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Root Music Announces YouTube Tracks

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rootmusic.pngRoot Music's nicely laid out Facebook pages recently trimmed down and adjusted automatically to the new slimmer Facebook giudelines. That wasn't their only big change they have also announced YouTube Tracks. this allows musicians to upload songs and video tracks from YouTube to the same player as their SoundCloud music and collect performance royalties from their song plays.

Automation Basics In Logic Pro 9

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In esscence, many DAW's are the same and if you can make your way around one, you can usually do most things in another. However, automation is usually a different story. Logic's automation is a bit tricky at first, but once you begin to uncover the basics, you'll see a whole new world of opportunity (even if you aren't playing Dubstep).


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Introducing The Vocalizer From SONiVOX

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Yesterday when Apple announced their new iTunes powered social network, Ping, the music pundits started crying hyperbole of MySpace killer etc. While this new site does have tons of potential to be a great tool to encourage record sales and concert ticket sales, right now it in unfortunately not much more than a way to promote the top artists on iTunes and make the rich richer. With no clear way for DIY artists to sign up, under 20 Featured artists plucked from the major labels usual suspects and a partnership for concert tickets with the disgusting corporate entity Live Nation, right now Ping strictly offers a way for your friends to hear how much you love U2 or Lady GaGa. Don't get too excited Apple still needs to open the doors if they want this to be more than Friendster.

If you know anything about rock, you know that NME is one of the biggest tastemakers and a magazine that has discovered tons of bands that are now legends. They have now developed their own social network where fans and musicians sign up and you get the chance to be discovered by NME's writers. NME Breakthrough is that social network and you can go there and hope that fans and writers will discover your unknown gems.

The Rocket Summer On How He Records

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Synthesizer Club Discusses Analog vs. Digital

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The All New Vox AC Handwired Series

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We've been fairly impressed with the quality and affordability of recent Vox products, and although they are certainly quite a bit more expensive than the regular line (around $1600 for the AC30), the Vox handwired series look phenomenal.  With handwired precision and a look this clean, we're very excited to hear how they sound and will certainly keep you posted.  

Recording And Synth Nerd Links 9/1/10

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KCRW is one of the last free form radio stations in America and one of the most influential radio stations around. The LA Times recently interviewed their librarian on how you may possibly get your music on to these airwaves which can then get you through many other doors. The interview sheds some light on some the great secrets in making your radio promotions work.


Are you one of the 20 million people who have heard "The Bed Intruder Song"? If not click on the above video and provided you are not an uptight nerd you are about to hear one of the funniest memes of the year. What is even funnier is this YouTube phenomenon has now charted on the Billboard Hot 100, but the ideas and tactics they used there are quite serious and smart. Follow me to the jump and we will dissect what got them there.
jangoairplay.pngWe always hold Jango high up as a promotion every artist should be taking part in. Following Grooveshark's lead Jango will now give you play credits if you get other artists to sign up for their service. Pretty cool. To learn how to do this check out their blog

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UK resident Calum Scott shows off his Wiimote Looper with a patch written for the Nunchuck and Nintendo Wiimote.  Functions include: loop select, record/stop/clear, playback speed, delay on/off, delay hold, delay feedback, delay mix, loop start/stop/speed, loop freeze.

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While not an exact replica, the XILS3 soft synth by XILS Lab it's a pretty close replication of the EMS VCS 3 originally produced back in 1969. Regardless of how close it is based on the EMS VCS 3, the XILS3 has some pretty amazing tones that are all it's own. Currently there is a light version which costs under $40 and then a deluxe version which is quite expensive at around $140.  Unfortunately, all versions will require the iLok (until someone cracks it!) More info available at the XILS Lab site.     


