Tag: DIY

  • Don’t Be the Chamber Pop Band at the Hardcore Show

    Don’t Be the Chamber Pop Band at the Hardcore Show

    At times during my completely penniless illustrious DIY career, I would’ve taken just about every gig thrown my way. Sometimes that choice made sense, like when my band was trying to get our name out as much as we could the summer before we released our debut album, or when we were brand new and…

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  • The COMPASS: Montréal, QC

    The COMPASS: Montréal, QC

    Montréal is a live music town through and through. It’s also a hockey town. And sometimes, it’s both at once! People are likely to know this city by its music due to break-out indie rock sensations like Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, Mac DeMarco, and the Barr Brothers; major electronic acts such as A-Trak, Grimes, and Kaytranada;…

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  • How Guitar Amps Work and What You Can Do to Start Tweaking Your Own

    How Guitar Amps Work and What You Can Do to Start Tweaking Your Own

    + 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. Electric guitars play a big role in nearly every type of music these days, and the amplifier is a huge part of the equation. Guitar amps might seem complicated, but…

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  • Booking a Tour? Why Not Book Two Instead?!

    Booking a Tour? Why Not Book Two Instead?!

    It might sound crazy, but hear me out: if you’re spending all that time booking a tour for your band, there are some serious advantages to going all out.

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  • Advice for the Indie Artist: 4 Things We Learned at CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference

    Advice for the Indie Artist: 4 Things We Learned at CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference

    This past weekend, more than 1,000 musicians descended on the most haunted hotel in Chicago for CD Baby’s 2nd annual DIY Musician Conference. Over the course of three days, attendees heard from a wealth of speakers about opportunities and strategies for succeeding in the music world as an independent artist. It also included a jam…

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  • Beyond the Boys Club: Striving for Diversity and Inclusion in Experimental Music

    Beyond the Boys Club: Striving for Diversity and Inclusion in Experimental Music

    Whether we feel comfortable confronting it or not, there exists a fundamental hypocrisy in experimental music today. For me, a straight, white, middle-class male living in New York City, I’ve had to climb over no barriers in order to get deeply involved with what some may refer to as the “scene” here. Playing experimental, noise, or…

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  • The COMPASS: Albuquerque, NM

    The COMPASS: Albuquerque, NM

    By Lindy Vision It wasn’t until Breaking Bad that people finally realized New Mexico is a state in America and that Albuquerque is a small town located therein. But Albuquerque is not only the setting for award-winning television shows, it is also a hip musical haven, with microbreweries popping up like daisies every month. While Albuquerque may not exactly tick…

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  • How to Get Your Music Played on SiriusXM Radio (and Local Radio, Too)

    How to Get Your Music Played on SiriusXM Radio (and Local Radio, Too)

    It may not be as easy, but it still is possible to get your song on the radio as an independent artist. Here are 4 proven steps to get noticed by SiriusXM.

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  • 6 Subtle Production Tricks That’ll Bring a Track to Life

    6 Subtle Production Tricks That’ll Bring a Track to Life

    Sometimes having great songs and performances isn’t enough — you also need unique and ear-catching production. What actually makes something sound even better than it does? Well, that’s that true art of audio production. The more techniques a producer or engineer has at his or her disposal, the most opportunities for inventiveness. That’s not to…

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  • Opportunities: CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference Organizer on Building an Independent Music Career

    Opportunities: CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference Organizer on Building an Independent Music Career

    CDBaby’s Second Annual DIY Musician Conference is coming up this September 30th-October 2nd in Chicago. Being a DIY musician myself, I was intrigued by an event that aspires to bring together independent musicians, songwriters, producers, labels, managers, and talent buyers to come for a weekend of talks, tutorials, gigs, photo sessions, jam sessions, and networking opportunities. It seems super exciting and inspiring, so I sat down with CDBaby’s Kevin…

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