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  • Songstuff Writer and Artist Development Challenges

    By john

    Independent writers and artists face several large disadvantages when they are compared to signed, mainstream writers and artists.  Disadvantages that add up to making it a competition that indies can’t win. Hell they can’t even compete.   Lack of budget and poor contacts are fairly obvious disadvantages. Lack of experience and a lack of knowledge restricts songwriters and artists alike. Lack of an overall strategy, and a limited set of incomplete tactics, makes for a critical problem
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Dr KeyBaG and the Lead Singer

Setting up my studio

This year I've promised to release my 2nd album and since I do all the mixing/mastering down the basement I have to do something about the acoustic environment. I just wanted to share the work progress with you. Feel free to share your thoughts about it!!   I've started in the front by building 2 decent bass traps that work really well to absorb a wide range of frequencies according to the LE/DE principals. I know, the fabric could be nicer but that's what I had Noted: Never fill the t

Dr KeyBaG

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Jigsaw Sequence

Jigsaw Sequence Music Releases

I thought I would use this place to give an idea of what I am hoping to achieve over the coming year in relation to music releases.   Currently I have one single released on 01/12/2017 - Heroes, which is currently featured on this site.   I have a second single - Beyond The Veil - ready for release, but I am trying to identify a list of songs at the moment that I can use with BTV for an EP and future EP's. I have an idea of each EP having around four songs, two being a bit mo

Richard Tracey

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Dr KeyBaG and the Lead Singer

What good can come out of a divorce?

Hi again! It’s been a while, that’s for sure. So… my wife left me a couple of months ago. I’ve been kind of busy getting used to this new life of mine. It didn't come as a shock but still, you never know what to expect. The hardest part has been seeing my children sad and confused… both me and my ex wife are determined to make this as less painful for them as possible is but even if you try the hardest you can they will get really sad. My youngest, a boy of 6, is at pre school and it’s re

Dr KeyBaG

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Pahchisme Probes

Creativity Killers and Creativity Stimulators

Creativity Killers and Creativity Stimulators   So what stimulates creativity and what kills it?  Well, I don't pretend to have all the answers to that and as a matter of fact, lets just say I'm on an exploration trying to figure it out.  I still find it a challenge at times to pull out that creativity. I seem to be more in tune with what the creativity killers are in my life. I've discovered that feeling overwhelmed is one of the biggest creativity, in fact, brain activity k

Pahchisme Plaid

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Lisa Gates

Nashville is my home

It seems strange that I never dared to dream that Nashville would be my home. Yet, here I am living just north of it and driving in to see it's unmistakable skyline every weekday! I'm HERE!!! I have to tell anyone who wants to be in the music business, that yes being in Nashville is better for your career. I have not yet set all my music goals into motion and have already gotten networking connections without even trying. I will always consider Nashville my home from now on. I have no

Lisa Gates

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Songstuff Stuff

Jigsaw Sequence - Featured Artist

Jigsaw Sequence     Jigsaw Sequence is a singer/songwriter who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Never happier than when tinkering with his latest piece of audio gear, Jigsaw Sequence has decided to share his music with the world.   Jigsaw Sequence has released his debut single, "Heroes". It is available on most music platforms. Read our intervi

john

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Rudi's Blog

performance

I played very poorly at the last gig (last week). I was using my preferred guitar of the moment and my old faithful Fender amp, but the sound was all wrong. It may have been because the people were mostly pretty far back from the band. We were on a high-ish stage too. The sound wasn't the usual warm subtle tone I am used to. It was stark & harsh. A poor tone limits what I can play. Some people dont understand that. I dont fully understand it myself but I cant change it. Fortunately everyone

Rudi

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Pahchisme Probes

Memories and music

Oh dear....(sigh) the beginning of something is always the most awkward part...so I’m just going to break in by making conversation with my imaginary audience and if I get a reply, whoa!  I’ll have to give my imagination some major credit!   I thought I would start by commenting about one of a few amazing abilities music has.  The ability to bring forth memories.     My earliest recollections of my personal taste in music began with those vinyl 45s.  I had some stories such a

Pahchisme Plaid

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Musings

The Beautiful Feeling of Worthlessness

I have been thinking about this for a while. What makes a human pursue “meaning” in life? What is it that brings a sense of purpose to one's existence? It sounds like fancy philosophical anecdotal small talk. But truly, this is at the very core of whatever we do in life. In every single decision we make, tiny or large. That's when I realised that it's not the "quarter life crisis" talking but that it's an absolutely essential conversation I needed to have with myself.    Being a musician

Mahesh

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Pahchisme Probes

Not steering this wheel

This is a learning, probing adventure to discover exciting new sounds, methods, personalities and plans (of others I might add as I am flying by the seat of my pants at the moment).  These wheels are turning, but where the destination we’ll be led to is a surprise to even the one in the driver’s seat.  Let the adventure begin!

