Musicians are notorious for being control freaks, which can be great when it’s your music, and terrible when it’s your business. Bottom line? Even if you’re a genius in every area of your career, you’ll not have enough time to get everything done. Here are 5 things you should take off your plate today:
Read MoreThis month I’ll be taking my readers through the basics (and I mean VERY basic) parts of synthesis. Most tutorials I read are super involved and exhaustive, which is great if you have the time to devote. I’m going to keep mine short and sweet.
Read MoreI was shocked to find out that world class musicians, musicians that are 10x better than the musicians around them, usually charge exactly the same as an average musician.
Read MoreWith the music industry still in trying to find it’s financial footing after years of massive change, full time musicians are still trying to figuring out how to make it possible to pay bills and have a music career (that includes me). Here are 5 ways successful musicians are making money on the side while still spending most of their time playing music:
Read MoreDJ’s regularly use cross faders to adjust the volume of two sound sources simultaneously (i.e. fade out one track while fading in another track). There are several really useful ways to use a crossfader as a keyboardist- probably my favorite is adjusting the volume balance between two channel strips (a piano and a pad, for instance). Here’s how to do it:
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