8 ways to promote your band in 2021
Being a musician doesn’t just start and end with music, you gotta do 100 other things like making band merch and promoting your band. Knowing how to promote your band is simply a must if you want a career in music. Otherwise, you’d be gone into oblivion. Even the most talented musician would not survive […]
5 ways artists can take care of their mental health in 2021
New year, new me? WHY NOT! Let’s not be so glum. Things will get better…maybe not as drastic as we like especially in 2021, but it will. Many of us have been overly excited with the end of 2020. Who wouldn’t be? It’s filled with all the bad stuff and the year ending feels like […]
What Musicians Can (and Should) Do Right Now
I’m calling it! This COVID- 19 shift is a wake up call to all of us. As musicians and entrepreneurs, we have to embrace this new reality…and we have to embrace it fast! We’ve had enough rest, folks. Time to get back in the saddle. Make baby steps if you must because we still have […]
Tips for Musicians During the Pandemic
Times are still tough and it will be hardest before it gets better again so before we proceed with a long list of advice on how to get your feet back up, we’d like to tell you that IT’S PERFECTLY OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY. You can scream and kick if you want…or bake cookies. […]
Why you should make your own vinyl record in 2020
Why should you make your own vinyl record in 2020 when there’s a pandemic that has turned the world upside down? Musicians all over the world are suffering from the consequences of COVID as we say goodbye to concerts, gigs, and basically…everything fun for a while. However, we noticed something interesting during this time— we […]
Experts Say Why You Should Still Make CDs Today
It’s 2020, Mac has removed CD-roms in their laptops and Spotify has been growing exponentially each year, so why should we still make CDs? Well I mean…who doesn’t make CDs anymore? From Lady Gaga to the new indie kids on the block. You see, CDs are still a must. You cannot from music streaming alone. […]
5 Quick Tips on How to Have a Lucrative and Long-term Career in Music
Starting and maintaining a career in music is tough especially since tens of thousands of songs are being made every week that now you’re starting to wonder if it’s worth pursuing. Yes, you have the talent and you’re earning from your music but it’s not enough and you’re slowly getting tired of the hustle. If […]
List of COVID Relief Funds for Musicians
We compiled a list of COVID funds for musicians because we know it’s always tough being a musician but there’s no other time the phrase “It’s tough being a musician right now” is more apt than right now. COVID-19 has shaken our world and this pandemic has put the music industry in a big question […]
VINYL MASTERING: Everything you need to know to get it right
Before we start with specific steps and hacks for vinyl mastering, the #1 tip we can give you for a seamless vinyl mastering and manufacturing is this: HIRE A PROFESSIONAL MASTERING ENGINEER! And not just a regular mastering engineer, but a mastering engineer that has a lot of experience in vinyl mastering because mastering […]
Are Vinyl Records Making a Comeback?
Now that CDs are slowly becoming extinct thanks to Spotify and other streaming services, are custom vinyl records rising from the ashes? Vinyl was first overshadowed by tapes and then by CDs because these digital formats were much easier to access and therefore more convenient and much cheaper. And later in the millennium era, CDs […]