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+ 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. In 1994, a mysteriously unauthorized 18-minute bootleg live recording of Bill Clinton playing the saxophone at a Prague jazz club ends up on a CD and gets…
Playing in a new town can be intimidating, particularly for those of us who have yet to become household names. Luckily, Jeremy Young sat down with a host of great bands to find out how they go about attracting audiences for our (free!) course, Touring on a Shoestring. Here are some of the things they…
Toronto wunderkind Andrew Huang has about a thousand tricks up his sleeve. Every time you think he couldn’t possibly one-up himself, he pulls out yet another rabbit wearing a top hat. Most of us first found out about his spectacular ability to turn mundane household sounds into captivating beats and complicated tracks with his video covering “99 Red Balloons”…
The Rolling Stones’ classic hit “Sympathy for the Devil” is one of my all-time favorite songs — it’s unique in almost every way. The material it mines is fairly unexplored in popular music, particularly with the lyrics from the perspective of the Devil (which led to the perception of Mick Jagger and his gang as Devil worshippers…
This summer, Dan Oshinsky, Director of Newsletters at Buzzfeed, penned a piece in which he argued that email marketing is now as important as ever. I found this interesting, and my own feelings somewhat conflicted, for two reasons: Personally, I hate corporate update emails. I ignore them most of the time. I do pay attention to emails from…
What makes a great debut album? Its reflection on its time and place in contemporary society? The hype it generates? An ethereal and indescribable showing of artistic genius and virtuosity? While there are certainly patterns and similarities within the athenaeum of commercial music — the “sophomore slump,” the “edgy cover artwork,” or the scorched-earth PR campaigns…
Our in-house music business guru, Jay Coyle, has managed crowdfunding and direct-to-fan campaigns for bands like the Barenaked Ladies, Veruca Salt, and the Presidents of the United States of America (to name a mere handful). He always instructs his clients to be themselves and share their stories genuinely when communicating with their fanbases. By doing the…
Entrepreneurship in Music Series: 013 DIGGERS FACTORY Founder Alexis Castiel Diggers Factory is an online vinyl pre-order and production service built like a crowdfunding platform and with an international network of digital “crate-diggers” to back it up. Founder Alexis Castiel actually calls it “a community platform,” as it offers fans and professionals a chance to work…
Stravinsky’s music and the music of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane have been compared to Cubism, is jazz the connector? We trace the influences.
Too busy to visit Flypaper every morning? No problemo! Here are the Top 5 most popular music learning articles on Flypaper this month.
What exactly is a record label, and how do you know if you should partner with one to publish your music? We cover these basic questions in today’s post.
Love listening to podcasts? So do we! Here’s a rundown of our favorite podcasts for musicians this year, courtesy of the Soundfly team.
If you’re thinking of hiring a PR consultant or publicist for your next release, here are some important things to keep in mind first.
Learning how to take criticism and seek out honest feedback does not come naturally to us musicians, here’s how and why it’s important.
There are many factors that go into when and why its important to choose a release date for your next release, here’s a basic explainer.
Improve your production, songwriting, composing, mixing, and pretty much anything you dream of doing, with a Soundfly Mentor by your side.
In today’s music landscape, attention spans are at an all-time low. Grab your listener’s attention right away with lyrical immediacy.
5 professional tips for reinvesting the passive income you’ve got coming in from your music royalties or merch, to help you continue growing!
Because of the way major labels time their releases for chart placements, you may want to consider avoiding that congestion with yours…
As we wrap up another packed year of blog, course, and podcast content here at Soundfly, here’s a list of the Top 15 blog posts from 2021!
In this edition of Student Spotlight, we dive deep into the nature-inspired synth and field recording work of Alexis Walter Blaess.
Engineers and producers: do you make any of these thirteen common mistakes when mixing your own music? We bet you do.
In this video excerpted from Com Truise’s new course on Soundfly, Seth Haley tells us about the origins of his music and now-famous moniker.
It happens. Your record sounds great and you’re excited to launch, but you forgot to leave ample time to plan a promo strategy. We got you.
