This is part two of the blog series “Making money from your music”. In this post we will discuss music libraries. The first blog post in this series spoke about streaming your music over internet radio and how to submit your music to Pandora. That post can be found HERE. Based on some feedback I […]
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The advantage of giving away your music for free
Giving away your music for free (or really cheap) has its benefits. This is a follow-up article to http://www.homerecordingwizard.com/make-money-music-pt-1-submitting-music-pandora/ . Most business models involve giving away selected products for free. or at a loss, to attract customers. You want to look at the long-term benefits of having customers, vs the short-term of “losing money”. Think of […]
Getting a realistic MIDI performance
As some of you may know, I also write music for media with my company M & J Music Creations LLC. Many of the projects I have worked on required realistic sounding orchestral pieces, but without the budget for a real orchestral. In these cases I turn to sample libraries for the MIDI mock ups. […]
Mixing Instrument levels and finding “the pocket”
The most important part of a mix is finding the correct balance for each instrument so they fit “in the pocket”. From my experience, for an instrument or vocal to sit correctly, it needs to have the correct volume level in the mix and frequency space in the arrangement. Every song and arrangement will have […]
The Gallery Studio
The Gallery Studio – by Mike Lizotte A peak inside one of Connecticut’s oldest recording studios and interview with the man who started it and continues to operate it after 50+ years in the business, Doug Clark. The Gallery Studio I’de like to preface this interview with my own back story on how […]
Room Acoustics for Home Studio
Having proper room acoustics is probably the #1 overlooked and misunderstood subject for a home recordist. Sure, you’ve skimmed over an article that mentioned Bass traps that one time, and seen those cool little foam designs on studio walls, but you figured it didn’t apply to your home studio. Well, I’m sorry to report, room […]
Twitter for Musicians
As a musician or band, using Twitter to gain followers and release information can be extremely valuable. However, if your like me, you have seen some of those Twitter posts using # (Hashtags) and had no idea what they meant. Below is a short Lynda.Com video, explaining the Hashtag and making the most effective use of them. This video is titled, […]
Facebook tips for Musicians and Bands
Your Facebook fans may not see any of your posts! All that work you’ve done to create a great Facebook fan page, complete with gig dates, links to recent music or downloads, may not be reaching as many of your fans as you think (or hope). As a matter of fact, unless you are very active, there […]
Using a Reference Mix
Using reference mixes We have all been there, we start to mix our song. We add a little boost in the high end of the vocals. A few more slider moves and it seems like our mix is finally coming together. We boost the high end on the vocals just a smidgen more and […]
Getting started checklist for newbies
Getting started checklist for newbies: For this page we will mainly focus on DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) based recording. Although there are other recording options out there, you will have the most options recording with a DAW based system. A computer – Mac or PC – Both work equally well (yes, I said […]