Electronic press kit guide for musicians
Whether you’re an original act emailing promoters to book shows, or a function band wanting to get onto the books of a new entertainment agent, the advice is clear: build yourself a good EPK.
How Does Digital Music Distribution Work?
Today, making a song available to listeners all over the world is as easy as uploading a file on the internet but the distributors are still an integral part of the recording chain.
Benefits of Audio Pre-Production
Pre-production is one of the most overlooked steps in the recording process, and it can really make or break your recordings for several reasons - read why.
Music Copyright – using music safely on social media
Nearly all music is subject to copyright so read this post from the Red Desk blog for some useful tips on how to use it legally on social media.
Music Copyright in UK
The first of these rights is the right to the song or musical composition, also known as the publishing copyright. Songwriters who have either written the composition or the lyrics will get the copyright to the song attributed to them.
How to record small percussion instruments
Recording hand percussion is often more challenging than it would initially appear to be. Whatever you're recording you will need a microphone that is able to deal with a very wide range of frequencies.
How to get a gig if you’re an unsigned band
Once you and your band have strung a few decent tunes together, and you've practised enough to give yourself (and all your neighbours) tinnitus, there's only one thing left to do. Play a gig. Getting out there and getting your music
The best way to warm up mandolin recording
There are ways to warm up a mandolin sound subjectively using compression, although none of them is likely to make as big an impact as EQ.
Guidance for parents of young piano students
Learning music should be fun to do but there are processes along the way that can seem like an uphill struggle, especially to a young beginner. However, perseverance through these processes at the start will give a student more freedom
Information for musicians: reducing the risk of tinnitus
Music and tinnitus have been unhappy bedfellows ever since the first time music was amplified, and the number of people suffering will increase and keep on increasing.
