The Ultimate Release Checklist for Your Next Single, Album, or Video Release
Prepare for your next big release with this thorough checklist of everything you should have put in place well before unleashing your new music!
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5 Gorgeous Routes to Take on Your Next Tour
We all know that touring has the potential to do some game-changing things for bands. In addition to getting a band tighter and more experienced musically, the right tour has the potential to bring industry attention and exposure to fans. But what’s often not talked about are the benefits that serious touring can give to…
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How the Internet Has Changed the Game for DIY Artists, Myself Included
In the age of the internet, DIY musicians have access to promotion, booking, and their fans easier than ever. But does the downside outweigh the good?
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How to Build a DIY Hydrophone
Hydrophones enable us to record underwater, which is reason enough to worship and adore them. Better still, you can make your own very easily and cheaply. For the Canal Music tour (in 2009), I wanted to make myself a new hydrophone which included the pre-amp I made here. I have made hydrophones using piezo elements before, but…
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What I Learned on My 4-Month House-Concert Tour
My whole life changed when I traveled across the United States on a four-month house concert tour with my bus named “Pearl the Camper.” I can’t tell you how much love I’ve felt on this tour — words just wouldn’t do it justice. The number of incredible people who reached out, hosted or attended shows,…
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How to Write a Compelling Artist Bio in Three Easy Steps
When it comes to your press package, no one tool is more important than the other. Yet, without just one of those tools — professional promo photos, well-mixed songs, and a strong, clearly written bio — the whole thing falls apart. So, it stands to reason that each and every piece of your press kit…
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WTF Is VR and Spatial Audio? Mixing for 360 Audio
The term “virtual reality” always reminds me of some cheesy ’80s or ’90s movie that involved chunky headsets and dreamed of a future with flying cars and household robots doing everyday chores. The actual reality is that we have self-driving cars (thanks, Tesla), household robots to whom we can ask questions, (“Alexa, stream Total Recall”), and…
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The COMPASS: Vancouver, BC
By Sarah Davachi Vancouver is Canada’s West Coast conglomerate, a unique mix of every convention you encounter as you cross the border and traverse south: rainy Pacific North West weather, insanely high rental prices, palm trees interspersed with Douglas firs, loads of concrete, and a fair amount of mid-century modernist masterpieces. Having grown up in Calgary,…
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How to Be a Woke Songwriter
+ 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. By Bob Barrick Scour the internet for advice on making it in the music business, and it will become abundantly clear that we songwriters and composers are on…
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5 Fierce Creative Femmes With Swagger That Empowers
By Jhoni Jackson Identifying as femme is a revolt against the patriarchy in itself; it is an inherently political act. The prevailing cisgender white heteronormative world in which we’re all prisoners tells us that femininity equals weakness, that no matter your gender, femininity as a quality means you’re less than. Even within the LGBTQIA community…
