Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
I’m not sure of the original source, but I just found these handwritten notes in the Delicious popular feed posted by thescotter. Awesome stuff!
Some people will tell you the world is coming to an end. Some people will say you create reality so turn off the news and think nothing but good thoughts. I’m here to tell you to be optimistic, but be very concerned.
Rescue time is an application that has become very important to my weekly GTD review. It’s helping me put some metrics to my writing goals. Read on…
Kevin Kelly writes that the long tail is a blessing for aggregators (Amazon, Netflix) and consumers. But not so for creators. Read on…
Seth Godin dishes 14 tips to musicians on the cusp between old and new media. Read on…
Music is like a language. And we all know that learning languages comes easier when you’re a child. And in some ways, it’s much easier for a child to learn music, especially to learn how to play by ear. Putting two and two together, you might ask yourself what is the difference between an adult [...]
Andrea Stolpe, an award winning songwriter with writing credits for top artists like Faith Hill, shares some powerful and unique songwriting tips from her new book, Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling.
Topics covered: Advice to developing songwriters, the art and craft of songwriting, strategies for writing hooks and melodies, a 7-step process to writing hit songs, and much more.
“The minute you sign your name, you lose all the rights to your music and you’ll never see a dime.” -Dick Dale
It seems that with the infiltration of spam sites and splogs into Google’s search index, they came up with a duplicate content filter to solve this problem. These spam sites use automated tools to scrape content from other websites with the hopes of creating keyword dense pages that rank high in the search engines and [...]
If you’re new to the world of playing music or even if you’re just now thinking about playing your very first note, here’s my 7-step plan for beginning musicians:
Get a cheap instrument.
You probably have an idea of what instrument you want to play already. Don’t waste your money on the best instrument money can buy. [...]
Amateur Musicians, Athletes Seek Tips With Videos On YouTube.com…:
When Eric Nguyen, a 20-year-old student in College Station, Texas, needed some help with a Chopin etude he was learning, he didn’t turn to his piano teacher. Instead, he went on YouTube.com, the amateur-video sharing site, and posted a video of himself playing.
Within 10 minutes, three people [...]
I’m reading the most recent marketing Rebel Rant by John Carlton. You won’t find it online – You have to pay plenty for this information.
The theme is the difference between introverts and extroverts and knowing how to market to each type.
…that understanding human nature means going deep into the head of other people, and allowing [...]
I'm a songwriter and recording artist who sings, plays keyboards, and explores the vast world of sound hoping to find some magical moments along the way. I'm also a Mac geek.
If Heroes needed a new superhero, it would be Montage Man. He can speed things up and add a catchy tune. 1 day ago
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