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Music Career Tips

Being a musician is more than just plugging in your instrument. Learn tips on how to advance your music career on stage and beyond. Here you’ll find information about touring, how to make money with merch, how to brand yourself, and other ways to develop your music project into a business.

Music Career Tips

15 tips from music producers who’ve changed the game

[This article, which originally appeared on the LANDR Blog, was written by Rory Seydel, a musician and Brand and Community Manager at LANDR.] In an era where one billion new … Continue reading →

August 6, 2015
Music Career Tips

EQ tips for eliminating background noise from your mixes (a table of note frequencies)

[This article was written by Alex Andrews of Ten Kettles Inc. Their new music theory app, “Waay: Music theory that matters” is now available. Click here to learn about its … Continue reading →

August 6, 2015
Music Career Tips

Mac Lethal sets an aspiring rapper straight: “This took 17 years”

Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal has paid his dues. You might know him as the fast rapper dude from YouTube, but Mac’s been doing this for years. He took first … Continue reading →

July 24, 2015
Music Career Tips

Tips for touring Europe as a musician: a few things I’ve learned from 8 years performing internationally

[This article was written by guest contributor Stephen Simmons, an award-winning Americana songwriter who has toured extensively in Europe, and whose music has appeared on television shows such as Sons … Continue reading →

July 21, 2015
Music Career Tips

4 reasons you should hire a professional mixing engineer

[This guest post was written by Shachar Gilad, Founder of SoundBetter, a curated marketplace for music producers, mixing and mastering engineers, and session singers and players. He is a musician and … Continue reading →

July 20, 2015
Music Career Tips

How to keep the momentum going in your songwriting career

This article was written by Dave Kusek, founder of the New Artist Model, an online music business school for independent musicians, performers, recording artists, producers, managers, and songwriters. He is … Continue reading →

July 16, 2015
Music Career Tips

How to record killer vocals on your next album

Nothing leaves your vocal calling card like an album. People expect that you will sound your best on a recording and they will judge your voice from what they hear, … Continue reading →

July 13, 2015
Music Career Tips

5 common studio mistakes you can easily avoid

[This article was written by Joey Sturgis, a music producer and recording engineer who’s worked with bands like Asking Alexandria, Of Mice & Men, Attila, and more. He is offering … Continue reading →

July 10, 2015
Music Career Tips

5 music career lessons I learned from gardening

I finally get gardening. I mean the appeal of it, not the green thumb part. Over the past few months I’ve been building and tending to my very first vegetable … Continue reading →

July 6, 2015
Music Career Tips

How to write a pop song

What do you get when you put the hits of Justin Timberlake, Kesha, Psy, Mumford & Sons, Carly Rae Jepsen, and The Black Eyed Peas in a blender? Something like … Continue reading →

June 24, 2015

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