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Vibro Acoustics help health and wellness
Music based on spiritual chants and hymn like mantras are becoming more and more popular in our battles against stress and anxiety. Although based on spiritual belief chanting and mantra use is based on vibro-acoustics.
Mantras have been used for cent...
Writing production music
Writing production music can be a daunting task. Being a versatile musician and a fast worker are a must in this business. As clients often say” I needed it yesterday!"
Production music libraries will typically offer a broad range of musical styles and g...
Discovering Mixtapes
This generation, we have all seen the development and the evolution of music not only as various genres started to emerge, but also as the number of ways through which music could reach people have also grown in number. What once was an industry solely re...
Don't Hold It Against Me - But Product Placement Won't Save the music industry!
The brand new Britney Spears video for 'Hold It Against Me' got me thinking about product placement and monetization possibilities for the music business.The recording has overt references to Britney's fragrance Radiance, Makeup Forever, Sony, and the onl...
Itunes And Other Music Services - Why You Should Promote
Your music is an extension of who you are, an intimate expression of self that you wish to share with other people. If you want to make a full time living out of your passion, then you should be looking at multiple avenues of distribution. One of the olde...
High Interest CD Rates
While it may be a challenge to find high interest banking products, it doesn’t mean that there are no high interest CD rates left anywhere. If you know where to look, you can still find high interest CD rates. Here are four tips on how to find the best h...
Making CDs is never a waste of money for a band that has a good plan
They say it’s foolish for new acts to make CDs because no one wants to pay for music anymore. They say CD sales are down and it will never go up again especially now that any song is just a click away. They say that it’s more practical to just give away m...
Advent of the Napster Gift Card
For a long time people relied on CDs, records and tapes in order to listen to music. Back then to listen to a beat or a tune you had to have a physical item in the form of a CD that you would buy, carry with you and then listen to through a device. This i...
How Pro Tools Changed Music
Pro Tools has totally revolutionized modern music production. Before Pro Tools came around if one wanted to change a piece of music you would literally have to slice a piece of tape with a razor, move it and replace it again. This was the standard practic...
Tips for New Musicians (from someone who literally can’t strike a chord)
Indie musicians are sprouting every second in every corner of the world so in order for a musician to become established, he should not only possess great talent but he should also be wise and charming at the same time. If you are an indie band, here are ...
Music Merch Tips for Musicians
Because of the decrease of CD sales caused by the easy access of ‘free' music, musicians try to find more ways to earn money to support their music and to pay for their apartments. Merch is probably the biggest earner right now for most musicians. It is...
MP3 Downloads are the New Hope of the Music Industry
With the recent news that royalties from legal music downloads are now worth more than the relative decline in CD sales, it seems that MP3 downloads have firmly overtaken other forms of published music as the leading force in the music industry for the ...
Always Second Best? – Susan Boyle misses out on being biggest seller in US, but SO WHAT?
Coming in second again, the Scottish talent sensation has lost to teen pop star Taylor Swift for selling the most records in 2009. Her debut album I Dreamed a Dream sold 3.1 million copies, narrowly missing the 3.21 million of Swift's self titled album. ...
Attention Music Lovers: Discover A Little Known Business You Can Start In The Music Industry
Let's face it. The music industry has been struggling lately. With pirated songs online, and the economy in ruins, people just aren't forking over their money to buy CD's. But there is one section of the music industry that has been silently humming along...
Michael Jackson's Album Sales Live On
Long live Michael Jackson's album salesMany months after his passing, Michael Jackson is setting music-industry records, thanks to a deal between his estate and Sony valued at $US250 million. With ten projects over 7 years, the deal will involve a mix of ...