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.
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.
How Every Musician Can Learn from Skrillex’s Onstage Mishaps
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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!
7 Uncommon Ways to Make Your Tracks Better with Randomization
Sometimes, the best sounds are the ones you can’t predict. Predictability is a plague in…
Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Accidentally Pressed with Punk Rock, and 8 Other Vinyl Mishaps
For audiophiles, there’s nothing quite like unwrapping the packaging after purchasing new vinyl, setting the record…
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…
Even the Tightest Bands Make Mistakes — And That’s OK!
Back in high school, my senior project advisor told me, “there’s no such thing as a…