Life as a musician can be fun, rewarding, and exciting. Most people don’t think about a career in music as a potentially dangerous one. But, there are a few common ailments that musicians can face. Let’s face it, it’s a demanding career. You could put yourself at risk of burning out, or it could take […]
Common Ailments Musicians Encounter and How to Treat Them Read Post »
If tone is your only concern. The BOSS Katana can’t compete with more expensive valve guitar amps. Let me try to explain why. I’ve been a supporter of the BOSS Katana range of amps for years. But how do they really compare with traditional valve guitar amps? I’ve already covered the benefits of the BOSS
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The grand unveiling of The Blogging Musician’s Google Web Story, which provides an audio-visual introduction to what the blog is all about. What’s a Google Web Story? Google Web stories are Google’s brand new method of providing content with more of an audio-visual focus, similar to, for example, Instagram and Facebook stories. The content has
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10 BIG reasons why you should learn guitar rather than any other instrument. 1. Learn guitar: It’s inexpensive You could easily pick up a beaten up second-hand acoustic and learn guitar for less than £50, or even better, just borrow one from a friend to see if learning guitar is for you. If you want
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Introducing my new category: Blogging Tips, which brings together everything I’ve learned from over five years of WordPress blogging. I’ve learned a lot in the last five years and have written a few blogs on the subject of Blogging in that time. As the number of these blogs increased I thought now was a good
As The Blogging Musician reaches its 400th blog post, here are 5 lessons I learned since the 200th and 100th milestones. Lesson 1: Don’t mess about with WordPress themes (too much) I should listen to my own advice on this, but I just can’t help tinkering with WordPress themes, particularly when a new, lightning-fast, all-singing-all-dancing
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It can’t have escaped your notice that the music industry is going through a rocky period of change at the moment. Quite aside from the fallout of the pandemic on touring, the infrastructure of the industry itself is in a state of flux. While streaming represents greater accessibility to audiences for musicians, there is also
Starting Your Own Music Label: What You Need to Know Read Post »
Zoog Pedalboard: Flawless Handcrafted Wooden Pedalboards from Austin, TX Zoog Pedalboard was founded in 2018 in Austin, TX. The company has now expanded to a small team of like-minded musician/craftsmen. Zoog takes a bit of a different approach when it comes to re-thinking what effects rig should be. They’re very style focused but the construction
When the Covid-19 pandemic reared its ugly head during the opening stages of 2020, live music events across the world became one of lockdown’s first casualties. The music industry is also being touted as one of the last that will return to normal after the pandemic subsides. Out of the need to continue to make ends meet
More Than A Hobby: Vlogging Can Boost Your Music Career Read Post »
