It really isn’t questionable: Your frame of mind, mood and general state dictates what mood you’ll be producing in. But can you manipulate it? Meeting up with your homeboys, getting ready to make some rap music, it might be easy to find a platform. You are likely to grab a couple of beers and ‘download’ [...]
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… if it’s worth it. Feel free to let LostAudio take a look at your site and review it. Just leave a comment below, and we’ll get back to you. If your site is a subscription based, be sure to leave correct contact information when posting the comment. As you likely know you can type [...]
Music Production Downloads: Free Rap Beats
I particularly like when audio is put right in front of you. No strings attached. This is exactly what iBeat is doing on their free rap beats page.
Tom Yorke: Music Business models are dying, quickly
Radiohead front man Tom Yorke gives the traditional music industry months, not years, before extinction.
I don’t remember when…
This wasn’t considered awesome. Gnarls Barkley covered by electrowaves … and what a job.
Subscription music on ISP level
Two major ISPs each offer 6+ mio singles on a subscription. Download, stream and loads of DRM.
How to make money as a musician
Be great – and be heard. Good advice doesn’t always have to be that complex. It simply isn’t enough having a label push you onto radio (or MTV) for that matter. It could be part of it, though. The be heard half is about getting attention. No matter how good you are, you need attention. [...]
Pretty amazing overlooked beats
I’ll come clean; I may have uploaded a few bits on into the beat archive at iBeat.org. Never the less – it’s seems as one of the best and most overlooked sample resources on the net. They have been publishing high quality audio for years. It’s still a completely free site – except for a [...]
Go Ahead: Build that Studio
Surrender yourself to Instructables.com. A page where you will find loads upon loads of DIY stuff. There is even a music category, in which you can find all the advice you need in order to build your very own recording studio (without wanting to aim a gun at yourself). Seriously. A great way to make [...]
Links Nov 09
Business Matters: Last.fm, Xbox, SXSW More p2p – Sweden grows music purchasing (because p2p downloads stopped?). Denmark has succes with ISP music subscription – musicians make money… Where is the traction – either way – and why do the labels insist on dying. Sigh. Oh, and other fun stuff in the ‘we dont have a [...]
What Not To Do: A Musicians Guide
Just as important as spamming social networks with your god given musical talent, relentless drive and generally feeling important – there are things not to do. Some might even include you not feeling important… … anyway, seven of those things (let’s make it clear: you shouldn’t do) made a list on MusicThinkTank. Go read: How [...]
Mastering Help
Modernbeats have posted quite a few tips and tutorials in the Hit Talk category. Thumbs up for that. One thing that music producers keep seeking information about is mastering. So check it out, they have a run through of basic techniques using the pervasive (and easy to use) T-Racks. Mastering Audio: Pro Techniques
ccMixter transtions from Creative Commons to ArtisTech: No business model, no thoughts – thumbs up.
What’s this ccMixter? ccMixter a remix community. Celebrating mashup and free culture. It’s also a promotional tool for Creative Commons, and the software powering the site, is an open source option for connecting progressive licensing on media sites. What’s this ArtisTech? A new music label, that says it tries to benifit from and develop models [...]