Facebook, Myspace: Don’t Upload Full Songs There!
If you are trying to make money from your music, don’t upload full songs to Facebook, MySpace and other sites…not even your own websites — unless you want to give them away free! Here’s why, and what to do instead.
Updates on current recording productions
Here’s an update of my production work for those of you who may be interested. For some clients I produced full projects, some I joined their team as vocal producer, for many I wrote on their songs and they are all my vocal students who smartly prepared for their productions by getting their voices in top shape. Here’s a summary:
Are You Really Ready To Record?
If you are well prepared, recording your music project can turn a sonic dream into a reality better than you ever hoped for. Recording is a heady experience…No wonder we want to get into the studio as soon as possible! But wait… have you done the following to prepare?
A Major Record Label Deal: Why You Might Not Get/Want/Need One
Are there legitimate reasons for courting a major label deal? Of course- such as needing a larger engine for promoting and distributing your music. However, I would suggest that you understand in the real world you are highly unlikely to get one unless you’ve already demonstrated your major market potential – An independent music label may be a better option for you. There is a hilarious little video satire on the Internet about this issue…
Background vocals (sometimes called backing vocals) can add enormous value to — or detract value from– a recording. Done correctly, they can make the difference between a commercial hit or artistic masterpiece and … not a hit/masterpiece. Here are some things I typically suggest to create background vocal magic.