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Be a Talented Film Music Composer

2012-02-09T08:25:00.000+05:30

If you are qualified music composer and well educated one, then you are thinking about how to use your amazing talents in music for a professional purpose, you will definitely find that there are many different paths open to you. One of the most attractive jobs in the world that you might be very much interested in is that of film music composer, but how are these jobs that you are going to get? This is a great position that pays more and is wonderful resume builder if you can get it. There are lots of things that make this job highly attractive, but what do you need to know to see if it is something that you are capable of doing? Let’s start this point.

You need to know the genre.(rock,rap,hip-hop,rnb) Composing music for film is much different than composing for any other music tracks. When you are looking to break into the music industry, you will find that you need to listen to what other music composers are doing.

Study from these people.
John Williams
Danny Elfman
Hans Zimmer
Thomas Newman

When you are writing music script/lyric/code for a film, always remember that you should write more music than is called for film. Assume that the scenes will run the longest time period that they can run and will never shortchange a scene when it comes with the music. To get more experience with this, you will find that working with aspiring film students might be help. Try rewriting the scores for the films that you are familiar with.

Keep this in your mind; you should also be aware of the fact that you are going to be working from a story board version of the movie. With that in mind, you will need to figure out what moments are going to call for musical highlights and what sort of emotions the score needs to help the movie evoke. Although the score is important that is a part of the background, it’s very important tool when it comes to making sure that the people who are watching the movie get the right idea.

Learn Guitar from the Beginning

2012-02-01T19:07:00.000+05:30

After few busy weeks, I’m happy to present this article. So follow this article, its very helpful for your future studies. Let’s start.

Guitars are one of the most popular music instruments that people choose to play. You can create sounds from your childhood time or from the past after learning simple cords to strum. However, learning to play guitar such a serious music instrument such as the guitar is the same with everything else. It will be taking a large amount of determination and practice. You must have to be willing to practice guitar on a daily basis or weekly basic in order to master with the instrument. If you don’t have enough time to practice, then learning the basics of beginner guitar is not for you. But, if you take the time to go forth with the instrument, you will be amazed at how well you can be playing in a short time period.

Firstly you decide how you are going to learn to play the guitar. If you have had previous musical experience, such as knowing how to read music, then the process with go much more smoothly. You can teach by yourself with a beginner’s guitar book/Guitar learning tutorial; however, if you have other person to help you it will be much easier. If you are not able to read music, lots of guitar video tutorials available on the internet. Search on the Youtube.

If you are planning to buy a guitar, my recommendation is purchasing a guitar online. It is better choice to ask a local music shops for suggestions, or your music instructor. The strings on some of the guitars are very hard to hold down for beginners, and you can’t learn to play on these types of strings until you have built up enough calluses on your fingers. I’m describing one thing that can help you master is to listen to guitar solos in songs tracks. Listening is usually the best type of guitar learning. Many music instructors also recommend this trick and they will have you choose a song that you want to learn that you listen to it over and over again.

The desire to learn the guitar is actually not enough in order to learn guitar. You also have to have the ability to have patience when you aren’t able to get it right the first time. Remember the first steps are the hardest, but after you learn in a perfect way, it’s like riding a bike and you will never be able to forget!

Important Guitar Buying Tips

2011-11-20T15:37:00.000+05:30

Most people, they don’t know how to choose a quality guitar. Sometimes they go with popular brand name but after few months they will realize the item isn’t match their actual need. So I wrote some important guidelines while buying a guitar to ensure that your experience with it remains as wonderful as expected. Here I wrote a list of different types of guitar names.

Classic

Acoustic

Electric

Electric /Acoustic

Ok. I think you got little idea about the guitar names. Now look at below and studying these Guitar Buying guidelines.

01. Before spending money for guitar you should do some exercises on the subject as in the different types and the genre of music which is associated with each type. A guitar should be either electric or acoustic and while the former is recommended for beginners and folk music, the latter is ideally suited for metal.

02. Don’t think the guitar is brand new or used. If you want to buy a brand new guitar No problem, go for it. If you plan to buy used guitar you must check on it thoroughly in order to gauge its condition as also its compatibility with style of playing. If you like to but a new instrument, seldom likely to have small problems but used guitar may not be as perfect which is why a reconnaissance is necessary to determine if it is worth buying.

03. Decide your Budget. It’s a seminal factor while determining the type of guitar to be bought. An unlimited budget would imply on a new and expensive guitar a cap on the finances means settling down for a cheaper or a used guitar.

04. Go to guitar shop and play it. For music instrument to emit melodious sounds it has to be in sync with the person who is playing guitar and this could be decided only after acquiring a feel of the music instrument. I recommend for online shopping. (Ebay,Amazon) Because the price level is little bit low than local guitar shops.

05. In-depth research is recommended before buying as it would reveal information pertaining to reputed manufacturers, models, brands and features to look for at a particular price. Having identified a particular brand or model, it can be further explored by reading reviews and feedback left by previous users subsequent to which the musician is fairly educated to make up mind.

How to Become World-Class Singer

2011-11-12T19:33:00.000+05:30

Becoming a world-class singer is not as difficult as you think. If you have marvelous and remarkable singing skills, that is totally enough and your enthusiasm will take you to the next step.