Pahchisme Plaid

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Songstuff Stuff

Musicians are 3 times More Likely to Suffer from Depression

In a recent study conducted by the University of Westminster, it has been found that there is crisis in mental health within the U.K. music industry that is at alarming levels. The study, “Can Music Make You Sick” was commissioned by Help Musicians UK. It looks at how having a career in the music industry impacts upon the mental health of musicians.   2,211 musicians took part in the study. Researchers Sally-Anne Gross and Dr. George Musgrave revealed that 71.1% of musicians have suffe

Songstuff

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Songstuff Stuff

Output Exhale Review

Output have become known for distinctive, groundbreaking VSTi.   Exhale is a Kontakt based VSTi offering a "modern vocal engine" for music producers, and sound designers, who want highly processed vocal samples for their productions.   So we have included a text based review, a video review including a demo track, and a video tour of Exhale.   Read our "Output Exhale Review"

Songstuff

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Rudi's Blog

insomnia

Insomnia Last night: I return home following an evening of dancing. I pour myself a glass of wine. I try to watch a bit of TV but fall asleep on the sofa at around 12.30.   I rouse at 2.55, take my prescribed relaxant & go to bed. At 4.10 I give up trying to sleep and get up again. I’m tired but I know its pointless trying to sleep anymore. I read my e-mails and respond to one of them. When this happened last week, I sat up and read in bed. I read for 3 ho

Rudi

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Songstuff Stuff

IsoVox 2 Review

IsoVox 2 Review     Getting a good vocal sound takes a lot of preparation. The size and shape of te room you record in, the ambient noise from electronic and other sources. In a home studio environment the issues are multiplied. For a start, not everyone has a dedicated studio, and even less are acoustically treated to both reduce spill onto recordings, and spill from the studio to the outside, or to shape the sound recorded by dealing with hot frequencies and reverberation.

Songstuff

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Ray888

Beautiful

My apologies for posting 2 in a row but I just got an email that one of my songs has been featured on GodTube.   The Artist is `Sheaam Dean` who is resident in Sri Lanka. I crafted the lyric to a rough melody that my co-writer Andy Gatford sent me. Las Vegas Pianist Dave Haertel di the piano and string arrangement and I produced Sheaam's vocals remotely.   Award winning producer Giampaolo Pasquile mixed and mastered the song and it was released as a single and is also on an E

Ray888

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Ray888

Don't wait too long

I've just had notification that my song "Don't take too long"  is under consideration for the American artist Faith Hill's next album. I won't know until the beginning of August whether it has been successful or not. Here is the lyric. Wish me luck.   Don’t Take Too Long Lyric by: Raymond Fry & Steve Manning   Verse 1: As you step into the future I may never see, Let yourself become the person you could really be. I know the days move slowly as you wish awa

Ray888

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Rudi's Blog

Retire

I took early retirement by means of voluntary redundancy today. The consultation was last Thursday and my employment ended today. Said my goodbyes to some great workmates and took all my 'stuff' home. It looks weird. All this stuff that doesn't belong in the house is here. Not just tools & books, but works mug, cutlery and tea caddy etc.   I've worked with some of these fellows for more than 30 years. Its pretty emotional, and leaving is a bittersweet experience. I will meet up wit

Rudi

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Musings

Listening Habits for a Musician

http://www.mahesh-music.com/listening-habits-for-a-musician/   As a songwriter (and you will see if you do listen to the recent music I've put out on my SoundCloud or Youtube), my songs are quite melancholic and well, 'singer-songwriter'y.   But the music I'm listening to is not along the same lines.   I listen to a lot of RnB, Neo-Soul, Blues, a bit of Jazz music and more. That's usually my playlist that would keep me going on a daily basis. Sure, I do indulge myse

Mahesh

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Lisa Gates

Whoa! Time flies

What happened? Have I really been too tired to write? Ugh! Maybe it's because I've been busy, distracted, and uninspired. Perhaps the few projects I've been working on have been enough...but I really do want to write. There's a song on the tip of my pencil just waiting for me to find the time to get it to paper.   I wrote three songs for a specific project. I'd like to do two more for it. Somehow writing for someone else isn't as rewarding to me. When I write for me my brain goes on th

Lisa Gates

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Musings

Are singer-songwriters sad all the time?

I recently started a Youtube Vlog series called Mahesh Music Diaries to simply express all the things that goes on in my day to day life as a singer songwriter. I thought it'd be a great thing for the humble audience I am fortunate to have back home. But also, it is a great exercise to see yourself from third person and be able to mould yourself into a better and wiser person. And also, it's fun!     This is one question that has been asked way too many times in my short career

Mahesh

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Symph Music and Musical Philosophies

Mixing Philosophy

When I was first creating music as a teen, I would do whatever I felt when I mixed, I had no fear, no method, just feel.  None of these mixes were as they should be, but many of them were very vibey.  Then I met a producer who mentored me 5 years and taught me all kinds of things about mixing.  None were very easy to implement, but his ideas of sonic correctness, creating space, making room, what eq does, what makes a good mix, what makes a bad mix etc.  These ideas went whirling through my head

symphonious7

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Rudi's Blog

fragile

Pensive melancholy thoughtful contemplative brooding pondering preoccupied absorbed engrossed. Yep I’m fragile alright. The intensive shift pattern I'm working is partly to blame. So the last day of the rest period may be a Thursday, but it will feel like a Sunday because I'll begin work in the morning. If working on Sunday, I'll drive in and wonder where all the traffic went. I'll probably never see other engineers who work opposite me ever again. They are working the inverse of my shi

Rudi

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