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- Oh Sleeper Explains Why You Can't Win As A Mid-Level Touring Band
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- Headliner FM Offering New Features To Promote Your Music
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Recording guitar and bass can be a fun time, but also an excruciating experience if you are missing some simple tidbits of knowledge. We assembled some of that knowledge so that you can easily get through the process.
Loud records get a very bad name these days and how loud you will want to make your own particular record is a huge creative decision that must be made for your record. Unfortunately, many people do not know how to properly make this crucial judgment call. After the jump we will discuss how you can begin to figure out how to make a wise decision for your record.
We at Musformation read A LOT of blogs. Like, A LOT! We often find
things that are interesting, but we don't have the time to write em up
for you guys. This makes us feel bad since we are trying to make our
community a more educated and entertained one. So every Wed. I will be
sharing with you Recording Nerd Links. So if you are that particular
brand of nerd/insomniac/internataholic/crazy shut in, enjoy. Nerd.
- The History of the Shure SM57
- What's New in FL Studio 9.5 Beta
- Renoise 2.6 Could Set New Bar for Control, Customization, Openness
- A New Reaktor in Public Beta; First Look and Sweet Lazerbass Sounds
- New, Improved M-Audio Axioms, Q&A, and Controller Keyboard Choices
- OneHourChallenges.com is LIVE!
- Quick Tip: How to Recreate Tails of Drum Samples "Chopping
- Factory Made - Royer Ribbon Microphone
- Announcement - We Now Have a Forum!
- How To Get Your Facebook Band Page To Default To MyBand
- Bandcamp Announces It Will Start To Take A 10-15% Cut!
- So When Do We Start Making Money? - Touring Band Edition
- Make Your Facebook A Memorable Fowarding URL
- A Few Tips For Executing A Better Jango Campaign
- An Perfect Example Of How To Ask A Blog To Take Down Your Music
- Sequencing Your Record Pitfalls - From Best To Worst
- Fairshare Music Is A Philanthropic Music Sales Site Where You Choose The Charity
- If You Have Rough Mixes Put Them To Use
- Using A Jango Focus Group
- The Android App Inventor Is A Easy To Use Android Development Platform
- Thounds Is A Sample Collaboration/Online Music Recorder Type Thing
- Jeff Price Of TuneCore Slams Tom Silverman Of New Music Seminar
- Listen To Pomplamoose Talk About Making a Living Off Music Without Touring
- Reverb Nation's My Band App Gets Way Better!
- 10 Things You Should Know About Recording Drums
- Band Tip: Learn How To Set Up Other Members' Gear
- How To Get A Easy To Remember, Simple URL For Your Facebook Page
Mix Blog has up a great article on upping your speed on Pro Tools so you can concentrate on making some music! Check them out here.
Finally! We now have a forum where you can discuss the new music business, gear, websites and promotion tactics for your music. Todd and I often talk about our disgust with many of the forums today in the music biz. Unfortunately, mods let trolls and negativity run rampant in fear of alienating their users instead of trying to create a positive and productive environment. Our goal with the Musformation Forum is to curate discussions that are positive and intelligent in the music community. Feel free to go there and discuss anything about music. Enjoy.
One of the things I commonly do in the studio is to make rough mixes as often as possible for the band. Once they have these there are a few things you can do to make your record better.
- Once you have a track of the rhythm section you can make mixes of these tracks and the members can load these onto their computers/iPods and practice to this tight track
- Load the rough mixes into your DAW and record ideas down to them. Having the clarity of studio recorded tracks can help you hear details and flaws in your parts you never heard before.
Thounds looks to be an interesting way to collaborate with other musicians online. With interesting social features the site looks like it can open up some fun opportunities.
We at Musformation read A LOT of blogs. Like, A LOT! We often find
things that are interesting, but we don't have the time to write em up
for you guys. This makes us feel bad since we are trying to make our
community a more educated and entertained one. So every Wed. I will be
sharing with you Recording Nerd Links. So if you are that particular
brand of nerd/insomniac/internataholic/crazy shut in, enjoy. Nerd.
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- Merge.FM Allows Fans And Others To Collaborate On The Songwriting Process
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While some people may throw up in their mouth with the idea of their fans being able to have a say in the songwriting process, no one can deny it is an interesting idea which could lead to some interesting results. Merge.FM is software that can facilitate this relationship and can be an interesting opportunity to bond with fans.
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