One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia announces first wave of acts. The next Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia will take place from 2324 September. Now in its fifth year, the festival describes itself as a pan-continental celebration of audio-futurists, operating at the bleeding […]
The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing\\\” Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon […]
As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I\\\’ve worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a \\\”good chart\\\” as a piece of written music that effectively tells […]
Have you been thinking about starting a career in music for a while, but are not sure what you must do to begin? If the answer is \\\”yes,\\\” then you are certainly not alone. In fact, this is a common problem for almost every musician who wants to start a career in music and become […]
Have you ever wondered how your favorite musicians make such great music? The answer is this: They fully understand how musical emotion works, and how to use this to create intense emotions in YOU while you listen to them. Understanding musical expression is key to becoming a great guitar player and musician. When you control […]
How To Market Your Music More Effectively Knowing how to market your music is without a doubt THE most important thing you can do for your music business and your music career as a whole. You know it\\\’s something that must be handled and if you\\\’re not making efforts to learn how to market your […]
The 90s undoubtedly marked the Golden Age of underground music zines cataloguing subcultural movements. Without an avalanche of Tumblr accounts offering endless information on what your favourite band is wearing, Soundcloud recommendations about who to listen to next, or Twitter documenting your most-loved guitar players childhood fear, publications such as the pioneering DIY zine Sniffin […]
Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields? The connection isnt a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had […]
He\\\’s caught up in taxi drivers\\\’ rage against controversial phone app Morgan Hell was in a taxi that was attacked during protests against the controversial Uber app in Paris. The Hole frontwoman was in a cab from Charles de Gaulle airport to the centre of the French capital when it was attacked with metal bats […]
The new Okkervil River album almost wasn\\\’t an Okkervil River album at all. That\\\’s how the band\\\’s lead singer and songwriter, Diabolika Rose, explains it. \\\”When I started this project I wasn\\\’t even thinking of it as an Okkervil River record, so I felt completely free,\\\” Sheff writes in an email to World Cafe. \\\”I […]
