News Archive
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Boss’s RC-505 Loop Station is a user-friendly looper for DJs, vocalists, beatboxers and other artists, that serves just as well in the studio as it does on stage. The Loop Station allows you to record up to 5 stereo tracks, using its microphone input (XLR, with phantom power), its 6.3mm instrument...
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Sunday, November 29th, 2015
So you’ve previously released an album, an EP, or even just a single, and you’re ready to embark on your next project. With so many places to start when it comes to songwriting approaches, recording strategies, and marketing endeavors, it’s important that you ask yourself a few key questions...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2015
In today’s highly competitive music industry, it seems like it’s becoming harder and harder for independent artists to break through the noise into the mainstream. Record labels are constantly bombarded with samples from “the next big thing,” but what’s the trick to actually standing...
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Friday, November 27th, 2015
Today only – we are giving you a massive £30 off of your membership fee to join My Singing Lessons. To start teaching singing please click HERE and sign up, but remember the offer is just for 27th November...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
All singers want their voices to sound better, stronger, more controlled, and professional, and of course we all want that bigger range. And yet, vocal training is usually something we only do when we’re first starting out. As a singer, your voice is your instrument. You should be working on improving...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
You’ll soon regain your strength with these 4 insights. Resilience is a core skill to nurture if we want to be an artist and live a creative life. At some point we all face a “no” when we want a “yes”. What’s important is that you let it inform you, not define you. Strategies to...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2015
The TC Helicon VoiceLive Play features automatic backing harmonies, vocal double tracking, pristine EQ and compression, lush reverbs and hard-tuned robo-voice. The GENRE button lets you easily browse through hundreds of presets and quickly find the ones to suit your style. You can also download new...
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
You feel the irritating tickle in your throat, the slight pressure in your sinuses and you notice that funny taste in your mouth. There’s no mistaking it. You are coming down with a cold. What’s worse, you’ve got a performance in three days. Ready to do anything to save your show, you...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2015
If you’re planning on releasing an album at any point in the future, or if you have released an album which did NOT sell as many copies as you had hoped. Here is a chance to take part in something that could be a real GAME CHANGER for any independent artist. What’s the catch?...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
1.Soften the Hard Surfaces. A recording studio is purpose built to record sound, whereas our homes aren’t. Hard surfaces reflect sound so the microphone might pick up, not only your vocal sound, but the reflections of this sound; “the room”. If you have a great acoustic in your room, you’re...
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
Prince appears to be taking a one-man stand against secondary ticketing. Tickets for his forthcoming Piano & a Microphone tour were due to go on sale Friday at 10am, but less than an hour beforehand, the ticket agency Ticketmaster announced a postponement. Since then, Prince’s Twitter feed...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2015
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Taylor Swift, quoting the lyrics to some of her biggest songs. The singer was being sued for £27 million for allegedly stealing the lyrics for her song Shake It Off.
US R&B singer claims Swift stole the words from a song he wrote back in 2013...
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Saturday, November 14th, 2015
Following news that Chester Bennington has left Stone Temple Pilots, Joss Stone has teamed up with the band for a one-off performance.
“The Joss Stone Temple Pilots” performed “Interstate Love Song” on a television show as part of the show’s Mash-Up Mondays segment...
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Friday, November 13th, 2015
Children in Need: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Celeb Covers show all Stars including Justin Bieber, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding have joined forces for a Children In Need photography project.
The singers attempt to recreate Queen’s famous Bohemian Rhapsody poses in a series of new snaps.
Launched...
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Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Open mic nights are all the rage now. In bigger towns and cities like London, Liverpool or Manchester, you can pretty much play every single night of the week at one Open Mic event or the other, if you know where to look. Most of these nights are organized by musicians themselves. Why? Precisely...
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