Quick tip 101 Budget recording
Lets face it, most of us don’t have the money to fork out for two weeks of studio time to record an album. In my experience quality studio time goes from €200 upwards crazy prices, but if we try to…
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Heading for the big 40
Posted at May 9, 2015 by
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In my early twenties I remember going through this phase of disappointment, where I realised people around me just like me were becoming adults, but their behaviour did not change what I expected to be more adult like. They were…
Passenger, Whispers II
Posted at April 28, 2015 by
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Michael David Rosengerg AKA Passenger is an artist whose journey is nothing short of inspiring. For years he busked the streets around Europe and Australia, to fund his recordings. He is a crafter and a hard-working musician. He has a…
Quick tip 51 Do something different
Here’s one I got reminded of lately. As musicians we need to learn our own field of music. No matter what genre our music is, we need to know what others in the same genre are doing. This is important….
Quick tip 49 Quick videos
Posted at March 12, 2015 by
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I talked about Perfection v Progress before and how not to get hung up on the meaningless details. One of the most powerful promotional tools you can have, is video. Of course a great quality video is powerful promotional tool,…
If I can do it, so can you!
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Once again yesterday I found my self in a middle of a conversation about what I do. When you tell people you release a song a week and have been doing so for the last 62 weeks, they think you…
Quick tip 38 The bare minimum
Posted at February 25, 2015 by
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OK, so today’s quick tip require input from you as well. You see I built a website where I release songs once a week. I blog about the songs, about the process of writing the songs, performing them, promoting them…
“Pain” rehearsal video
Posted at February 20, 2015 by
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We were back rehearsing this week, and it is not often I get kicked in the back side by someone else when it comes to productivity, but Brian made sure we recorded another rehearsal video. I was suffering a bit…
On Songwriting Part 6
Posted at February 10, 2015 by
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When we listen to music on a most basic level, it needs to do one of either two things, evoke an emotion or give us an experience. If it does neither, we just simply won’t care. As a songwriter this…
1st of February Blog update
January is done and dusted. It was my busiest month so far on the blog, as well as off it. Songwriting and recording for the new album, rehearsing for live shows, playing trad sessions in the Porterhouse, playing shows with…
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