overdubbing, you can play and compose anywhere. The interface between the tunes and which keys to press is easy to master. Once you catch on you’ll want to play at least one song all the way through.
Available on the App Store
Record music.
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Friday, February 26, 2010 |
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Vocal Mic Shootout
By Keith Hatschek
Permission given by Keith Hatschek.
February 2008 This month, PSE took three large-diaphragm condenser mics into the studio and ran them through their paces. On the block were Audio-Technica’s 3035, MXL’s V-88, and Shure’s KSM 27. We tested them with a both male and female vocalist, in addition to finding a few other applications to explore how flexible these cost-effective mics are in a real studio setting.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 |
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On the Topic of Playing Music for a Living
By Paul Allodi
Chicago, IL
I’m still trying to do that! Just kidding but not. Its a tough road out there and your level of success can vary from month to month and year to year. There are many levels of success in this business as well- from local coffee house gigs to fancy restaurants to the bigger clubs in your immediate area and beyond. You really have to know what level of success you desire. Is it enough to just play once in a while or weekend warrior style? Do you desire more than that- playing 4-6 times a week to make your bills but doing what you love? Writing and recording and ultimately selling your original music? Touring regionally or nationwide or even internationally?
It can all be done if you want it.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Singers and Smoking
Here’s the thing with smoking and singing:
Smoking won’t keep you from singing.
But..
Smoke of any kind burns away the little hairs (cilia) that line the vocal folds. These hairs keep the vocal cords moist. When the hairs are gone the cords cannot keep moisture on them and become dry and irritated.
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Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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Monday, February 22, 2010 |
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Writing Tips : Writing Outright. Part Two
By Tom Colohue |
Giving with permission by a favorite music site: www.dottedmusic.com
This is a second part of Writing Tips By Tom Colohue: Writing Outright. Read the first part at this location.
Photo credit: Jesper Waldersten
Not everybody is particularly talented at writing music. While some people find it incredibly difficult others find it easier than anything else. Everybody has specific skills that are worth nurturing in order to gain as much from them as possible. You don’t have to want to be a writer, a poet or a musician. All that you need is a sense of drive with which you might work towards honing your current skills and developing whatever is available to you already.
I’m just laying out something of a list of points here. Using these, it’s up to you to do what you will with the present information. All of these come from almost fifteen years of writing experience myself. I started writing fifteen years ago, started with poetry five years ago and started writing music, which will be covered in later pieces and lyrics about three years ago when I was gifted with my guitar. Whether you’ve never written a song before or you have written a platinum selling album and sixteen novels, I hope this helps.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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Promoting on the Internet!
by Jessica Mellott
A few years ago I realized how easy it was to share news about my music on the internet. Through internet promotion, I have gained tons of new fans, received hundreds of thousands of song plays, found great musicians and producers to collaborate with, band members, and so much more! Today I am on a number of different social sites and have been featured at many of them. HeadAboveMusic.com asked me to share some of my ideas for internet promotion.
Here are some tips……
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 |
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Writing Tips : Writing Outright. Part One
By Tom Colohue |
Giving with permission by a favorite music site: www.dottedmusic.com
Photo credit: mikiiglesias on Flickr
Hey all, this is Tom Colohue. This is a revision of something I wrote a year ago, when I was far from talented as a writer. I’m quite looking forward to doing this purely on the basis of hopefully seeing just how far I might have advanced since this was first written. So, for your own perusal, this is Writing Tips.
In this installment, we’re going to be looking at the most basic aspects of writing. I’m not going to be putting too much focus into writing poetry or lyrics, but there will be some extra attention paid to those because of the flow that verse provides. Becoming comfortable with your own preferred areas and talents is important, but you have to write in order to become aware of just what you’re capable of offering yourself and others.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 |
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Animoto enables you to use your own photos and video clips to produce TV & film-quality music videos in just minutes. These video clips and photos are perfect for your bands EPK package. They can also be used to keep your fans entertained between album releases while you document your local shows and tours.
Video Submissions: Animoto supplies a cost effective editing application for video submissions for the college market (www.naca.org) NACA requires a 3min video submission to be accepted to showcase at their regional events. Make sure you’ve got the most compelling booth at your next convention by showcasing your product or service as show-stopping video. DVD-quality Animoto videos look stunning on any screen!
Enhance Your Website: Make your website more compelling with video that showcases new product launches, special events, holiday or seasonal specials, or simply create videos that feature your staff or your customers. Help your e-newsletter go viral: Add video to your e-newsletter and create a marketing tool that your audience will want to read and share.
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Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
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Cyber PR Music Campaigns
By Ariel Publicity
Are you ready to reach the next level of success with your music, but you’re just not sure what it’s going to take to give your career the boost it needs?
You may be wondering how to get your music in front of people who can generate enough buzz to attract a huge audience of loyal fans, increase your bottom line and give you more time to do what you love… making music.
Well… I have a suggestion that may very well be the boost you’re looking for.
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