I recently tackled and broke down the admittedly clickbaity subject of what does is rock dead mean? The TLDR of it is that while it’s not making a dent in the charts like it once did, the rock genre is alive and well with arguably more artists putting out great music than ever before. One […]
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The viability of the rock genre has been debated to death over the last decade. More often than not music publications and independent music journalists use this proclamation as clickbait to incense a certain reaction from the reader and attract them to click. I tried to pour a little water on that fire here by
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Oftentimes you’ll hear of a record which was ahead of its time. Here the assertion is that the record in question was released some time before the genre or concepts it effectively demonstrated became en vogue in the greater mainstream. But perhaps rarer are the records which are released well after a genre has peaked
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Among the most common ways to launch an album these days is to steadily release a string of singles ahead of the record they’re from. This method admittedly requires a great deal of confidence from the artist as not only do the songs which didn’t get released ahead of time have to be good, but
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This is the first of what will likely be many music reviews here on Music Guy Online, so I figured I should begin with an album and artist I know pretty well at this point in Richard Edwards. Most folks will know Richard Edwards as the longtime frontman from Indianapolis based indie chamber pop and
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DAWs, short for digital audio workstations, are the mediums with which artists and producers record and create music nowadays. This is software which can handle every aspect of audio production, from recording tracks to mixing them to even mastering them, getting the audio ready for either a digital or a physical release. There are a
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In this article were going to cover 5 free songwriting tips. These free songwriting tips will teach your how to write a song more effectively from the start and bolster and better existing ideas which you already have. The first couple of these free songwriting tips are going to be pretty obvious but they are
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It’s very easy to become frustrated or upset when you’re starting out playing the guitar and you can’t do all of the things that you want to do which only come in time. Unfortunately practicing is the only way to get to where you want to be, so it’s a catch 22 of sorts. The
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It’s essential that as an independent musician that you make your music as readily available to your fans through as many outlets as possible. This is important for convenience as well as for achieving maximum exposure of your music. There are dozens and hundreds of music stores AND streaming sites. What’s the difference? The music
Songwriting is easier if you have a natural talent for it, but make no mistake that there is no substitute for practice. Near any one of the greatest songwriters of all time all started out somewhere and their first ideas, most of which never get heard or released, are terrible. It takes time to develop
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