If you’re a drummer or regularly work with drums, you’re really going to like my guest on the podcast this week since it’s filled with things you probably never knew about the instrument. It’s Daniel Glass, who’s an award-winning drummer, author, historian and educator based in New York City. He previously appeared on Episode 305. […]
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Halsey’s latest dust-up with her label about not posting enough on TikTok is just one of many from artists that are getting tired always having to post on social media. Other artists like Charlie Puth, Charlie XCX, and even Ed Sheeran have all commented about the constant pressure to create content for various social platforms. […]
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If you’re a musician, artist, engineer, producer, songwriter or label owner, nothing is worse than looking at a Google search and finding your not right at the top. Even worse, maybe you’re down the page or, horror of horrors, not even on the first page. That’s why SEO is so important and luckily some of […]
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My guests on the podcast this week are director of marketing Nate Baglyos and director of acoustics Charles Sprinkle of the speaker manufacturer Kali Audio. Both held executive positions at JBL before joining forces to start the company. Kali studio monitors are built to offer the best possible value to its customers, while providing high-performance […]
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It doesn’t matter which generation you represent, there are general truisms about the music business that can be misunderstood, underestimated, or just overlooked. Some have changed or the years and some have stayed the same, but the fact of the matter is that unless an artist is aware of the big picture, it’s likely that […]
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TikTok has seemingly taken over the social world and it’s even been predicated that it will surpass YouTube in minutes watched soon. That said, there is a certain homogeny of features that most platforms now have and TikTok is no exception. The company is now rolling out 10 minute long clips to all users, and […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Peter Sinclair, the CEO of BeatBread. BeatBread enables artists and songwriters to get advances from 1k to 2mil based on strength of the catalogs. Unlike other services, the company allows artist to keep 100% ownership of their masters, publishing, touring, merch and synch. You can design the […]
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Many thanks to Matt Boudreau for having me on his Episode #387 of his long-running Working Class Audio podcast. Matt is a a great engineer and an insightful interviewer, so we had a lot of fun talking about a wide range of subjects. It was fun to be on the other side of the mic […]
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Fans love behind-the-scenes videos but many artists are at a loss for exactly what that means. Here are 10 ideas that can make the job of creating this type of content a lot easier. Remember that the videos don’t have to be long to be effective. 1. A look at your daily routine. This could […]
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If you’ve ever tried to get an approval on a mix from someone, you know how hard that can get. You want them to hear it in all its glory, yet you don’t want to send the high-res file without getting paid first. Plus, getting notes that make sense can be a real chore. That’s […]
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Just like your music, you want your videos to be available on every video platform. What you don’t want is the lengthy hassle of individually uploading a video to each platform. Although there are some services that do that now (Symphonic, Vidispine), most are pretty expensive, especially if you’re uploading multiple videos. Music distribution platform […]
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For the longest time, “playlists” were the mantra of every artist who hoped to break out on Spotify. If only you could get on a major playlist, then your career would finally get some traction. That looks less and less likely these days as a new study has found that the major labels control anywhere […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is new age pianist Jason Tonioli who’s managed to do something that everyone thought was impossible these days, and that’s crack 7 figures of income with only sheet music sales. He’s recorded 8 albums and created more than a dozen piano solo books as well as dozens of […]
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Have you ever noticed how angry people generally listen to angry intense music? Or mellow people tend to like mellow music? It turns out that empirical observations on how music preferences match personality traits have now been confirmed thanks to a study by Dr. David Greenberg at Cambridge University. It’s Not Where You Live Dr. […]
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If you ever signed a deal with a record label based in California and took a good long look at the contract you were probably surprised to see that, if the label so desired, you were stuck with the label for at least 7 years and probably more if the label desired. The labels argued […]
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