Nostalgia and brilliant hooks meet up in John Mayer’s Last Train Home release I imagine it went like this… John Mayer and some of his buddies were sitting around and someone posed the question: (Friend) What would it sound like if Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Toto were all in a band together back in […]
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1925 had some incredible talent, and now those works copyrighted during that year are available to all! Let’s talk about the new public domain music 2021 has to offer and why it matters to you. What is public domain? Public domain is essentially a statute of limitations on how long a copyright on a particular
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Are you having a great day? Did you nail that meeting last week? Do you think you need to be taken down a peg? Well, pick up your favorite device and download Spotify. That’s right, Spotify’s AI bot will put you in your place. You know, if you’re into that sort of thing. How Do
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While I was cruising along the information superhighway, I came across what I found to be a very interesting article discussing how some of the biggest names in music are selling, have sold, or are considering selling their music catalogs. The article discusses 5 key reasons that artists are currently cashing in. Spotify and streaming
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This entire article can be summed up in a sentence: new gear is cool, and we don’t need a reason. But for the sake of science, let’s all disregard the harsh reality of the bug-eyed impulse buyer and analyze why we musicians (yes, I readily put myself into this category) do what we do. Why
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A useful discipline, acoustic engineering helps control noise and vibration, but it also looks at useful noise such as sonar and reproducing sound for various purposes. Acoustic engineering is not just for music recording studios. It’s also used in medicine, the military, marine biology and many other areas of science. We’re going to take a
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It’s hard to imagine a time when the world didn’t know the name “Lindsey Stirling”, but it existed. Her performances have been viewed all over the world. She has won awards and received monetary and critical success. Lindsey is the quintessential internet success story having begun her rise to stardom via her YouTube channel, LindseyStomp.
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The group we know today as the “Dave Matthews Band” automatically conjures thoughts of skill, talent, and massive commercial success. But did you know that the band started out as a Trio? Actually, it really started out as a solo act. You see, initially, Dave was just looking to record some songs on a demo
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When most people hear the word “violin”, they think of prim and proper folks in suits, dresses, and hosiery. Violins are supposed to play “symphonies” and “sonatas” and “concertos. They’re supposed to play seated in a chamber group or standing on stage with a piano accompanist. But something happened during the past 100 years of
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