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Saturday, April 24, 2010 |
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The Death of the Bridge
By Brian Hazard of Passive Promotion
Many of my all-time favorite songs are “growers” – album tracks that don’t really grab you the first few spins, but eventually dig their hooks in and don’t let go. Few artists these days have the luxury of writing growers, because listeners aren’t willing to invest that kind of time. Unless the artist is proven to deliver, the listener will tune out and move on. While I’m a huge fan of the album format, it’s hard to deny the shifting focus from albums to individual songs. Every one of those songs needs to grab the listener’s attention and hold it until the last note – preferably longer! In order for your songs to be grabbers rather than growers, they must have clear and familiar structures.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
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The Music Biz : Five Important Tips for Staying Sane and in the Game
By T.Reed – Composer @ TAO X Productions
Be honest. Not just to others, but to yourself. Be introspective. Don’t let people blow smoke up your ass and get swelled with it and don’t let the critics bog you down…be dead on honest with what caliber you are in the food chain and live with it or up your game, but don’t BS yourself. Make side-by-side comparisons to professionally recorded and well-crafted songs and honestly try to figure out the difference. VIDEO RECORD your shows and observe what you really look like, not what you think you look like. I’ll never forget the time we had a temp GTR player who tried to do some kind of Van Halen ‘back to back buddy’ poses with me on stage when I wasn’t looking…He thought it was cool, I thought he was just bumping into me by accident…The videotape revealed the painful truth;)
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Sunday, April 11, 2010 |
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A Few Tips From a Reader’s Wife
By Niall James Holohan of Reader’s Wife
Dublin, Ireland
For musicians based in Ireland, XMusic will match any price you can find on
line, for all the gear they stock. I bought my Orange amp there.
Books I would recommend:
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 |
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I want to play clubs that pay me. How do I do that?
By Sarah Potenza
Hey there, my name is Sarah Potenza Crossman, and I currently book my band without an agent for an average of $2,000 and up a month. I play just about every Friday and Saturday night as well as a few weeknight gigs. But it wasn’t always like this. I used to be willing to play just about anywhere for little or no pay. Why? Because I am a musician and I love to play music. But you know what; we all deserve to get paid! And let’s face it, no one is going to give you more money then you tell them you deserve. I wish all musicians would just stop playing for free because it undermines the people willing to “say, yes I would love to play at your club, now let’s talk about the guarantee.”
But since that’s not going to happen, let me tell you personally how to get paid.
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Sep 09, 2010
