I have a lot to say on longevity and sustainability – So this is going to be a series of articles. If you love making music and you want it to be your living, there are certain things that will help and some things that won't if you want to retire from the business at a grand old age – or even keep on going like the Chuck Berry of your generation.
Read MoreKeychange participant Anna Christoffersson filmed these inspiring and insightful videos with some fellow Keychange-rs at Tallinn Music Week, where the network of 60 women met for the first time.
Read MorePart of the point of going to a music conference is networking. Yes, I know, it’s a horrible truth but there it is. Networking has a bad reputation.
Read MoreFollowing up is challenging. It isn’t difficult really, any more than going to the gym is, or giving up eating cake, unless you really don’t feel like it in which case somehow despite your best intentions, the gym or the cake abstinence never quite happen.
Read MoreOur friends at Ableton have put together this super useful run down of four different and practical ways to applying reverb to recordings.
Read MoreI’ve divided this article into: 1) Before – Things to think about before you arrive; 2) During – Making the most of the conference whilst you’re there, 3) After – Once you get home. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. If you skim everything else – at least read Part 3, OK? Cool.
Read MoreSXSW is a huge opportunity for up and coming European acts – the industry, the camaraderie and the experience has become almost a right of passage. It’s a shame then, that more regularly than ever we’re hearing stories of acts being turned away at the border, having their visa revoked or ESTA’s being rejected.
Read MoreArtists, managers and PR’s alike can struggle with the question of how to get their music, the music they believe in, the attention it deserves.
Read MoreCheck out this riveting Tedx Talk by Chagall for Tedx.
Read More“Plain beauty is a good thing, but life is not that simple.” So says Katie Gately when discussing the individual sounds she builds her tracks from.
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