The first thing and very important thing is you should meet other like-minded people who like to be famous and find other singers, guitarists and audio engineers. Every person you can possibly find in the musical industry and network as much as you can. Then go to remarkable name. It is very helpful to build up your own identify. If you like to use your real name it is ok. Hopefully you will join with a musical group or duo but if not it is still feasible to go as a solo singer. The next move is to get yourself known in your local home town area this is where you require diversity, for not only will you have to depend upon your skill as a singer but your self promotion. It’s valuable. “Practice makes perfect” Did you hear that? Before getting success in music industry you must want to get huge knowledge from new music industry. If everything goes your way you will be talking with different publishers or record labels after the success. Finding a community of like-minded people is very important. At a beginner level it is a good idea to look into your area to find musical shows, weddings like those. These are useful for performance anxiety and serve as an efficient market research system should you want to perform your own music style. Here are few useful points for you. Look at below.

Useful tips for building up your name in music industry.

Join with musical communities.

Organize Musical shows.

Create an official website and put your sample music tracks on there.

Create facebook/twitter fan pages.

Advertising (paper/music magz/adwords/facebook ads)

Many music bands or solo artists that follow this path end up playing in that venue for much longer than they hope. If you want to go this carrier path long time, you must want to invest some kind of money. It is for musical degree, advertising, musical shows like that. You will find good record label company and talk with them. Tell your need and play your best music track. If they get satisfied, you can easily get popular in the world. If you get popular you can be rich over night. Always keep your target in your mind and do your best! Don’t forget to tell me your success story. Wish you all the best!

Useful Tips for Finding Good Guitar Repair Services

2011-11-10T19:37:00.000+05:30

I know you all love your guitar and maintain it in a correct way. Some day if your guitar has broken you should able to be find good guitar repair service. So you are looking for a high quality guitar repair services, we can teach you to important guidelines for find them.

Important Factors

01. Actually no matter what type of repairs you need done on your guitar, you will need to think about which Guitar Repair Service Center is most qualified to do it.

02. You should think about how much experience they have. This will give you some idea as to which ones are worth your money and which are not.

03. If their have website you can visit that sites and gather as much information.

Take little time to look into every one of the local music shops in your town to see which place will most familiar do the best job when it comes to guitar repair. Keep in mind that there are going to be a many different places for you to visit for this type of work, so you will need to spend more time looking around after you can find best place to repair your guitar.

A lot of the time, people need work done on the body or neck of their guitar but they just do not know where to do. It will be very important for you to think about where you will want to go for these repair services when you are in need of them. Chances are already live around a shop that does repair at a relatively and inexpensive price; it is just a matter of finding these places. Use the web to your extra advantage, because be with it you should be find what you need in terms of the best guitar repair services around. The more time you spend to look around for the right guitar repair place, the better your results are going to be.

Duties of Audio Engineer: Questions & Answers

2011-11-05T08:41:00.000+05:30

Q: What are the key tasks of Audio engineer?

A: Audio engineers always on the music production side of the industry work in studios, mixing and creating the unique sound effects and fine touches that create a CD or DVD.

Q: What are the main responsibilities of Audio engineer?

A: Understand your client’s needs are must and always involve with music production. The second important thing is maintaining audio equipments that make audio production and recording possible.

Q: What does an Audio engineer do?
A: Audio engineers are needed in every industry works. From Television and film industry, to CD and Fm channels, audio engineers make the transmission and translation of sound and music possible. The main thing is order to handle all of the tasks required of clients.

Q: From where would we lean Audio engineering?

A: Audio engineers must first receive the correct education and training from an audio engineering school. Learn all about the audio equipments, DJ mixing, patch bays, mixing consoles, dynamic processors, cable connectors, audio monitors, mics.

Q: How much do Audio engineers get paid?

A: The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that as of January 2009, the annual earnings for sound engineering technicians was $44,000, with the top 10 percent in the field raking in more than $90,870 and the bottom 10 percent earning less than $21,000.Amazing huh J

Q: What kinds of Audio engineering jobs can I get?
A: Audio engineers are needed every media industry, you know that. So you will find quite a few options when it comes to finding a good job. Another idea is starting music studio. Actually it is bit harder. Keep this in your mind, learn learn and learn more before starting music studio. Read success stories of world famous Audio engineers. It’s very helpful for everyone.

Music Practicing - Practice Makes Perfect

2011-10-23T11:40:00.000+05:30

Today we are going to teach you about most important area. It’s Practicing Music part. You know, Music is such a vast subject that for anyone, even the professionals. With years of work someone can be very knowledgeable in specific areas of music but it would take more than a lifetime to understand every aspect of an instrument or music theory. This articles offer very useful tips on practicing music. So everybody can easily catch these important points.

1. Firstly set your goal.

If you have set a goal to reach you will be more willing to put in the work required to achieve it. Some examples of goals could be to learn the song you’ve fallen in love with, to be able to sight read in a certain key, to develop faster or to reach a different exam grade before a certain period.

2. Work Hard.

Another valuable benefit of music practicing a little often is that your concentration levels are kept up throughout your practice session. The knock on effect of this is that the longer you practice without a break, the more harm ultimately you will cause yourself, both mentally and physically. It will knock your spirit and even damage to your embouchure. In fact this applies to all instrument groups. The primary cause of this is improper technique but as the name implies too much repetition through a movement can create serious effects. Therefore if you are practicing for longer time periods, be sure to take breaks: 6 to 12 minutes for every 40 minutes for adults and 10 to 15 minutes for children.

