Graham English
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician
Trent Reznor talks about the music business and more.
Today marks the first time that musicians not affiliated with a label or royalty collection agency can collect revenue direct from a free streaming music platform. Read on…
Here’s an exercise I love to do when I need inspiration for song titles. If nothing’s coming naturally, this trick can really get the creative juices flowing. Even if I end up using nothing that I come up with, I find that within a day or two, one of my ideas will trigger something completely different, usable, and inspiring.
Along the same lines as the Thom Yorke interview, David Byrne lays out the “Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars.”
Radiohead is releasing their new album In Rainbows next week for any price you want to pay! But they’re not the first.
Today’s topics include iConcertCal, Dream Recorder, Numbers, coaching, measurement ideas, NLP and the neurological levels, iPhone, Twitter, Facebook, the 300 workout, the need for new friends, missing Katie, some cool HD podcasts, and Dwight Schrute and The Office.
You now have the ability to download the entire EMI artist catalog DRM-free. No usage restrictions. Plus the audio is encoded at 256 kbps, twice the quality of the current bit rate.
Check the press releases for the full details:
EMI: EMI Music launches DRM-free superior sound quality downloads across its entire digital repertoire
Apple: Apple Unveils Higher [...]
iTheory is a free ear training tool for your iPod. It took me a couple of tries to get it installed correctly, but it works great. The interface isn’t as clean as I would like. You have to scroll past hundreds of notes before you get to the iTheory main menu. But once I got [...]
If you plan on being a great lyricist, you need to spend considerable time studying the master songwriters who came before you. Think about it. Who’s going to make a better Chef? Someone who has only tasted his own cooking or someone who has eaten at many different 5-star restaurants?
There’s a quick and easy way [...]
Mac OS X only: Freeware Dashboard widget OnTour scans your iTunes music library, letting you know when musicians you like are coming through your town.
If you don’t own a Mac and you’re a musician, it’s really time.
Click here to download.
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Topics covered: Songwriting for busy people, capturing song ideas, GTD (Getting Things Done), organization, productivity, iTunes, GarageBand, Logic Pro, inspiration, motivation, tagging, mood markings, songwriting techniques, review, Hit Song Cheat Sheet, and much more…
Topics covered: Absolute Pitch University, NLP, modeling, hot seats, music hacks, life hacks, much more…
From Your best stuff:
So, the question: should you put your best song on the free CD?
If it’s your best song, and it’s free, then no one will pay to get it from iTunes. And if it’s the best song on the album, maybe no one will buy the album since they already have the song.
It’s [...]
I just got the email I had been waiting for:
Daily Source Code has played your song On My Feet Again. Find out more about this PodShow at http://music.podshow.com/
That right. One of my songs was just played on Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code! I don’t know exactly how many subscribers he has, but it’s a lot.
For [...]
Mind Hacks posted how choice is demotivating when there are too many options.
“Offer students a choice of 6 essays, rather than 30 essays, for extra-credit and more will take up the opportunity if there is less choice of essay titles – and, what is more, they write better essays.”
And if you have 45 song ideas [...]
Emily Chang just told me about “a free program that find gigs, tickets and tour dates using your iTunes Music Library.”
Can’t wait to get bebop in the US.
Check out podesafeaudio.com
This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of ‘casting’ that exists on the ‘net.
I just subscribed to their podcast in iTunes and they’ve got some really good music on there. Plus, they’ll [...]
Friday Morning Miscellany:
Indie musicians looking for a good deal on digital distribution should look at Tunecore. Its no-frills pledge: “You get 100% of what iTunes and Rhapsody pay! We take NOTHING. Not a penny. It all goes to you. There are NO hidden costs or fees.
You pay a one-time delivery charge of $0.99 per song. [...]
Blogcritics’ own Robert Burke was featured today in a story on C-net News.com. The story highlighted the playlists he features on his personal websites and shares here, calling them and playlists in general the future of music.
Burke uses his series of sites, called Scopecreep.com to post playlists that can be played by any Yahoo [...]
MacNewsWorld – Will Music Subscriptions Replace Per-Song Sales?:
“It’s no secret that the iPod is one of the must-have gadgets of the early 21st Century. What is less talked about, though, is how Apple has helped to kick-start the transition of the music business from retail to online sales. In the space of just over two [...]
about grahamI'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.
Epic Jon Stewart: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian 4 hrs ago
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