Mike Evin’s Music for Old Souls
Mike Evin just released a new single. Most people don’t know Mike Evin. He’s a quiet, strange, talented Canadian who basically loves music and people and works just hard enough to…
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How to Make Sure Your Band Is Discoverable Online
By Mike McDearmon In an era when music discovery spans so many technological channels, it’s about time we rethought what aspects of SEO are actually worth your effort and energy…
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Getting “Seen”: Maximizing Your Album’s Online Visibility Using Metadata
By Mike McDearmon Got your band’s new album on Spotify? Great! That’s the easy part… You are a musician, and perhaps you’re in a band that already has music available…
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5 Times Musicians Played Through Epic On-Stage Injuries
…Killer Mike refused, tweeting, “Doctor, I’m not leaving the road.” The big takeaway here is that Killer Mike is someone you really want to be in your band — and…
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“Black Panther” Turned Kendrick Lamar into a Superhero Producer
…(from DAMN.), but according to him, it was Lamar who actually chose to put all three beats together. In an interview with NPR, another star producer, Mike Will Made It,…
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Album Histories Monthly: Blondie – ‘Parallel Lines’
…they finally landed a deal with Chrysalis Records. Blondie at the Record Plant in New York City, recording Parallel Lines. L to R: Chris Stein, producer Mike Chapman, Nigel Harrison,…
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Student Spotlight: Shea (Buttr) Winpigler on Finishin’ What Ya Start!
…and then I’m immediately locked in the groove, even if it is sultry and downtempo. How did this come together? A: Thank you, Jeremy! My friend Mike and I originally…
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The Legacy of the Super Bowl Shuffle and the History of NFL Pop Music
…by Hall of Famer Mike Ditka, are known as one of the greatest ever teams in professional sports. And obviously even they knew that at the time, which seems to…
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How Kendrick Lamar Achieves Mainstream Appeal with a Complex, Innovative Approach
…his career, “DNA.” Propped up by a Mike WiLL Made-It-produced trap beat, Lamar goes bar for bar with himself, spitting venomously with a fiery flow, leaving the last bar off…
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14 Music Business Podcasts You Should Be Listening to in 2021
…Perry, Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. 2. Being in a Band Being in a Band is hosted by digital marketer and musician Monica Strut. If you’re looking to…
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How to Develop a Positive Working Relationship with an Engineer
…Mike Irish of MuseWorks Audio Building a strong relationship with an audio engineer is an integral part of your creative process, your end product, and ultimately, your success as an…
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Alap Momin (Third Culture Kings, dälek) on Recording His Entire Album on An iPhone
…bunch: DJ Rashad, J Dilla, Jai Paul, DJ Screw, King Tubby, Prince Jammy, Ali Akbar Khan, Byrell The Great, Mike Q, Divoli S’vere, Beyonce, Drake, the Weeknd, Frank Ocean, Dagar…
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Musicality and Improv at Tiger Speak’s Hip-Hop Jam
…singers, and instrumentalists from the crowd. It’s a unique and immersive musical experience for performers and observers alike. Carter and Mike shared some thoughts on creating the jam, what makes…
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Sax in the Box – How I Coaxed a Galaxy of Sound out of Splice’s New Sample Pack
…find out that one of our own, Flypaper author and jazz composer, Mike Casey, was producing a one-of-a-kind saxophone sample pack with our friends at Splice, called “Sounds of Surprise.”…
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Memorize Common Descending Intervals Easily with This Handy Guide
…“I” around 0:21. https://open.spotify.com/track/10LnMgSxhvMGZ2t9X02Yva?si=IAJxGX9OSKWZWGSXdKnCbw Octave Lastly, for the television-savvy listener, the sort-of-famous theme music to the sort-of-famous ’90s sitcom, Doogie Howser, M.D. (written by Mike Post) can also serve as a handy reminder…
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5 Essential Books for the Audio Engineer’s Shelf
…to pen two more Zen volumes covering audio production, so don’t sleep on checking out the full set. Mike Senior — Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio (Sound On Sound Presents…,…
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Focus on Simplicity: Exercises to Strengthen Your Foundations in Improvising
+ Bridge the worlds of theory, improvisation, and jazzy hip-hop, and improve your piano chops with Grammy-winner Kiefer in his course, Kiefer: Keys, Chords, & Beats. By Mike Casey Raise…
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16 Podcasts to Inspire Your Inner Music Entrepreneur
…Matt Rafal (booking agent), Stephen Christian (Anberlin), Mike Ziemer (concert promoter, festival producer), Amanda Palmer, and Benji Rogers (PledgeMusic). How to Be Amazing Hosted by comedian Michael Ian Black, How…
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9 Vital Newsletters All Musicians Should Be on in 2021
…pairs nicely with his Your Morning Coffee podcast, co-hosted by Mike Etchart. Anyone who wants to keep up with where the music biz is actually heading, should be keeping up…
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A Brief History of Songwriting Stars You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
…history. Enter Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, the songwriting duo that wrote some of his biggest hits, including: “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Kansas City.” They were some of the…
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“Themes and Variation” Host Carter Lee Featured on The Conscious Creative Podcast
…with Mike Irish of the MuseWorks Audio production house and host of his own interview-based podcast, The Conscious Creative, to chat about Soundfly’s mentorship program, his upbringing as a touring…
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Allen Tate on San Fermin and Sleeping on Couches
…you. When we have off-time a lot of other people in the band are working on their own thing. Stephen plays with Great Caesar. Mike our drummer wrote and recorded…
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What Is Going on in This Noname Beat?
…of three omitted, giving it a heavily-swung feel. And as Will mentioned, lots of offset elements elsewhere in the beat. Mike Sundt: The hi-hat is in septuplets, while the snaps…
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10 Memorable Mid-Song Bass Riffs (And the Techniques Used to Pull Them Off)
…signature riffs occurs here during the “I’m picking up good vibrations” refrain. By singer Mike Love’s own admission, he sang the notes of the vocal riff to double the bass…
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Introducing “Enough Is Enough: A Black Lives Matter Playlist”
…Akinmusire – “Hooded Procession (Read the Names Outloud)” Bobby Sparks – “Black Man Running From the Police” (feat. Simon Novsky, Mike “Blaque Dynamite” Mitchell & Todd Parsnow) H.E.R. – “I’m…
