For better or worse, the internet has changed how we access, listen to, and store music. Advancements in technology are just a fact of the music industry, like improvements to instruments, recording equipment, etc. If we fast forward past the now outdated MP3s and torrenting to where we are today, music has been transformed in […]
How Streaming & Playlists Are Affecting The Modern Musician Read Post »
I’ve been a full-time music school teacher for over 22 years. I started young, so there’s plenty of gas still left in this sports car. There are many, many kinds of students out there. Some want to be great, others are simply hobbyists just enjoying the experience. Some students are visual learners, others great readers.
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Ever wonder how Weird Al Yankovic gets away with making parody songs that bear a striking resemblance to the originals? He’s well versed in copyright infringement laws, that’s why, in that he’s diligent in asking for permission before making a parody of another musician’s song. Knowing even the basics of copyrights in the music industry
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A new CDBaby Music Player has now been added to The Blogging Musician, containing my debut album : This Is Who I Am. This is it….. No help nor hindrance, from beginning to end. Acoustic ballads to multi-layered rock and all points in between. The Blogging Musician has really taken off in the last few
This is Who I am – New CDBaby Music Player Read Post »
Part 6: Billed as “The Largest night-club in central Europe”, Karlovy Lázně was an obvious end-point for the evening. U Vejvodů has been the ideal setup, but now I was stumbling through the darkened corridors of Prague’s old town towards it. Prague’s back-streets sprang into life as the darkness fell. The lifeless shuttered windows opening out, revealing
Prague : The Musical City. Karlovy Lázně Read Post »
Desmond Rhodes is a writer and musician, not necessarily in that order. He bats around things to write on his drum throne as his guitarists fight over solo time. You can find him on Twitter @desmond_rhodes. Desmond @ The Blogging Musician : Supporting Your Local Music Scene First Show Preparedness Guide Non-Musician Skills for a
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Whether you’re an artist or simply a music enthusiast, you should know the importance of supporting your local music scene. Without it, the world would be filled with cold, calculated music played by computers and sang through heavy autotune. It’s a struggle for the little guys to keep going in the music scene. It is
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Guns N’ Roses – a hard rock group that first formed in 1985 – was one of the most successful bands of 2017, in any genre. It might not be your kind of music, and you may not personally have come across anything to do with GNR last year, but that’s really an astounding fact.
Publicity Lessons To Learn From Guns N’ Roses Read Post »
So this week we reformed our old band. Cosmic Space Pirates. I’ve missed it, greatly, summing it up a while back in The little things I miss about being in a band. I was going to try and express my thoughts on getting back into it through the usual blog, but I came across this
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