The holiday season is a big time for the music industry. Twenty percent of music sales happen in the last six weeks of the year. While major releases dominate this time of year, you can also use the holiday season to build your own momentum, increase sales, and set yourself up for a successful new...
It’s a truism of being in a band that opening for an established act is a sound method to promote your music and get your name out there. When you’re starting out, the chance to open for your musical heroes is a reward in itself; playing on the same bill as a band whose albums you’ve...
Former Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was found dead on his tour bus in Minnesota. He was 48. Scott was on tour with his band The Wildabouts. His body was found around 9 PM. The source reads: “Police surrounded the bus, which was parked outside a motel near the venue where the...
IK Multimedia is proud to announce T-RackS Mic Room for Mac/PC, a powerful new microphone-modelling module that gives producers the power to process and “re-mike” their physical microphones to sound and perform like some of the most popular studio microphones of all time. With a collection...
Vocal manipulation has become increasingly common in mainstream music as of late, with artists like Kanye West, the Weeknd, and Grimes leading the way. We’re giving Grammys to musicians who use autotune religiously – and it’s not because our expectations from vocalists are diminishing;...
Sadly we lost these talented people from the music world. Svein Christiansen, 74, Norwegian jazz drummer, Arthur Brooks, 82, American singer (The Impressions). Armand, 69, Dutch protest singer. John Theunissen, 66, Dutch guitarist (Pussycat). Daniel Ferro, 94, American opera singer and vocal...
On the local scene, the vocals are often an afterthought, barely touched on in rehearsals, under-mixed live and hurried in the studio. On the international scene, the singer IS the band. On top of this pressure, many performers are insecure. The prevailing, idiotic, mentality often imposed on singers...
