How Music Preferences Agree With Your Personality Traits

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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The Record Label 7 Year Law May Soon Come To An End

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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Music Exec Vinny Ribas, The Truth Behind Artists And Social Media, And One Hit Wonders On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Vinny Ribas, who’s the founder and CEO of both Indie Direct and Cartne. Vinny has worked as both an agent and an artist manager, but is also an executive coach and strategic business consultant. He’s also branched out online in creating Indie Connect and his latest venture […]

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Facebook Now Allows Music Clips In The Comments

I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing, but Facebook just announced that you can now insert music clips into your comments. The good part of this is that it allows your followers to hear your music easily, but that might also be considered obtrusive to some as well. As you can […]

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Here’s A Shocker – Instagram Hashtags Don’t Work

The prevailing wisdom on Instagram has always been that if you want your posts to reach more people, then you have to use hashtags. The suggested number to use has always been different from year to year though, and for a while that was the major question – how many hashtags should I use for […]

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Therapist Elisa Di Napoli, Spotify Pro Artists, And Vinyl Pressing Gets A Boost On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Elisa Di Napoli, who’s a holistic life coach, hypnotherapist, author and performer. Elisa specializes in helping professionals and artists overcome creative blocks and beat stage fright so they can better share their gifts with their audience. She’s been a holistic clinical hypnotherapist as well as Neuro-Linguistic Programming practitioner for two decades, where her approach […]

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Best Social Media Posting Times For 2022

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter each require a different posting strategy than other social platforms in order to receive the most engagement. It’s all about posting at the right time of day and the best day of the week, and those targets move every year. Spout Social has been keeping track of this over the years, […]

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TikTok Tells You How To Maximize Your Performance On The Platform

TikTok is certainly the hottest social platform out there but it doesn’t do you much good unless you use it the right way. Finding that out can be a little hit and miss, but the platform itself now provides some tips to maximize your performance on the platform. The service has done a thorough analysis […]

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Composer Ron Jones, Dying Fandom, And Will No Compression Recordings Be A Trend On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Ron Jones, who’s had a long career writing for some of the biggest hit television shows of our time. Ron has worked a variety of popular prime-time shows like The A-Team, Magnum P.I., Hardcastle and McCormick, Hunter, and Star Trek Next Generation, but he may be better […]

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The 5th Edition Of The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook Is Now Available At A Special Price

I’m really pleased to announce that the The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook 5th edition is now available, and at a special introductory price. Mixing continues to evolve and this latest version reflects all the recent changes in our technology and studio operating methods. What’s New Some of the brand new topics include: Three new mix build […]

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Record Store Day With Larry Jaffee, Women In Music, And Digital Drugs Delivered By Sound On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Larry Jaffee, who’s going to take us behind the scenes of the biggest vinyl selling day of the year, Record Store Day. Larry has been editor in chief of several magazines and websites covering the media and marketing businesses, including Medialine, which specialized in physical music product. […]

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Will Amazon Lead The Way Of Streaming Music Price Hikes?

Ever since streaming music began there’s been one constant, the price for a monthly subscription to a streaming music service was always $9.99 per month. That price could be fudged a little when a streaming package was mixed in a bundle or with a family plan, but the basic price hasn’t changed, even with inflation […]

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13 Social Media Facts That Will Blow Your Mind

Social media use worldwide continues to increase, which results in some truly astounding numbers. Here’s are some recent social media facts lifted from a post on Social Media Journal that shows us just how much we value our social interactions. 1. We like to share the love. The average internet user has 8.6 social media accounts. 2. […]

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You Might Not Believe It, But A Lot Of Artists Made Real Money On Spotify

The popular narrative about Spotify and streaming services in general is that they pay so little per stream that no one except the A-list artists ever make any real money. You can believe that if you want, but the fact of the matter is that artists do make money from streaming, and Spotify has the […]

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Mixer Gary Lux, NFTs For Indie Artists, And The Musical Instrument Revolution On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Gary Lux, who is one of Hollywood’s premier music mixers with literally thousands of projects to his credit. Before stepping out on his own, Gary was the head music mixer for Universal Studios, where he earned two Emmy Award nominations for his work with The Jacksons, and […]

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