Music
NPR: The Best Music Nobody Knows About
NPR’s All Songs Considered wants to who your favorite unknown band is, and they are going to pick several to feature on their weekly program and podcast. In their words:
I want you to tell me and everyone else about the musician or band you absolutely love. I don’t want to hear about your band, or [...]
An Intimate Look Inside A Producer’s Studio
Nicolay from The Foreign Exchange has an essential blog where he posts more than just random thoughts, opinions and pet photos. In addition to the high-quality exclusive downloads he normally provides, over the last few weeks, he has been giving readers a detailed look inside his studio, commenting on how he creates certain sounds [...]
John Doe on the Current State of the Music Industry: “You sort of deserve it.”
The one-and-only John Doe was interviewed by the guys over at CNET on modern recording techniques, the price of music and file sharing. The whole thing is worth reading, but here is one of our favorite quotes:
I don’t have the discipline or the organizational skills to have my own label but I take my hat [...]
“Accidental” no more…
The Flaming Lips have referred to themselves many times as “accidental musicians,” so no one may be more surprised than they are that Wayne Coyne will be teaching music to undergrads at University of Central Oklahoma this fall. I’m not sure what the syllabus looks like, but I would sign up without a second thought. [...]
Producers: Show Depeche Mode what you can do!
Beatportal has announced their Depeche Mode remix contest, where you can win some amazing (and expensive!) new gear for submitting the best remix, as voted on by listeners, Beatportal staff and the band. Granted, you have to pay $3.99 to get access to the parts, but if you are confident in your skills, it may [...]
Sometimes, it’s simply all about the music…
…rather than worrying about anything that has to do with the business side of what we do, I want to invite you to take a moment and think back to whatever artist it may have been who first inspired you make music. Then, put on that album or that song, and actually listen to it…recall what it was that spoke to you then, what it was that made you realize, “I need to do this. I need to create music”…
Not at SXSW? Not a problem…
As you know, we were not at SXSW this year, but here are some of our favorite articles and recaps from people who did actually attend…
So you’re not going to SXSW…
Now, don’t get me wrong–SXSW is an amazing experience, and I do wish that I was attending this year. However, not attending is not the end the world, and as a working musician, you can use this upcoming week to your advantage if you are smart about it.
Musicians: What Can You Learn from a Group of Boy Scouts?
Every February, I take a large group of Boy Scouts from Manhattan on their annual Winter Camp event. For those who have not done it before, winter camping is everything that you would imagine it to be (and probably more), but it always ends up being a great time, despite the cold and (usually) wet [...]
Facebook is NOT MySpace
…on MySpace it was cool to be friends with everyone, whether you knew them or not in the real world, and the number of friends you had became some sort of twisted badge of honor as well as bragging rights (regardless of how unresponsive most of them were/are to your updates). That is all fine and good–that’s whatMySpace is, after all–but that is not Facebook….
