Is originality over rated?
Success, even little bit of it has a funny effect on you. And let’s make it clear before people jump to the gun here, success does not mean you are loaded straight away. It is funny how often people think…
February 2, 2015
Quick tip 21 Make yourself worth managing
Posted at February 1, 2015 by
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Here’s a one hard fact that most new artists seem to refuse to believe. I personally wish I would have taken this seriously my self earlier. So here it is, take it or leave it. Most new artists are hoping to…
Disaster
When a disaster strikes, we panic. We panic like there is no tomorrow. The world is going to come to an end, and if not, at least it is going to swallow you! For crying out loud, you have a…
Quick tip 20 Don’t let it get to you
Posted at January 30, 2015 by
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So I hope you have put some of these Quick tips to use so far, registered your domain, set up a mailing list… Now here’s the thing. No matter what you do, you will always run in to a few…
Never Ending Road
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The inspiration for this weeks song came to me, while I was thinking about addiction. But not the kind of addiction we are used to seeing around us. Not the drug addicts we see on the streets, not the alcoholics…
The Third Eye of a songwriter
As a songwriter I have become very aware lately of the intricacy of how I collect information, inspiration and ideas for songs. Yes there are parts of songwriting, which I call “tools” and these need to be learned. But these…
Quick tip 19 Recording
Here’s another recording quick tip that often gets overlooked. We all love our nice detailed condenser microphones when it come’s to recording vocals. I had the privilege to try AKG C12 once, and I can tell you it was amazing!…
Quick tip 18 Don’t over think
Too often we waste time on the little details that really does not make that much difference in the overall picture. We tweak and tweak just the tiniest things on our website, our recordings, or even something so simple as…
Technology and the workflow
Here’s a subject I have been holding back on because it’s one of those things us musicians traditionally don’t like. I am talking about technology. And by this I am talking about many of the tools you get with your…
Quick tip 17 Get in the business
Posted at January 27, 2015 by
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I know you just want to play music all day long. I know, that’s what I want as well. But I had the choice of keeping music as a hobby, or start treating it as a business. And there lies…
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