3. Routine.

Make a schedule for music practicing. That makes a better way for practicing. If you set aside a time each day to practice, away from distractions if possible, you will get into this routine making it easier to practice, it becomes a part of your day to day life.

4. Practice with a partner.

Search some music lovers for practicing music and set challenges between you both and find some gift for the winner. The other benefit is that you gain an outsiders opinion on your playing, the opportunity to practice duets, solo songs and you will have some company rather than being locked away in your bedroom.

Guitar Buying Tips for Beginners

2011-09-26T18:47:00.000+05:30

I think these guitar buying tips will help you to make a better decision and you could also get some kind of ideas that you seek out the right instrument to meet your needs.

01. Firstly you should understand what type of guitar you are looking for. Present period, four types of guitars available on the market. See below.

Types of guitars

Classic – This type of guitar has been designed with a wider neck to facilitate finger picking techniques. This is the old style of acoustic guitar *EBay Price: $100 - $1000
Acoustic – Actually acoustic guitar doesn’t require amplification to be heard. This type of guitar can be strung with a variety of strings either wound steel strings. *EBay Price: $35 - $80
Electric – This type of guitar needs an amplifier to be heard more than a few feet away from the player. *EBay Price: $100 - $500
Electric /Acoustic - This instrument can be played with or without an amplifier and still be heard. *EBay Price: $150 - $500 High quality- up to $1500

02. You must want to know what type of music styles you hope to play and then buy a guitar.

Different types of music styles. (Especially for guitars artists)

Blues: any of the 4 basic types are suitable
Classical: acoustic nylon string classic guitar
Country: acoustic steel string, acoustic/electric, or electric
Fingerstyle: acoustic, acoustic/electric, classic
Folk: acoustic, or acoustic/electric
Jazz: any of the 4 basic types are suitable but you see a lot of hollow body electrics used
Rock: usually played on an electric
Metal: electric
Heavy Metal: electric

03. Students with smaller hands (like children, small adult people) should think about purchasing an electric guitar or nylon stringed acoustic guitar as they are easier to play.

04. Go with most popular and quality brand names. The most popular brands are Yamaha, Fender, Gibson, Martin, Ovation and Washburn. I highly recommend Yamaha or Gibson guitars for beginners because these guitars are well made and price ranges is little bit low.

05. Search in the internet for more info and read classified ads like Craigslist. It’s very important.

06. Online shopping for a guitar is another great way to save money and to compare prices across a wide variety of sellers. My recommendation is *EBay. It’s my favorite online shopping web site. You can bid for the guitars from there. Also some companies provide online shopping facility. Make sure the company has a money back guarantee and what their items return policies are.

07. You will get enough information about buying guitars, go for it!

Road to Audio Engineer Profession

2011-09-16T09:36:00.000+05:30

Everyone can’t be Audio engineers. Actually why is that? The reason is the creativity and style. Audio engineers have different skills; I mean they have mixing, editing, broadcasting and recording skills. So every Audio engineer must improve their skills.

Every Audio Engineer deals with the recording and reproduction of sound through electronic ways. But it's not as simple things as you may think. Plenty of fields come into play when it comes to audio engineering. For instance, some disciplines taught in audio engineering schools are acoustics and general music.

If you want to study and follow more about Audio engineering area, you should get certified from Audio engineering school. As for what it takes to become an audio engineering technician, you must attend one of many audio engineering schools out there country and get a degree before you hit it big in the music industry. It’s better than self learning. Students at audio engineering schools must be familiar with acoustical engineering, noise control, even acoustical design. This may sound too complicated for the average Joe, but audio engineering technicians know and they have an audio engineering degree to back up their expertise. It’s very important.

As an audio engineering technician manipulates sound by way of mechanical means, audio engineering guys may also use their creativity on the job. These sound engineer guys are listed in the credits in commercial music recordings, even movies. You can certainly work your way up to similar notoriety after you've completed a program at audio engineering schools and gotten some experience under your belt.

Keep this point in your mind; an audio engineer is familiar with the operation of sound recording, editing, mixing and sound broadcasting equipment. Audio engineer guys must also be mechanical as a portion of the job entails installing lot of equipments in the recording studio and on set and they must have knowledge with mixing consoles, working with digital audio workstations, , attaching microphones etc. This is very glamorous job; a technical background is very advantageous and your earnings also increase from your performance. So be a great Audio Engineer and don’t forget to share your success story with me :)

How to Be an Audio Engineer | Advise for Beginners

2011-09-15T11:06:00.000+05:30

Lot of people likes to be an Audio Engineer. Some people search very fast ways for achieving this goal. Some of lucky people, they achieve this goal quickly because they have ability, will power, good determine and LUCK. Some people can’t win the race because they become lazy. So you want good thinking ability and creativity before getting success from Audio Engineering path.

Firstly, you must need to get knowledge from Audio Engineering area. Follow Audio Engineering diploma or degree from good Audio Engineering School. Audio engineering schools are the best place to start your music life. It’s very important because everyone demands you from that certificate and also you will get lot of information about Audio Engineering area. After finishing it, you can move to audio production company or build your own recording studio. But I think you should work for audio production company before start own recording studio. Because build own recording studio is not very easy. You will get lot of information from working with audio production company. These are the professions that you can choose. See below list.

