Ready for some inspiration from one of indies most innovative and rising stars? Great, then I have a podcast for you to check out.
Not exactly sure how my friends Greg and Jay from Social Blend were able to swing it, but they have Nataly Dawn from YouTube/ video song superstars Pomplamoose.
She talk about the following:
How Pomplemoose started and gained popular using YouTube
Their early struggles
Using covers to make fans aware of your music
How they choose covers
What music inspire them and their work
Why they are indie
What it means to be indie
Upcoming collaborations
Where she thinks she looks like a hooker
How they are able to keep their sanity as their popularity increases
Her new Kickstarter campaign she started to raise money for her latest project
And more..
Bottom line, whether you are a music fan or musician, there is a ton of great stuff in this interview. Very inspiring!
Anyway, enough outta me. Go listen for yourself by clicking here.
OH and one more thing, please share this podcast with anyone your can. Greg, Jay and Nataly all work very hard and deserve to have their work heard.
This is about as indie as it gets. Here is a very cool cover of Princes “Purple Rain.”
The interesting thing here is, Prince HATES people covering his music. So much so that he wants to outlaw (yes outlaw) cover songs (wtf ?). I can’t even imagine a world without cover songs. Hell think of a artists that have benefited from their songs being covered and I know there are songs out there that were actually better when they were covered. Read the rest of this entry
Marketing music online isn’t an easy job these days. There are many places to be and a gazillion tools to use. With all the learning and managing required your head can start spinning pretty quickly and your precious time can evaporate quicker than Windex on sun-drenched windshield. But I think Google Plus might just help us with that.
Brogan Knows
At first thought Google Plus looked like another take it or leave it ploy by Google to grab some attention away from the Facebooks and Twitters of the world. But after reading Chris Brogan’s Google Plus 50 post, I have changed my mind, BIG time. Read the rest of this entry
Want to seriously improve your listening skills? Here is a great exercise that you can easily set-up in your home recording studio.
1.) First, prepare some audio files you are currently working with. Any complete song will do whether it is already mastered or not. Open it with your favorite recording software or DAW.
2.) Now that you can see the audio wave, select at most 15 seconds of audio from it typically starting at the chorus section of the song.
3.) Copy that 15 seconds audio as another wav file, then save it as original.wav. Make sure to save it at highest resolution as possible: 24-bit, 96Khz. Read the rest of this entry
This is a guest post from Jennifer Hawkins (aka Jen The Music Maven ). Jen’s career includes expertise in: recording, production, publishing marketing, promotion, branding, merchandising and distribution. Jen currently teaches music business courses at Houston Community College, Spring Branch Campus.
Why I use a 3 step approach to music success that starts with: your music!
The brutal truth about the record biz: a song needs to grab it’s audience in the first 10 seconds. Don’t believe me? Consider this: when you’re surfing radio stations trying to find a good song to listen to…how long do you give an unfamiliar tune before you decide to continue listening or go on to the next one? Answer: the same amount of time label execs, publishers, and A&R execs give new song submissions: 10 seconds.
On World Heart Day, Sept 29,2011 Vancouver BC will be Hosting the Highest Vertical Stair Climb in the World to raise funds for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation Heart Center.
What music do you suggest Trevor listens to that will inspire endurance during his 21-24 hour non-stop 61,000 ft climb? (enter your suggestions the comments below)
P.S. That is over twice as high as a passenger jet flies.
Thank You
Paul J Cody
Producer, ” Take The Stairs ” Kids, Corporate and Community Challenge http://www.gtwyh.org
Editor note: Off the top of my head, I am gonna suggest “Rise Above This” by Seether. That tune always gets me jacked up when I’m running. Good luck Trevor!
Sing it Weezer style, “You got your big “G”, I got my… hashtag”… lol.
Anyway, a BIG THANKS is in order for Mr. Jason Jones who has started using a Musicgoat hashtag on Twitter. Great idea!
If you have any Musicgoat worthy music that you want to share via Twitter, use #musicgoat and then we can all swim in the variety that is the Musicgoat way.
Take a few minutes to enjoy this original take on Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself”.
New York based Tribrix (rhymes with try-bricks) manages to keep most of the classic Punk sound intact, but takes the song in a whole new direction. And as an added bonus, you get a great video with some really striking visuals.
You might even wonder how one DIY musician was able to pull off so much. But only if you watch.
Ready for some inspiration from one of indies most innovative and rising stars? Great, then I have a podcast for you to check out.
Want to seriously improve your listening skills? Here is a great exercise that you can easily set-up in your home recording studio.
