Tips and reviews for musicians from Stan Stewart (aka muz4now)
Check out the 2nd (“What’s in a like?”) and 3rd (on art crowdfunding and patronage) posts in this series on supporting artists. Buy Art If you’re a regular reader of this blog you support art. If you found this post through a search engine like Google or DuckDuckGo, you are probably curious or possibly passionate […]
I’ve already written about the most important aspect of “Snow Story”: awareness about child abuse and the need for positive parenting. Still, when musicians create evocative music and video, it helps to get the point across. In order to arrange the studio version, I used some music technology that is quite effective. Kirk Hunter Studios Diamond Orchestra sample library is
Music First, I want you to know that I created a video for my seventh song, “Drink In”. It is my first exploration of fractal animation. This allows me to create cool visuals. The process takes some time and lots of computer power. I think the visual results are very interesting and lend to the
Today’s post is by guest blogger, David Milsont. We found each other through Twitter where you can follow him to find out what else he’s up to these days. 3 Tips for boosting your musical improvisation Click To Tweet For any avid musician, improving your improvisation skills remains extremely crucial. A true improviser is
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Click anywhere on this paragraph to listen to my album, “No Manuscript”, performed completely on The Hammersmith Pro. These 12 piano improvisations will give you the full character of this instrument. Sound and Sounds One of things I do in order to make music is to find sound sets (sample libraries) that help me to create
Ever been curious how people like me get full orchestras to play on their recordings? I don’t. Instead, I use what’s known as “sample libraries” to produce the sounds of an orchestra without packing 20 or more people at a time (not possible) into my tiny project studio. How do songwriters get sounds they can’t play
I’ve just come through two gigs that feel “big” in my world. I can sense the post-project doldrums could take over my life and while I want to honor that I’m genuinely tired, I also know that my general laziness and procrastination could sneak into my creative world if I don’t take action. So, I’m
Common rhetoric about how to succeed on social media/networking includes something about “engagement”. As an example, I had a recent chat with John Lusher on Twitter about an article that included a headline and statements about engaging in order to increase your Twitter connections. Here’s the chat (Click on the time/date in John’s tweet to
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I’ve been working on a number of music recording projects over the past year. In the middle of several of them, I had a technical issue with Avid Pro Tools which I’ve been using for over a decade as my DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). The expense and hassle of resolving the issue was so frustrating that I
UPDATE: after public pressure from Taylor Swift and several indie artists/labels, Apple Music has agreed that it will pay the music-makers even during the free trial period on Apple Music. This guest post and infographic comes from Megan Liscomb of takelessons.com. They offer a search engine for finding the right teacher in variety of subjects
