Why Keeping Mistakes on Your Album Can Work in Your Favor
Musicians fear the mistake. Whether it’s on stage or in studio, we’re afraid of being defined by them, but they can also turn a good song into a great one!
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How to Get Through a Show When Everything Goes Wrong
When your live show truly starts to go off the rails, remember these words of advice, and turn the gig around to finish strong.
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How to Get the Most Out of Someone’s Criticism of Your Music
+ Pursue your dreams faster with a Soundfly Mentor! Share your musical goals with us and we’ll pair you up with a professional musician, engineer, educator, or music industry veteran who will help you achieve them in a customized four-week session. Unless you’re one of those rare human beings who somehow manages to not let criticism penetrate your…
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How to Score an Epic Movie Trailer for Global Nuclear Armistice
We have so many questions that need answers… let’s start with the music. Here’s a breakdown of everything that’s going on in this misguided video mess.
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Meet Takeo Ischi: Germany’s Virtuosic Chicken Yodeler
In a world fraught with political turmoil, broken up by war, and torn apart by loss, the absurd, lighthearted mountain music of Takeo Ischi more poignant and essential than ever. I mean, if the news has got you down (and how can it not), just take a break and watch this. You’ll feel much better,…
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Breaking Down Beach House’s Stressed Out and Shoegazey New Single, “Dark Spring”
+ Soundfly helps curious musicians meet their goals with online courses like The Creative Power of Advanced Harmony and Pop Vocal Production. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe for unlimited access. With their newly released album, 7, Baltimore dream pop outfit Beach House have reached new emotionally intoxicating heights, but with a sound that feels denser and…
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How to Use 7th Chords in Indie Pop Music
What may be institutionally indefinable, the obscure genre term “indie pop” is considered an umbrella for most of the accessible-yet-alternative pop music being made today by predominantly young, western songwriters. Indie pop is hard to define because it covers an enormous range of sounds, from electronic synth-driven voyages to jangly and reverby guitar-based music, to warm harmonies…
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Can Streaming Playlists Actually Replace Music Blogs?
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. Major streaming platforms are irrevocably changing the ways people create, discover and consume music. As with any emerging, disruptive technology, there are winners and losers.…
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5 Times Musicians Played Through Epic On-Stage Injuries
Finding even a small amount of success in music takes not only sacrifice, but also a whole lot of pain. Everything from the hours of practice it takes to get a certain part of a song just right, to the spinal reconstruction you’ll want after sleeping on floors night after night on tour, to the…
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New Trends in Touring
Touring is the most direct, in-person way to bring your music to your fans, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t changed as a result of new technologies!