A bunch of music blogs have teamed with MOG and Scion to offer a huge battle of the bands thing where they are looking for some of the best unsigned bands in the country. If you think you are the best unsigned band around you should watch the above video and then email Rock It Out blog. 
wilderness-downtown.jpgThose progressive Canadians in The Arcade Fire seem to be at the forefront of music marketing these days, and it looks like they have done it again with this amazing interactive film made by Chris Milk. Using the capabilities of HTML5, Milk has created an incredible movie that is accompanied by the Arcade Fire's new song "Used To Wait". Without giving too much away, we'll say that Milk's video makes the band's somewhat predictable song seem all the more resonant by carefully playing on the band's usual themes of childhood and family. Note that the film is best viewed in Google's Chrome browser and has "issues" in Firefox (we know, we tried).  The film is called The Wilderness Down and can be found here. Truly a wonderful piece of work and a very exciting peek into what the future might hold with HTML5. 


Scarily enough this even happens to the smallest of groups from time to time. Some freak of nature will take your music and claim it as their own on some random MySpace. As well these days you can profit share in YouTube streams and it is important that your songs are on your channel if you want to get paid for them. Artist House Music has a fantastic blog on how to handle this situation that is a great read.

CD Baby's DIY Musician Podcast Does Fanfunding

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denniscrowd.jpgEveryone is chattering about new ways to get your fans motivated to help you to pay for your musical endeavors. Since everyone is discussing it CD Baby's always awesome DIY Musicians Podcast took up the subject for the past two episodes. You should download both of these episodes and learn how this concept can fund your music. 

Programming Note: We're Playin' Possum

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possum.pngIf you're hangover didn't already tell you, it's Monday and once again we're taking a break from content for the day to work on the Musformation book. Damn, you must be saying, you guys are taking a long time, this book better be good.  Truth be told, we are very excited about the content of the book and have many new exciting insights, interviews and more we can't wait to share with you. Thanks for checking in and we'll see you back here on Tuesday.  
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It is no secret that online radio is one of the best ways to promote your music. With services like Pandora, Last.FM, Jango, Blip.FM and other services not only can you get your music before the ears of listeners who like the type of music you make, but you can also get paid for your plays as you begin to dominate the online radio airwaves.






It all comes down to this. As you come down to entering the studio and then recording your songs you are now tasked with one of the most difficult balancing acts ever known to man (ok... well maybe to musicians). We have written countless articles on how to avoid many of the pitfalls many musicians fall into when they go to capture their material. Read on and make something great for us all to hear.









With everyday, as the gatekeepers die and the major labels lose power it becomes more and more about just having a great song. This being the case you better start brushing up on your skills! We have assembled a lot of advice and tools for you to use to write better songs on the other side of this link.






When trying to break your music out of your circle of friends and out to the whole world, you are inevitably going to have to take on the hat of doing some publicity for your own music. As you begin to take on this large task there is numerous bits of advice that you may have overlooked on how to do this effectively. We have assembled numerous articles on how to take over the world of music and get it out there.






Now that you actually have songs recorded you need to get them out to the world to be heard. With every day that passes more and more amazing tools become available for artists to do this without the help of a label. We keep an up to date guide of everything you could ever want to know about what you should do in order to make the right choice on how to get your music out to the world.






Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, YouTube all become more and more important everyday (well maybe not Myspace, but contrary to much chatter it is still important to know the most up to date ways to make Myspace feed your other pages). We keep musicians up to date with the most current ways to use all of these social networks to promote your music. If you are not reading our guides to social networks you are missing out on the crucial knowledge of how to promote your music with the most up to date techniques.






What separates the winners and losers is how well you handle playing live and then getting your show on the road. Playing live and touring may seem easy but there are countless pitfalls that one can encounted over time. We show you all the new tricks of the trade as well as wise advice that has been passed down over the years.






Managing a group of people and keeping everyone on the same page and motivated is one of the biggest make or break factors of any sucessful group. There are many emerging tools that can make this easier and we sort through them, all the while dispensing valuable advice on how to deal with your members with minimal chaos.






Getting covered by blogs is fast becoming one of the things that everyone wants to figure out. Sadly, there is not a lot of information out there on how to do just this. We have quite a few articles with the techniques we use to get the bands we work with on to some of the top blogs out there.