Career Paths

Recording engineer

Mixing engineer

Audio post engineer

Live sound engineer

Fold back engineer

Game audio engineer

Every audio engineer deals with wide range of applications, including music production, live sound reinforcement, multimedia, advertising and broadcasting. Audio engineers are the people who record, mix, and reproduce voices and sound effects. Today’s audio engineers must be experts in music software side and hardware integration from synchronization to analog to digital transfers. They normally use pro tools for editing part and mixing so you must want to know about music software’s. Practice at home with software’s. I highly recommended Audition and Reason is the best editing software’s ever.

Don’t forget about your creativity. Audio engineering professionals must also be creative. You must realize an artist's in a creative vision. So it's very beneficial to have the same artistic mentality behind the scenes. Be with Audio engineering area, definitely you will gain sound knowledge from experts of the audio engineering industry, while having a unique experience. Explore everyday about audio engineering and tune in to the sounds of success. Cheers!!

Katy Perry - Biography

2011-09-14T21:33:00.000+05:30

Real Name: Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson

Born: October 25, 1984

Country: US, California

Birth Place: Santa Barbara

Katy Perry is a popular Christian singer songwriter and actress. She got more attraction with songs like "I Kissed a Girl" and "California Girls". Katy Perry spent the better part of a decade recording music under a different name. However, she released a self titled Christian album in 2001 under her real name. She would later abandon the genre in favor of a pop career.

Several years later, she teamed up with the Matrix, a grammy nominated production team whose resume included collaborations with Shakira and Avril Lavigne. Tired of producing music for other artists, the Matrix had plans to record a music album of their own, with Katy serving as one of the group's two singers. The project was ultimately shelved, but not before Perry appeared in a 2004 write up by Blender magazine.
With the Matrix's unreleased album sitting in the vaults at Sony Record Labels, She went back to the drawing board and began working on a solo music album for Columbia. But that project was canceled. There after Perry signed with Capitol, who encouraged their client to write her own music and helped establish her image as a singer. "I Kissed a Girl" that song proved to be her breakthrough super hit, that was topping into the music charts in 20 countries.

"Hot N Cold" became her second super duper hit. Her other songs “Thinking of You" is into the Top 40, and "Waking Up in Vegas" into the Top Ten. Such success meant that Katy Perry had officially become one of the music industry's biggest pop stars, celebrated as much for her marvelous fashion choices as the music itself. She continued touring through the summer of 2009 and found time to tape an installment of MTV Unplugged, which was released in month of November. Recording sessions for her album wrapped up in 2010 and Katy Perry scored her 2nd number one single with “California Girls,” which was released month of May. Actually I most like her song “Last Friday Night” and I think she has bright future ahead. Currently she has 37,944,207 facebook fans and 9,821,218 twitter followers.

Add Music Player to Your Blog

2011-09-11T12:56:00.000+05:30

I think you all like to add a nice music player to your blog because it may enhance the pretty good reading experience to your blog visitors. So that visitors can listen to the audio songs in the browser via the Flash player. This music player is small in size and also very easy to customize. So, Here we explore Flash based MP3 player. Let’s learn how to add mp3 to your Blogger Blog or website.

Step 1. Upload the music file to free file hosting servers on the internet. There are so many sites that provide free music file hosting. Use google "Free music hosting". Once you upload, they will give you with a direct link to that music file.

Eg:- http://---------- .com/your.`musicfile

(Extension can be .mp3, .wav, .mid or any other audio extension)

Step 2. Here is the HTML code, that you need to add music player to your blog.

Click here to download Code

Customize code

width: width of the music player
height: height of the music player
autostart : you want the music to start playing automatically ? Or leave it to visitor’s choice? (Customize Values: false or true)
MUSIC FILE URL : link to your music file

Step 3. You can add the music player anywhere you want in your Blogger blog. Simply you can add the new HTML/java Script box and paste the above code and save it. If you use the autostart value: true, the music automatically plays. But, it annoys many readers.

Tips
If you want to continue playing the same music track again and again until the visitor click on the 'STOP' button, Edit the value to 'true'. If you want the music to stop once the track is completed, use 'false'

Happy Blogging!

Create Your Own Music at Home Using Music Production Software

2011-09-06T07:14:00.000+05:30

Actually many people are very interested in creating own music tracks, but they don't know how to get started well. Whether you want to use music beat samples to created loop based music tracks, or attach them to virtual music instrument to use them for midi sequencing, you have a lot of options. So this blog post is teaching you, where you can find electro samples, and what music creating and editing software you can use.

Step 01

Before you start looking at good music editing software and also you need to figure out what equipments you'll be using. These are the basic things. See below list.

Midi controller
Voice recorder
Music instruments (Drums, Guitar, Organ, Etc)
Powerful computer with high quality sound Card

Step 02

Ok. Now we come to next step. It’s music production software part. Most Production software’s have demo versions available on their websites. This option will make finding the best one through trial and error less painful. You can download those trial versions from web and use it. Then you will choose which one the best is. Eg: - Audition, Fruity Loops, Reason Etc

Step 03

This is my recommendation. The most popular and easiest to use is Fruity Loops software. You can easily download trail version of that software in Cent (website). With this, you can download electro samples, synth samples, and even use sound fonts to create your own music without any external hardware. The crux of this software is its pattern sequence editor interface. This makes creating beats a very easy to follow quality visual experience. It also has a piano roll, and pretty much everything you need to pump out a music track in any music genre. Although, I would not recommend it for recording and mixing real instruments, there is better software for that.

