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1: The Pursuit of the Record Deal

The Pursuit of the Record Deal By Tom Hess

By: Tom Hess

2: Improving Your Drum Programming

For non-drummers, coming up with realistic sounding drum parts can be an intimidating prospect. After all, drummers study and practice for years to be able to play solid time, mark phrases and interac...

By: Dan Palladino

3: Your First Recording Session

You've finally reached the point where you are ready to enter a real studio and lay down your music. It sounds easy, right? Most musician...

By: Jeff Wheaton

4: Copyright Your Music

When you copyright your music, you mark it as your own creation. This gives you legal grounds to go after someone who may be making a profit from it without your permission. It also is necessary...

By: Bobby McHavens

5: 10 Reasons Why Most Demo

"Getting a deal" has long been the goal of many would-be artists and bands. For mostly naive reasons, most new talent feel that by s...

By: Christopher Knab

6: Take Control of Your Music Career Now

The music industry is changing, has changed. We are in serious transitio...

By: Chris Standring

7: Determining artist royalties in the music industry

Determining artist royalties in the music industry

By: Sabrina Surovec

8: How Do I Jump from 'DEMO' Recordings to 'MASTER QUALITY' Rec...

There are several issues involved in determining whether a recording is considered "master quality" (also known as "broadcast quality") or "demo quality.&...

By: Michael Laskow

9: The Myth of Digital Sound

Myth: Digital sound doesn't loose quality when transferred. There has been a long-held thought that digital can be transferred, cloned, copied, backed up etc....

By: John Vestman

10: Tips For The Solo Musician: Your recording studio

Every musician should have his, or her own recording studio. Just as each individual has chosen the instrument of their choice, on the same token, a recording studio is a must. Think of it...

By: Kevin Brown

Collecting Unique Musical Instruments

Most people that do a significant amount of travel have a house that looks like a museum. If you are thinking of bringing back souvenirs on a theme, I would encourage you to think about collecting musical instruments. ...

By: Dr. Ron McCluskey

Power Words How To Make Your Song Lyrics Stronger

All songwriters struggle with their lyrics to their songs from time to time. It's one of the "hazards" of the trade. And many times we settle for words that aren't what we mean or don't carry enough punch. Even song...

By: Stan Swanson

The Pursuit of Artistic Greatness

The Pursuit of Artistic Greatness has been among us for thousands of years, yet it has eluded most of us. It seems almost impossible to pursue that which we can hardly define.(artistic greatness). It’s not surprising so...

By: Tom Hess

A handful of Music Row businesses are beginning to invest in new products and technologies to increase the fidelity of music at every stage of the recording and listening process.

The underground country music scene in the Bay Area isn't new. It's been happening since the days of New Riders of the Purple Sage. But Pop Music Critic Aidin Vaziri has a good argument fo...

THE music done in 1969 is commemorated in 12 tracks, sung by Japanese singing legend Saori Yuki, in collaboration with the Portland group, Pink Martini.

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM tra...

Reviews of Philippe Entremont with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra; the pianist Simone Dinnerstein; and the composer Ezequiel Viñao.