The 5 Keys To Professional Vocal Production at Home

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Pro Vocal Production at Home

The problem with recording vocals in a professional or home studio is… Well, just that… The act of recording vocals.

There is nothing natural about it. The human voice is the most complex and finicky instrument there is, and it takes quite a bit of technical outsmarting and finesse to effectively capture an accurate representation of the audible vibrations emitted from an individuals’ vocal chords.

Unlike recording a guitar, acoustic OR electric, a piano, or almost any other instrument, vocal recording presents a few unique challenges, namely, the critical nuances of the tracking process in regards to the direct effect on the captured performance.

I’ve written lots more technical and procedural articles on Vocal Recording Tips here.

How To Use ReverbNation

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How To Use ReverbNation

While there are tons of Indie Artist, Music Marketing and Music Hosting platforms available online like Soundcloud, Soundclick, Last.fm, Garageband, and the list goes on and on…

All of these services have their own benefits and features, all of which are mostly centered on promotion of the artists music within the websites community, and some sort of ranking system.  Some even offer other tools and widgets such as embeddable and popout music players.

The one that continues to impress me the most is ReverbNation.

The palette of tools and useful widgets to build your brand and fan-base is from what i’ve seen so far, superior to any of the other platforms out there.

WHAT Indie Artist Music Services?

For those of you who have already embraced the DIY duties of the new music industry, the concept of music hosting sites for Indie Artists is not an unfamiliar one.

I’m sure you’ve heard about dozens of NEXT big site you NEED to be on, music marketing wiz bang widgets, and yet another indie music service you need to be using…

The PROBLEM most people have is WHICH ones to be on, and then of course why and how does it benefit you… And i mean… In the real world. I get how it theoretically works.

Well there are tons of options, and exactly WHY you should be on a site certainly depends on a strategy for doing so, where that reason would be spelled out and clear.

How To Write a Melody That Sings

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How to Write a Melody

There is no “six step system” for how to write a melody…

Songwriting, or writing songs and creating melody – is about doing two main things.

Telling a story to your listeners in a way that creates an emotional experience, and crafting the chords, groove, and melody to deliver and effectively enhance that message.

Melody, in every genre of music, is the bedrock, and probably the single most important factor in what people would call a “great song.” Whether it’s a timeless classic, or a mind numbing “flavor of the month” pop-hit, MELODY is what makes a song MEMORABLE.

 

Top Blog and RSS Directories

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Best Blog and RSS Directories

I know many of my readers are unfamiliar with link building, so let me ‘splain a few quick things to help clarify the what, why, and how.

Basically, one good way to expand your reach and readership is to get your blog out there!  Blog and RSS directories are simply a credible listing of sites that they choose to display so that there visitors can conveniently find great content, organized by their category of interest.

This is beneficial in two ways. First and primary reason being exposure and potential traffic generation from someone interested in your blog topic, and the second being the quality links that are being built from respected and well ranking sites-which are linking back to yours.