For looped base music, a really affordable option is Sonic Foundries Acid DJ; they all come with discs containing tons of royalty free beat samples to use in your own creations. If you want to use more of your own gear and record live sounds, then your main sluggers for PC are Cubase, Pro Tools, Mixcraft and Reaper. Pro Tools is industry standard right now, but all of these range in price level while offering the same basic features, digital multi track recording, built in music mixing effects and comprehensive easy to use midi based step sequencers. Make sure your system's specs are up to the minimum recommend requirements. So these are the basic things that you need to configure for home music production. Enjoy your music life!

How to Start Own Music Production Company

2011-08-24T15:56:00.001+05:30

Actually it’s bit harder to start own music Production Company. But it can be success from your effort. So work hard and study more about music production. Define your goal before starting a music production company. Let’s start.

Starting a music production company requires experience, a talent for analyzing music, skill and an investment in recording equipment and studio space. Production companies offer many services, so you must understand what a production company does and define your objectives. A music production company records music tracks and manages the process from start to finish for music artists they contract with. This differs from a standard recording studio in that the producer provides technical input, and may also provide recording and production services free or at reduced recording studio rates in return for future music sales.

Step 1

Gain production and recording knowledge by taking degree in music production, or securing a job or internship at a music recording studio. Expertise in every facet of the recording process and music business is vital to your success.

Step 2

Register your business with local government offices, and obtain a business permit and tax registration certificate. Check with your local town zoning office and inquire about legalities if you plan to build a studio in your home. No special business license is required for music production companies.

Step 3

Set up your office room with computer, phone, fax and other office supplies.

Step 4

Purchase quality music recording equipment and set up your recording studio space. It is recommended that you consult a recording studio designer or consultant, as studios and equipment can be enormously complex depending on the type and size of your operation. Click here to see all recording studio equipments.

Step 5

Purchase printed marketing aids from a local printer, print business cards, brochures and stationery. You may also wish to design a website/blog and purchase a good web hosting package and domain name for your business from a web hosting provider. (Godaddy, Hostgater)

Step 6

Create a list of music industry contacts, which will include online and physical music retailers, distributors and record companies. You will use these contacts to make inquiries into selling and marketing music you've produced.

Step 7

Contact local and regional recording music artists and market your music production services. When you find an interested artist, negotiate the production terms and execute a production contract.

Step 8

Send completed recordings to the music industry contacts on your list, as well as music magazines and online music sites for reviews. Your objective is to promote the music and ultimately secure a deal with a music record company, who will take care of the distribution to retail outlets and radio stations.

How to Promote Your Private Music Lessons Online

2011-08-19T14:12:00.002+05:30

If you are a private music teacher, wondering how you can get the success of your business, the internet is probably the key. With relative ease and almost no more cost, anyone can easily establish an effective marketing campaign on the internet that will give them access to many more students in their area. This has never before been the case, so it is very important to take the time to know how it all works. One of the great ways to get better exposure for you as a private music teacher is to use Craigslist.com. It is a classifieds website that will let you post an advertisement for your services that could get you a few prospects.

There is many other listing websites that you may want to check out. One of them, which are more specifically for private music teachers, is the music lessons directory. This is a private music teacher listing that will give you a more permanent ad placement than Craigslist and will attract specific traffic as well. Though not as high traffic as more famous sites, this is another option that you might as well use.

Getting your services as a private music teacher listed on different websites is a good way to start, but there are a lot of more creative ways to get some exposure online. One of the best is to use youtube.com and upload video lessons by yourself or just some information about you as a private music teacher. If you can get more traffic to your videos and build up an audience, it can prove to be a great long term option for promotion.

You can also try blogging or creating a quality website that in some way promotes you as a teacher. This will attract people interested in music who may turn into prospective students, or it might just spread the word about you as a music teacher and give you some added credibility as a musician.

There are tons of other ways for those willing to explore what the web can offer a private music teacher in the way of promotion. Make sure you experiment and try to come up with fresh ideas that can make you stand out.

How to Get Profit from Giving Away Free Music

2011-08-18T10:54:00.000+05:30

To most people the idea of releasing free to use music may sound unprofitable and wasteful, but when looking at the big picture it turns out to be a very smart move. There is no other way to spread your music tracks than to release it for free. In most cases you would not be making much from selling it anyway. Just like business, you must need to have a customer base before you can make any profit.

Assuming you are a musician who can perform live as well as produce music studio recordings, the ways to make more money in the modern music environment will not be from music album sales. The album as a concept is slowly but surely disappearing, as music is no longer released on disks and more emphasis is being places on singles. These are too harder to sell for considerable profits, and by offering them only for payment, you limit how many people will obtain them.

Instead of trying to go against the unstoppable juggernaut of illegal music downloading, go with it. Give your music away and watch it spread as far as it can. Keeping in mind that you could only make so much off it anyway, in the beginning at least, the positives outweigh the negative.

