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Why Escaping the Home Studio is the Ultimate Cure for Songwriter Burnout

April 28, 2026 / Music Production, Music Therapy & Mental Health

Every musician knows the feeling. You are sitting in your carefully treated home studio, staring blankly at the glowing screen of your digital audio workstation. Your fingers rest on the MIDI keyboard, but no ideas come. You loop the same eight-bar section over and over, hoping inspiration will magically appear. Instead of feeling the joy […]

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250 YouTube Subscribers!

January 23, 2023 / YouTube

I’ve now passed 250 YouTube subscribers, a quarter of the way there. Thank you! One of my key blogging goals for 2023 was to hit the magic 1000 YouTube subscriber mark. I’ve dabbled with YouTube in the past, but so far this year I’ve already uploaded 3 videos, which is paying dividends. I’m still a

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Contributor Spotlight: Anthony Nebel

January 23, 2022 / Contributor Spotlight

Anthony Nebel is the founder of Melody Beats. He helps empower online musicians to improve their craft and find their voice. He is an experienced musician writing guides on singing, songwriting, and using instruments to help beginner musicians become better at their craft. Anthony’s articles:

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The Synergy of Collaborative Songwriting.

May 9, 2021 / Music, Songwriting

For the past 10 years, my guitar playing has focused on live covers while my songwriting has been purely solo material. However, shortly after the re-emergence of Harson Robkus, I’ve already had a bit of a musical moment. Let me explain. The joy of Solo Songwriting. Before I get into collaborative songwriting, I’d like to

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Celebrating 100 Subs with a Song: New Years Day. The Blogging Musician @ adamharkus.com

New Years Day: Celebrating 100 YouTube Subs with a Song

April 9, 2020 / Adam Harkus Music, Songwriting, YouTube

Thanks to all for getting us over our first milestone, the 100 YouTube subscriber mark! Here’s a song: New Years Day. To celebrate, I’ve had a few requests to play a song, so I picked one from my back catalog entitled ‘New Years Day’. It’s a song I wrote around 15 years ago about putting

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