5 Tips for Making, Marketing, and Monetizing Holiday Music This Season
Making special music for the holidays is a great way to deepen your engagement with fans, bring in a bit of extra dough, and help people simply feel good!
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A Brief History of Songwriting Stars You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
We profile the great songwriting minds behind some of the greatest pop hits of the modern era. You might not know their names, but you know their work!
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Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas: A Holiday Classic That Time Almost Forgot
The 1977 Jim Henson special, “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas” is back, with Paul Williams’ classic music and all. Here’s the story.
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Checking Your Mix as an Artist: How to Decide if It Sounds “Right”
Your mix will sound different depending on the speakers, location, time of day, and even your mood. How do you know when it really does need to change?
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How YouTube Music Aims to Strengthen the Artist-Fan Relationship
Is YouTube Music poised to help, hurt or completely take over the music streaming industry? Find out more about how it works here.
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Don’t Let the DAW Zap Your Creativity: 5 Tips for a Smooth Songwriting Process
Mastered the art of songwriting but struggling to find your creative voice when working in a DAW? Here are some tips for managing your process.
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How Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and Meghan Trainor Make Retro Sound New
Learn about how producers today take “timeless” sounds and warp them in mixing to give their tracks retro familiarity, but also fresh modernity.
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Announcing Soundfly’s New Affiliate Program!
With Soundfly’s new Affiliate program, you can earn a flat-rate commission for every new student you refer to Soundfly, and that’s just the beginning!
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8 Inspiring Books for the DIY Musician’s Shelf
We don’t always have all the answers, so it’s great to have a fully-stocked bookshelf to inspire us musicians to get through hard creative times.
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Know Your Rights: A Simple Guide to Digital Royalties
We asked our friends over at TuneCore to write up a simple guide to digital royalties, so musicians can start collecting the royalties they’re due.
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How to Sell Merch and Music at Shows Without Being ‘Sales-y’
A quick and handy guide for making the most out of every merch table sales opportunity, and how to not let the myths of selling get in your way.
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SEO Strategy: How to Make Your Music More Discoverable in 2019
Bands and artists aren’t always up to speed about SEO best practices, but optimizing your website will lead to more plays, more sales, and more fans!
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Streaming for Musicians: The Data That Matters Most
Sure, watching your play count and “likes” totals go up feels good, but how do you analyze how and why they went up so you can create meaningful progress?
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Songwriting Workflow: What I Learned from a Month of Daily Releases
After a difficult month of songwriting challenges, I reflect on my workflow, productivity and efficiency, creativity and consistency in order to look ahead.
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In Defense of the 128 Kbps MP3: The Greatest Music Media Format Ever
A short essay on why we should’ve never eaten the apple of industry-approved digital music streaming, and why the low-bitrate MP3 is all we really need.
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3 Ways to Immediately Increase Crowd Participation
Dealing with an unruly or unexcited crowd? Here are our tips for how to engage, or reengage your audience from the stage.
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5 Surefire Ways to Market Your Band’s Upcoming Tour
Going on tour soon but don’t know how to get the word out? Here’s a list of amazing strategies to put your band on the map and make your travels count!
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Our 10 Favorite Free Plugins for Logic Pro
Why pay to play? Here’s ten of the most outstandinging plugins we’ve found that fit right into your Logic Pro worklflow that are all… free!
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5 Reasons You Don’t Want the Record Deal of Your Dreams
Too many talented artists learn the hard way why major label record deals can be toxic to their careers. Don’t make that mistake yourself.
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What Does a Music Publicist Do, Anyway?
One thing’s for sure, we don’t work miracles. Learn about what music publicists like me do and don’t do for our clients, and how we can help you too!
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6 Easy Devices for Writing More Creative Lyrics
Are you lyrical ideas drying up? Do your references sound stale? Here are some quick tips for reinvigorating your lyrical creativity.
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Student Spotlight, Volume 14: Listen to New Works from Soundfly Student Artists
For the fourteenth edition of our student work sharing series, we’re doing things a little bit differently. But you can still expect incredible tracks!
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Why Big Record Labels Are (Sorta) Useless These Days
Do artists really NEED a record label in 2022? If you’ve done what you need to attract a label you’ve probably already succeeded on your own!
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7 Tips for Staying Inspired When You’re Feeling Off
The last few years have been hard for all of us, arm yourself with these creative strategies and never lose momentum again.
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Work With Any of These 5 Logic Pro Experts to Improve Your Production
Get 1-on-1 and tutorials, guidance, and feedback on your songwriting, production, and mixing work from a seasoned pro in Logic Pro X.