In return for passing out your music free, you obtain promotion your music and reputation in return. In other words, you get more fans. Fans are what lead to profits down the line if you are a musical act, and they are important thing when it comes to the business side of the equation. So the move is to get your music out there in any way that you can if you think it will lead to promotion.

New fans can lead to increased music albums sales, concert ticket sales, and music placement in commercials or films, and that is when the money will be coming in. But if you started off selling a few albums for $10 a piece, you would be sitting around with $100 and five fans. That $100 is nothing compared to the long term income obtainable from establishing yourself as a popular musical act.

The Importance of Mixing Music Tracks on High Quality Monitors

2011-08-17T22:08:00.000+05:30

Having high quality recording studio monitors for mixing music and mastering is no big secret, any audio enthusiast will tell you. Studio monitors are not necessarily made to make music sound good, although a well recorded and mixed music album will sound very good through them. They are made to reveal all the details of recorded sound; this means the good ones and the bad. The point of having monitors, as opposed to regular multimedia speakers, is to be able to tell when music is improperly mixed. Regular listening speakers have a habit of making everything sound at least pretty good and hiding poor quality sound samples.

Luckily, high quality audio recording studio monitor speakers are not as expensive as they used to be. Many people might tell you that you need to spend thousands of dollars in order to get worthwhile monitors, but this is simply not true. A good enough pair to do professional quality work can now be had for $300-$400, but I would warn against going to far under that amount, for you will notice a decline in quality.

Once you have your professional grade studio monitors, you will immediately notice what a difference it makes mixing with them. One of the things they do best that regular speakers don’t make so clear is that they really isolate music instruments and sounds and point out where they are in the stereo field. This can help you make your mixes sound full and balanced, and if you try doing this on regular speakers, you will often find what sounded full and balanced was really weak and thin.

Some people may hesitate on getting studio monitor speakers because they think they are not good at music mixing, or they don’t have the space, or whatever reason, but there is no good reason not to get them. You won’t be able to make good mixes until you do get them, and they are easier to fit into any space than ever before. Now also have various kind of studio monitors.LCD is old, LED is the latest one. It’s better than LCD monitors. It’s good for entertainment.

Exploring Different Styles of Music Genres

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Something that has been for the most part lost in today’s music listeners is a will to explore different types of music Genres. Many people will end up committing to one particular type of music tracks and stick with it through thick. The strange part about this is that there is more opportunity than ever to hear different type music genres, but for some reason people have a bias towards what they know and are familiar with. Though it’s nice to have a main style to pay attention to, you are missing out on a lot of good music by ignoring others.

One of the most common rebuttals for not listening to a wider variety of music is that people don’t like other music styles as a whole, or so they claim. This is probably because they hear a few songs that may not be the best a certain style has to offer and then make a judgment about the whole lot based on it.

In any style of music there will be only a few good musicians at the top of the heap, and those are the only ones you should bother with, so to discount a music style without taking the time to hear the best is irresponsible if you want to consider yourself a music lover.

Many people just end up listening to countless bands in one narrow genre that become simple copies of each other and can offer nothing more than mediocre reminders of what the best of them used to be able to do. There is no any reason to start scraping the bottom of the barrel when there is a whole world of music out there waiting to be heard, and lot of music artists in it that are at the top of their game.

People should be more critical and hard to please when it comes to music, because the fact is that there is so much of it out there that you can and should afford to become picky. Your time in this world is valuable, you might as well spend it listening to the best there is.

How to Study Music History Correctly

2011-08-14T15:51:00.000+05:30

Music history is very important subject for any musician or music composer who hopes to perfect their craft and produce the best music possible. Not only can it help you get a better historical understanding of music and its purpose, but it can also help you understand the structure of music systems and how they can be used. This is important information for anyone looking to make a living or hobby out of making music, so it stands that a long term study of music history should be undertaken. With this in mind, how should one go about structuring and motivating their study of music history?

One of the biggest mistakes with the study of any subject is to force one’s self through it. Many people will not move onto other books or subjects until they have completed what they are on, and this is a bad strategy in the long run. When you are bored by a subject you will not really be absorbing the information and considering it as you should. Of course, there are sometimes when circumstances dictate that something must be learned or done within a certain time period, and in those cases, you can only try to motivate yourself as much as possible to get it done, but when studying something on your own, always follow your subconscious interests. So if you want to make a plan of learning more music history, follow what you are interested in at the time. Don’t just start at the beginning and continue working your way through, unless interested of course. This kind of strict chronological study may seem rational, but what you gain in order you lose in passion, motivation, and greater understanding of the material.

You can’t learn all of music history in short time. You just trying to cram through it in one sweep will accomplish little. Take more time to understand and integrate the areas of it that interest you, and use that to build a good general understanding of all of musical history.

This general strategy of study can also apply to practicing music instrument as well, or studying anything for that matter. Let your interests guide you and do not feel duty bound to anything in particular. What’s more important in the long run is maintaining interest and passion, and rote learning will never help with that.

Musical Opportunity in New Music Industry

2011-08-13T08:50:00.000+05:30

Something very beneficial to all music composers and makers of music has been going on as of late. The combination of the web and decreasing costs of music producing various forms of digital media has given rise to whole new areas of demand for quality music. This is obviously a good thing for the people who make it, but it does not necessarily mean that they will be able to find work and make a living by their art all of the sudden.

