Ok, so you think this seems a pretty obscure thing to synthesize, let alone post about as a tutorial? Well not really as this is a great example of how to create a pretty fair approximation of any sound you hear. Clones of Trance Leads and Phat Basses have been done to death but this … Continue reading Synthesizing a Glass Armonica – Making you own Patches
Category: Music Tutorials
Creating an Album Release – CD or Digital
So you got a collection of tracks and want to have a go at releasing your album to the world. Brilliant and well done. Seems quite a few people get confused at this stage with all kinds of arcane formats and options. Easy enough to do. So let's step through the things you will need … Continue reading Creating an Album Release – CD or Digital
Critics
Everywhere there are critics and people with opinions (yes I am one of those too). Critics have power, or at least think they do, which is a potential danger to us, the artist and fan, as we feel that we have to alter who and what we are for their approval. Rough Boy The reality … Continue reading Critics
What to Post on Facebook
This is an addendum to the article on using Social Media for keeping fans in-touch. I received this question: Re Facebook: What is the best stuff to post? What should this be: work related (the work I'm doing on my music and progress; does anyone care?) life related (what I experience in life; the outside … Continue reading What to Post on Facebook
Being Organized
Call this a companion article to the one on understanding the signal flow. Seems a pretty boring thing but I watch other musicians, I see their concerns and wonder and wonder why till it makes sense. Understandably I get to poke around in other people's mixes. This has helped me to work out a major … Continue reading Being Organized
Segmenting – how you should do it
Segmenting is about splitting all the people who subscribe to you into groups where you can (supposedly) provide content better tailored to the person you are talking to. There is a big move on the internet for this to be happening. Websites are being replaced with sites that show different things based on who is visiting. … Continue reading Segmenting – how you should do it
Social Media – Your Extended Local Area
People are social creatures. They want to be connected to things. Face The Face There are a bazillion Social Media platforms out there. Each has it's thing it gets used for. Find no more than two that you can understand, relate to, and your fans are likely to be happy to be using as their … Continue reading Social Media – Your Extended Local Area
Build Your Music Website
The web is now part of everyone's local area. Many people who wouldn't (or couldn't) come see you in your physical local will be happy to engage with you on the internet. If you choose not to make this easy and rewarding then you are making a big mistake. The venues that you are play … Continue reading Build Your Music Website
Making a Music Video
Music video is one of the most important things you can ever do. So why do so few people even try? Video Killed The Radio Star And it did. It really did. Grunge killed the video star and then the internet killed the whole landscape that we knew. What the internet hasn't killed though is real … Continue reading Making a Music Video
Build a Real World Fanbase
Your record may be superb, but if no one sees or hears it then it might as well not exist. Thankfully publishing your work these days is super easy with web and real world tools being pretty easy to access. However there is no point in pressing 10,000 copies of your new record only to discover … Continue reading Build a Real World Fanbase
Benedict Roff-Marsh 