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What They Don’t Teach You In School

What’s more important, elaborate demos or a concrete plan that incites industry insiders to listen to your music — and sign you to their label? Michael Laskow distills chapters on these subjects into a Cliff Notes of practical advice.

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Copyright Basics

The legal definition of a copyright is a "limited duration monopoly." Its purpose (as stated in the U.S. Constitution, no less), is to promote the progress of science and useful arts by giving creators exclusive rights to their works for a while. As you can imagine, if you created something and … Read More

Ten Tips for Building Stronger Songs

If you want your songs to stand the test of time, you have to build them solidly from the ground up. These are ten things you'll need: The cornerstone: a unique title, a dramatic situation.The title is the emotional center of the song. Come up with as suggestive a title as you can, one that … Read More

Song Dynamics

The term, "dynamics" refers to whether a sound is "soft" or "loud". The ability of a recording medium to reproduce the difference between soft and loud is called its "Dynamic Range". Vinyl records and cassette tapes have a limited dynamic range of about 20 db, while modern CDs and Digital Audio Tape … Read More

Writing Television Music

I recently wrote about recognizing opportunity and then seizing it. In this article, I'm going to make it even easier for you. I'm going to show you the fastest, cheapest, and easiest way to make money with your music. I'm surprised you haven't figured it out for yourself yet. You stare at it … Read More

Recording Equalization Tips

Equalization is the term used to describe the process of changing the balance between high and low frequencies. Equalizers allow us to selectively boost and/or cut specific frequencies or bands of frequencies. With regard to equalization of the instruments you are recording, you must first assign … Read More

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3000 Records - Independent Record Company:an organization that operates as a independent record company and offers Music Promotion Services to other labels and independent Musicians 8x10PromoPhotos.com:Wholesale publicity & promotional photo reproduction, 8x10 glossy duplication, photo … Read More

Management Services

A.K. Music & Talent Agency:brings artists from the entertainment industry together with those searching for new talent; featuring video clips, MP3s, artist profiles, and complete booking capabilities they prefer their listing in Showcases Black Dog Promotions:an aggressive, fast growing, … Read More

Free Tips & Music Lessons

Acoustic Guitar Lessons:Guitar Tricks is 45 guitar instructors with over 2500 online guitar lessons in one massive site. Online guitar lessons use video, mp3 and guitar tablature so you can learn guitar at any time of day or night. Lessons cover every major style including acoustic, blues, … Read More

Songwriting Resources

Blogging Muses:a tips and tricks website with articles that help spur creativity in songwriting Songmaker's Salon:take the tour of original song lyrics, free e-books, useful music related links and some free verses Jai-Jo Music:renowned songwriter and songwriting coach, Jai Josefs can help … Read More

Production Services

Ardenwood Sound & DVD:dedicated to bringing you the highest quality Production Sound Mixing, Audio Post & Audio Mastering for your film, video or music project. Their primary concern is delivering the best location sound you can hire along with related services such as Hollywood-style DVD … Read More