So you’ve written a great song, made a fabulous demo and now you’ll live happily ever after, right? Well, kind of. This article is the official “chapter after” you’ve written and recorded your song. There’s no doubt that being a great songwriter and having beautifully recorded versions of your songs is an admirable goal in and

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Even though I write the article, the author is you. You own full rights to the content. Once an article is handed off to you it is 100% yours. You can continue to edit it yourself, add photos or multimedia, add in your own keyword-related or affiliate links, and then post it wherever you like. While I try to write the article i

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My favorite quote from David Lynch: "It’s like there’s a man in another room with the whole film together, but they’re in puzzle parts. And he’s flipping one piece at a time into me. At first it’s very abstract I don’t have a clue. More pieces come, more ideas are caught, it starts forming a thing. Then one day there it is. It

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Usually if you buy a domain and just let it sit on a typical GoDaddy parked page it looks something like this. [screenshot on page] GoDaddy and other domain registrars do this when you don’t point a domain name to your own hosting company. It usually happens by default. But it sucks. Why? Because (1) You’re not making any money

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The DS-40 can be used as a digital voice recorder, a music player, an audiobook player, and a podcast player. It is a completely redesigned recorder meant as a higher middle grade voice recorder, presumably to eventually replace the WS-300 Series of recorders. Without the external microphone attached, the Olympus DS-40 Digital

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Remember this story for several reasons. As a songwriter it’s best that YOU be in control of your copyrights as much as possible by holding on to your publishing, and at the very least, making sure that publishing you sign away goes to a Publisher and not a manager or agent or friend. Beyond that, if you choose to use samples o

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Like several internet marketers have said, the secret to success in this field is not how much you comment on blogs, how many feeds you have in your newsreader, or how many widgets you play with each day. It’s not about gaming the system. Instead it is about maximizing the opportunities within the system for maximum impact - bo

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The band Cracker and Virgin Records did not part on the best of terms. Apparently, without informing the band, the label decided to release a Greatest Hits record - Cracker’s Greatest Hits: Get On With It. As you may or may not know, this is standard practice in the industry. Bands don’t make a whole lot of money of these kinds

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Many songwriters begin their work with an acoustic guitar. If you’re like me, you’ll probably record most things with acoustic guitar first. I like acoustic guitar because it’s full sounding, has great percussive qualities for banging out a pulse while strumming, and it doesn’t need anything else for it to make sound, like cabl

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There are many, many approaches to writing a song, and please, don’t let yourself be told that you “have” to start with a “title” or a “chord progression” or anything like that. You can start with a chord progression, if you like. You can start with a title, if you like. Maybe you already have music and you are singing along to

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The book opens with some songwriting basics, which include - covering the different parts that make up songs, certain common chord progressions, and some basic movable chord dictionaries. Where the author spent a considerable amount of time was in finding popular and classic songs that utilize the examples he is talking about.

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A superb list of ways to get over the hump and start writing songs and being creative. Writer’s block is the nemesis of songwriters - and even non songwriters. There are tons of suggestions and songwriting tips out there for what might work, and various suggestions on overcoming. These are the top 5 that consistently work for m

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Recording a great sounding bass track is not hard, nor is it a black science. By following a few simple rules you can get excellent results from your home studio. Before you begin to track a bass line, you should have a good idea of the tone you are trying to achieve as it relates to the particular song. Some of the factors you

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To do your songs justice when playing in front of a new audience, you owe it to yourself to work on some of your stage mannerisms. Even a great song can end up sounding rather mediocre if the groundwork isn’t laid for the audience to be receptive to your songs. Here are a few tips to help budding songwriters make a lasting impr

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There are a number of reasons including high quality microphones, pre-amps, an experienced engineer and a well-designed studio space. But one of the single most important elements in a great-sounding, professional recording is the performance of the session musicians. There is a reason that the job of the session musician exist

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