Tag: DIY

  • Heavy Metal Mongolia

    Heavy Metal Mongolia

    Read all about the Mongolian heavy metal scene, as told by the pioneers who have helped it thrive since the mid-1980s via DIY efforts and community-building

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  • 6 Fresh Tips for Selling Out “Old” Merch

    6 Fresh Tips for Selling Out “Old” Merch

    + 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. If you’ve ever been on the road or toured for an extensive period of time, you know that #merchlife is real. Merch isn’t just an…

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  • Taxes for Musicians: A Simple Guide to All the Forms You’ll Need

    Taxes for Musicians: A Simple Guide to All the Forms You’ll Need

    Well, it’s tax season. Hopefully by now, you’ll have received a number of forms you’ll be expected to use when filing your taxes before the April 15 deadline [note: In 2018, the deadline is April 17th]. But in case you think that the titles of the forms piling up on your desk sound more like…

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  • 11 Music Conferences to Keep Your Eye on in 2018

    11 Music Conferences to Keep Your Eye on in 2018

    One of the coolest things about this industry of ours is all of the incredible and unique connections you can make with others who have also chosen to pursue their passions and create careers out of their love of music. The opportunity to network is all around you — at local shows, at in-person meetups,…

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  • WASI Shows Us How to Jump Out of a Plane Like a Girl

    WASI Shows Us How to Jump Out of a Plane Like a Girl

    WASI has been making a name for themselves out in California with their unique blend of dancey pop, crunchy punk, and tons of ‘tude. They’re currently on a national tour to support their new EP, Stranger California, and you can find their tour dates here. On top of all that, WASI organizes an annual festival to celebrate,…

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  • An Examination of the Songwriter and Music Publisher Relationship

    An Examination of the Songwriter and Music Publisher Relationship

    + 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. We will now examine the music publisher and its exclusive publishing agreement with a songwriter. In addition to the standard exclusive publishing agreement explored below, there are…

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  • The Musician’s Guide to Taxes: Top Tax Deductions

    The Musician’s Guide to Taxes: Top Tax Deductions

    Editor’s Note: We found this article on how to claim certain tax deductions as a musician, and loved it so much, that we decided to reach out to them to ask if we could repost it. So we called them and spent like 20 minutes on the phone with some very nice people before they admitted…

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  • US Artists Touring Abroad: What You’ll Need and How to Procure It

    US Artists Touring Abroad: What You’ll Need and How to Procure It

    + 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. For many artists, it’s a dream to see the world through the windshield of their vehicle. Touring and making a living on the road is an exciting…

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  • What Happens in New Brunswick Shouldn’t Just Stay in New Brunswick

    What Happens in New Brunswick Shouldn’t Just Stay in New Brunswick

    James Bauman of the DIY New Brunswick venue Mount Moon discusses community building and running a music venue in a house basement.

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  • 10 Bizarre Yet Functional Guitars That Are More Than Just Gimmicks

    10 Bizarre Yet Functional Guitars That Are More Than Just Gimmicks

    Everyone knows about the Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls. These guitars are ubiquitous in the rock world. In fact, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a guitarist who’s been playing for over ten years who hasn’t at some point owned or dabbled with one or all of those classics. Yet no matter how much we…

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