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Tips: online demos are pointless

Posted onApril 22, 2025April 30, 2025

There are so many variables in recording online demos, they’re basically pointless. Yep, even the ones on this very site.

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Tips: Reclaiming your time from a toddler who won’t sleep

Posted onJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024

Do you have a toddler who won’t sleep? Does it suck time to do anything for yourself? Let me explain how I reclaimed my time.

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Tips: Light Audio Recording Vs YouTube Content ID – refereed by Amuse

Posted onJune 13, 2023June 13, 2023

I got spanked by Amuse in an incident involving the YouTube Content ID, but we’re OK now.

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Tips: are new social media platforms a “must” for musicians?

Posted onJanuary 8, 2023January 8, 2023

My friend, Kris Halpin, recently asked if musicians need to be on every new social media platform that emerges. I have many thoughts.

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Tips: my favorite Spotify alternatives – iBroadcast, 7Digital, Bandcamp

Posted onFebruary 8, 2022February 25, 2022

Spotify is still the digital equivalent of smearing shit on a musician’s face. And now other stuff too. It’s time to look at alternatives.

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Tips: putting your music that’s released on Bandcamp onto Spotify and other contemporary mainstream platforms

Posted onAugust 17, 2020July 27, 2021

Spotify is the digital equivalent of smearing shit on a musician’s face. Now that I’ve cleared up my position on the matter, allow me to explain what’s going on.

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Tips: BandLab Vs Audio Evolution Mobile – which is the best DAW app?

Posted onSeptember 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Recording on your phone is a staple of compact and affordable recording, but which of these multitracking apps does it best?

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Tips: release music on Spotify for free with Amuse

Posted onSeptember 5, 2019September 9, 2019

In this post we extend compactly and affordably recording music, to affordably releasing music. Is free affordable enough for you?

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Tips: bringing out your choruses

Posted onAugust 15, 2019August 10, 2019

Obviously choruses are important. Here are some writing, arranging, and production tips to make them shine with a limited set up.

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Tips: Best Basses for Summer Recording Sessions

Posted onJuly 18, 2019July 15, 2019

We’ve looked at guitars, now let’s lopk at some affordable basses for summer music sessions.

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