New art forms like internet videos (youtube), video comics, flash animations, and so on all need music to complete their effects. Music Composers and producers should be able to step in and fill this void, but there are a few things working against them along with all of these benefits. One major point is that as it has become more practical to make high quality music on your own, the number of musicians out there has also risen. This means that music composers who want to get their music in films or videos face more competition.

It’s also a challenge for those composers to become known to the people who need the quality music. Web Sites such as thing one can help with these facts, and over time, it should become easier to deal with these matters. In the general sense, it cannot be seen as a bad thing that there is so much more demand for music out there, and more ways of fulfilling that demand should appear.

As things progress, music video content and other forms of media that make their way online with continue to require music, this means that composers may find themselves more and more in need if they can master some basic marketing techniques and make their name stand out enough to be seen.

Teach Group Music Lessons

2011-08-11T20:50:00.001+05:30

Teaching group music lessons is a much different activity than normal private music lessons. While the end goal is the same, groups require more planning and compromise, and will take some thought and adaptation to get through. Any music teacher who is taking on group lessons for the first time may find them more of a challenge in certain ways, but with the right planning and attitude, Sure they can be successfully managed and quite rewarding in the end.

Most of the issues with teaching a lesson to multiple people arise from the fact that there are different skill levels to deal with. Whether you found the students by getting your name on a music teacher listing, or you work at a music store, your groups will have people of different talents and abilities, and this can be tough to navigate.

What may be easy for someone in the group may be impossible for another, and on top of this, what interests someone in the group may be boring to another person. So how do you reconcile these differences? Well, to start out, it’s important to realize that you can’t do it completely.

What you can do is build the right amount of compromise and flexibility into your lesson plans so that everyone gets something out of their time. If you can, it helps to get the students playing music that they like, but this may not always be possible in a class. One strategy that might work is to play a different style each music lesson, and you can also try to choose generic pieces that should appeal to just about anyone in the class, no matter their age level or tastes.

Something else that can make the lessons entertainment and interesting is to have a contest between the students to see who can memorize a melody or the notes of the guitar strings. Have a simple reward and get a natured competition going that will drive the student to practice more and get them enjoying themselves during the music lesson. It may be hard at first to get a group of different students learning the same material, but once you get used to it and find out what works, it can be very fun to teach many new students who may become great musicians some day.

Leisure Time and Composing Music Tracks

2011-08-11T20:40:00.000+05:30

Something not talked about often enough in regards to composing music tracks or producing different type of art for that matter, is the importance of leisure time. To be sure, the actual craft of writing music requires detailed and determined study and you will not be able to compose music without that effort, but art also requires more ambiguous things like feeling and inspiration. This is where leisure time comes in.

The best music composers in the world will still need some type of feeling to strike them in order to produce their great work. What makes art significant is that it contains something more than the pure physical nature of the piece itself; there are human thoughts and feelings conveyed in it.

A music composer will not get these inspirations from studying music all day in their studio. They come from experiencing and reflecting on life. There is a fuel that music is created on, and it can come from anything from other works of art to events that happen in life.

Leisure time is when humans can develop this inspiration. The mind can be free to let thoughts come out that would normally be suffocated by everyday concerns and momentary tasks. You can afford to let yourself contemplate things outside of your immediate concern that have more emotional and intellectual weight, and this is what leads to the type of inspiration necessary to create meaningful music.

Most great music artists were known to require leisure time in order to really function at their best, and the reason for this is that art is not a mindless task; it requires a world view and the skill to convey it to the senses. So if you are wondering how you can improve your music composition, remember that it is not just about the pure craft. So spend your leisure time to Compose good music tracks.

Composing Music on the Guitar | Easy Guide

2011-07-17T21:05:00.000+05:30

Composing music tracks on the guitar is something that every composer should become familiar with. In particular, the guitar offers a new perspective on how music notes relate and work together compared to that of the piano. Although the piano is without a doubt the powerful instrument for music composition, knowing how to compose music on the guitar is a valuable skill as well, and those interested in becoming as knowledgeable about music as possible should study guitar composition in addition to any other music instruments.

The reason that most composers focus on the piano is clear; you can play ten or more notes at once, you can play multiple parts at once with relative ease, and you have a very wide tonal range of multiple octaves. These facts make it easy to experiment with a full arrangement of sounds, where on other music instruments you may only be able to play one melody line at a time.

Music Composers used the piano because it could give them a complete picture of their compositions in a way that no other instrument could. The guitar cannot get quite as much into the realms of playability, but it does offer a few advantages that piano composers are unable to access.

One of the most significant of these is the fact that you can move chord shapes around with great ease on the guitar. A major chord for example can be slid up and down the fret board without needing to take white notes and black notes into account. On a piano, you can certainly move major chords around, but you have to adjust them for the white and black key differences.

This big effort required for moving chord shapes around on the guitar can allow you to use more of those types of chord motions in your compositions. They are a technique not used often by piano players because of the instrumental differences and the general music tradition, which doesn’t often move the same types of chords around a lot.

In addition to these chordal motion differences, the guitar allows you to use alternate techniques such as string bends, sliding, and strumming; all of which the piano cannot duplicate. These techniques can really help you shape compositions that will greatly differ from the usual piano pieces, and with most other composers using the piano, this can help set you apart.

