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There's a story about the Beatles and their producer George Martin from early in their career, at the start of their long line of hit songs and before they had totally mastered their craft. They were getting ready to record what would become "She Loves You," and as usual, Lennon and McCartney brought the song in and played it for Martin to see if he had any changes. And he suggested a simple one - instead of starting with the verse, start with the chorus.
Take a listen to the track above and it's easy to hear why Martin thought this - the chorus grabs you right away, it's super catchy, and the song is short enough that it doesn't get tiresome. By contrast, try starting the track at the 0:10 mark with the verse. Not bad, but it doesn't smack you across the face in the same way.
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The Public Record is an awesome site where you can do remix collaborations with groups like Filter, DeadMau5, Methods of Mayhem and many more. You download the stems from their site and then do your remix thing. Once you are done you upload it back to their site. This gives you not only an amazing opportunity to see how some of your idols produce their tracks, but also have a chance to get exposure for your awesome remix skills alongside artists people pay attention to! This looks to be a great opportunity for anyone who wants to show off their remix skills.
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If you keep up with this blog you know that ASCAP regularly makes some of the stupidest business moves we have ever seen. To accompany their stupid business moves they have now made what are probably some of the stupidest videos we have ever seen, in order to explain what they do. Recently, ASCAP's Paul Williams launched an attack on Creative Commons and claimed that he would not debate Lawrence Lessig on the merits of his attack saying he had to focus his time on helping to promote ASCAP. Looks like he is kicking serious ass in the promotion department since he is the director of these videos. For a more serious discussion of ASCAP's pathetic ways check out TechDirt or read some of their old rap sheet from us, then get to burning your membership card and moving to another organization.
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What goes into creating a pop song? A lot more than most people think. Even if pop isn't your style, understanding the subtle layers that great pop (yes, like Lady Gaga) achieve can be useful for most anyone. Here a YouTube user takes a basic DAW (Reason) and does a very fine job of recreating the song "Poker Face". Don't laugh, we know you sing this when no one is looking.
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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.
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.
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Sometimes the right approach for the bass part of a song is to not have any bass at all. As the following examples demonstrate, delaying the entry of the bass or dropping it out for one section of a song can make the instrument's impact much more pronounced than maintaining a constant bass presence. Let's look at some variations of this approach.
First up is the Rolling Stones 1973 classic "Star Star" (AKA Starfucker). The band makes it through a full-verse before the bass comes in (33 seconds into the song), and it adds a nice subtle lift to the song as well as keeping the verse from getting repetitive. Note that this late entry differs from an introductory passage with just one or two instruments. In SF, the full band, including drums, is playing for the first verse except for the bass. The Stones use this approach in "Honky Tonk Women" as well, except that the bass enters in the chorus.
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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