Sometimes a specific song will need a single-shot sample to be played at the beginning of the tune (think Sledgehammer, for instance). Here’s how to do that easily with a button in Mainstage:
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I can’t believe it- today marks my 9 years of making a full-time living as a musician. Since I graduated high school, I’ve been supporting myself one way or the other as a musician, and it’s been a wild ride. If you’re looking to switch to doing music full-time, here are 3 first steps I’d recommend taking:
Read MoreI realized recently that it takes me about an hour to write an okay song. If I bust my butt, I can write a good song in about two hours. If I want to write a great song, it takes between 3-5 hours of concentrated work. To write one of my best songs ever, it takes writing about 10 of my great songs (3-5 hours x 10 songs = 30-50 hours).
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Last year I played a jazz gig with a drummer. We became friends on Facebook, and he liked tons of photos of me playing rock, pop, and worship gigs throughout the year. A year later we bumped into each other at a show, and he introduced me as “a jazz pianist”.
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