The popularity of the internet has literally exploded in our faces with its multimedia offerings such as streaming radio that provide us with an interactive medium rather than just the ‘receiving’ mode that the television seems to provide us with. That’s what makes it so much fun, you know!
You can find independent radio stations or [...]
Playing in a small smoky bar, making next to nothing, using a small closet to change… it all sounds very romantic and adventurous. But those conditions that you face are not necessarily what they have to be.
Although it can be difficult for emerging artists to get gigs and find places to perform, they should not [...]
The spread of The Internet all over the world has changed many industries radically. The way they operate, approach business and interact with customers has changed forever. The music industry has not been spared either.
The very nature of the way music is purchased has changed. Up until a few years ago, getting music, legally of [...]
There is a good reason why your first studio should cost you nothing. It is because when you start off, you know almost nothing about the industry or how sound should be produced. Investing in expensive equipment and constructing good studio is not advisable at this stage.
Learning how to produce music is not something that [...]
Getting the right mix of people in your band is essential. First and foremost, they have to have the right skills. Second, they need to get along with everyone. This does not mean to say that you should pick people who are plain boring or have no personality. Rather, it means that they have to [...]
It is not the end of the world if you have not yet been picked up by a record label. You can get into the game yourself, but there are a few things you should take note of.
1. Goals - Pick something you want to promote about yourself. It could be a Single, a live [...]
The evolution of music has progressed at such a rapid pace in the last five decades that new music genres are popping up almost on a daily basis. Music genres today are extremely diversified and the list is a long one. Each genre and why it is different from one another requires several articles to [...]
LP stands for Long Playing record and initially made its first appearance over 60 years ago. Columbia records held a press conference to unveil the LP on June 21, 1948 at the Waldorf Astoria. The LP initially had two formats, which were 10-inches and 12-inches in diameter. Catalogue number wise, the first 10-inch was Frank [...]
Extended Play or EP can be a Vinyl Record, CD or even downloaded music. The definition of an EP is anything which is “more than one single but too short to be an LP”.
The earliest form of an EP can be traced back to as far as 1920 to the 78-rpm discs released by Grey [...]
The country music industry is very big and breaking into it is similar to breaking into any other music genre with one exception. Country music places a very big value on songwriting. In hindsight, this may seem obvious; country music is all about the words so songwriting would be the obvious thing to get into. [...]