10 Things Songwriters Do That Ruin Their Songs
A song is a fragile thing — indeed, there are many ways a song idea can die before it’s even developed. Here are ten, and how to avoid them.
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Make More Mistakes — They’re Your Greatest Assets in Learning Music
At some point in their journey learning music, everyone starts to develop a fear of making mistakes, but embracing them could be the key to unlocking more.
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4 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make in Your Music Career
Most mistakes Patrick McGuire sees fellow musicians make are totally avoidable, so here’s a guide to getting ahead and not sabotaging your own career.
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Are You Making a Record No One Will Hear?
Here are five common mistakes that artists releasing music often fall prey to, hindering their chances of gaining a new audience with a new release.
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7 Reverb Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Mix
Here are seven of the most common mistakes I see young producers make when adding reverb into their mixes, and how to prevent yourself from making them.
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How Every Musician Can Learn from Skrillex’s Onstage Mishaps
+ 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. Let me get this out of the way before I say anything else: This article is not trying to make fun of Skrillex. There are […]
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Why Keeping Mistakes on Your Album Can Work in Your Favor
Musicians fear the mistake. Whether it’s on stage or in studio, we’re afraid of being defined by them, but they can also turn a good song into a great one!
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7 Uncommon Ways to Make Your Tracks Better with Randomization
+ Learning to record and mix at home? Check out Soundfly’s acclaimed online courses on mixing, production, and beat making — Subscribe for unlimited access. Sometimes, the best sounds are the ones you can’t predict. Predictability is a plague in music. It’s not uncommon to listen to 50 songs these days, and each one just blends […]
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Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Accidentally Pressed with Punk Rock, and 8 Other Vinyl Mishaps
+ 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 audiophiles, there’s nothing quite like unwrapping the packaging after purchasing new vinyl, setting the record down onto the turntable, carefully placing the stylus at its outer edge, […]
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4 Easy Things You Should Be Doing at Every Live Show
Over my years in the music industry, I’ve seen many, many live shows, both from the stage and from the audience. This means I’ve seen bands make the same mistakes time and time again. And because I’m guilty of making these mistakes too, I created lists of some of the ways bands can avoid these pitfalls without too much effort. These […]