The guitar offers you a different look at the arrangement of musical notes, and it can help you tap into new type of melody. In music theory, the more music instruments you are familiar with, the more varied your compositions can be, and the more adept you will be at writing for other instruments, so it is a great idea to start learning them. With this in your mind, the guitar, and its ability to play both chords and melody, is probably the first place to start.

Creative Ideas for Home Recording Studio

2011-06-19T16:21:00.001+05:30

Many singer/songwriters, guitarists and musicians have discovered the world of home studio recording. You want to record those great tunes you've written right? You have a band project going and you need a place to record your music work? You got the equipments, but you need to record that demo for the record companies?

Well, building your own recording studio is a great place to start music career. It will take a little time. And research and some money you will need. I'll save you some time and research and keep your money spending to a minimum by providing you with information throughout this site on how to build your Recording Studio.

You know, I have built my recording studio and I'm still building it. Unless you are filthy rich, this is an ongoing process. Get the basics first and then add new gear when you can afford it. This post will mainly concentrate on how to build a computer based recording studio, but you will be able to find this site useful in many other recording aspects as well. You will find explanations on how to build high performance PCs suited for recording or choosing powerful desktop computers. I'll have guides on choosing many types of recording equipment like audio mixers, microphones, recording software, even studio furniture. Note that you don't need all the music equipment I talk about throughout this site to build a fully functional home recording studio. As I said, start with the basics and work your way up. If you want know about the main parts of Recording Studio, Click here .Let's go build a recording studio. Good Luck!

Start Your Music Career with Music schools

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Music school is a school for the study of music. Music schools can be within or out with the general education system and the level of instruction can be elementary or advanced. Instruction can include the playing of musical instruments, singing, musical composition, musicology, music history and music theory.

Specialist music schools

Specialist music schools exist in some countries and whose purpose is to identify, children with exceptional potential, to benefit from world class specialist training as part of a broad and balanced education, which will enable them, if they choose, to proceed towards self sustaining careers in music.These schools may be formally or informally attached to a Conservatory. Entry is typically between the ages of ages 10 and 18 and admission is through competitive audition. Schools may be public or independent; where schools are independent pupils may be in receipt of governmentalor private scholarships. Typically as students progress through the school the time spent on music increases and on academic subjects decrease. These schools usually wholly comprise of instrumentalists but may also include choristers. Some schools are broader and may cover the performing arts; music, drama, dance.

University schools of music

University music departments originally placed more emphasis on academic study of music, rather than performance. However, today, the division may not be so rigid with many often placing greater emphasis on performance now than they did in the past. The specific balance of vocational training and academic study varies from one institution to another, and from one country to another some countries separately define their institutions between university status and vocational university status, whilst other countries do not define such a rigid division. In addition to offering degrees similar to those offered at Conservatoires, some universities offer non-professional music-related degrees such as a Bachelor of Arts in Music or a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education. A number of previously independent Conservatoires have become affiliated to Universities.

Here is the information about world best Music Schools. You can visit these sites for more details.

Harvard University

Harvard, the top university in the country according to World Report, provides comprehensive music education in for both undergraduate and graduate students. Students pursuing their doctorate in music can specialize in four different areas: historical musicology, music theory and ethnomusicology, which focus on cultural and social issues in music.

www.harvard.edu

The Juilliard School

One of the most famous music schools in the world, the Julliard School in New York provides music education for high school students through graduate students. The school rewards Bachelor of Music degrees to students studying composition, piano, jazz, guitar and voice. The graduate areas of study include conducting, composition, historical performance, piano and voice.

www.julliard.edu

University of Rochester

Named 2008's "hottest music school" by the Newsweek Guide, the University of Rochester's Eastman school of music offers students bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in a variety of music areas including composition, jazz studies, music education, piano and theory. The school also offers a program in accompanying and early music.

www.rochester.edu

Vanderbilt University

The Blair School of Music at the top 20 rated Vanderbilt University emphasizes performance within its academic departments including keyboard, brass and percussion, ensembles, strings and voice. Although the school primarily offers bachelor's degrees in music, students enrolled in the five-year program spend their fifth year earning a master's degree in education, perfect for students interested in teaching music.

www.vanderbilt.edu

Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music's mission emphasizes a strong education in contemporary music and music business, which over the years has produced Oscar band Grammy award winning music professionals. The school houses four music departments where students earn bachelor's and master's degrees: composition, performance, music technology and professional education.

www.berklee.edu

Oberlin College

Students studying at Oberlin College earn degrees in areas such as performance, conducting, music teaching and music history. The college offers both graduate and undergraduate studies and students have the opportunity to specialize their education in a number of areas including jazz studies, voice, strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion.

www.oberlin.edu

Manhattan School of Music

With all the music resources New York City has to offer, the Manhattan School of Music offers degrees in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies within a wide variety of music specializations including voice, conducting, composition, orchestral instruments, and saxophone. The school emphasizes performance opportunities with over 400 student concerts each year.

www.msmnyc.edu

Bucknell University

Students studying at Bucknell receive music education that emphasizes three core areas: music history, music theory and performance. The school offers a state of the art music facility, the Sigfried Weis Music Building, which houses an extensive music library, a recital hall, faculty studios and practice rooms. Students earn undergraduate degrees in music education, performance, composition and music history; the school does not offer graduate studies.