Articles tagged with: Independent
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Recently I was listening to a podcast in which Tom Silverman of Tommy Boy Entertainment was talking about the music industry and album sales. He touched on the idea of “buying songs vs. buying artists.”
When you go to the record store (wait, what’s that? I thought those were mythical places that people only dreamed of) or iTunes, what music are you buying? Are you buying the stuff that you’ve loved your entire life, or songs that you have heard ten times a day for the last three weeks? Are you …
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Recently, a friend of mine was putting together a lesson plan and asked me to comment on the following questions. While they are very broad subjects, I’ve tried to touch on the base of each one. Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts. Who knows? Maybe I’ll turn each topic into a post of its own. Each subject has plenty to write about!
1: How does music affect a person?
Music is just as powerful as smells, sights, and the sensation of touch. I might even go so far …
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For those of you that live in smaller towns or cities, it can be frustrating to drive to the “big city” on a regular basis just to see shows. Take, for example, Plymouth, Indiana. This is a place with a lot of culture, history, and character. The people are business owners, artists, musicians, animal lovers, and sports enthusiasts. And more often than not you’ll find them driving north to South Bend, Indiana, west to Chicago, or south to Indianapolis. They’re putting their money into the …
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As some of you may have heard, I am in the process of opening a new recording studio in Northern Indiana. I’ve been able to network and connect with multiple studios in Chicago, northwest Indiana, Indianapolis, and southwest Michigan, but I still needed a space that I could use for my projects in the area with local artists and groups that can’t make the drive to Chicago or Michigan. There are plenty of studios within 100 miles, but with rates and quality varying, it’s always nice to have options in …
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The internet has tremendously altered the way musicians interact with fans, vendors, potential labels, and other bands and artists. It has opened up avenues for streaming music to the world, selling merchandise online, and live video feeds for the people that can’t be at the show. The Internet has allowed otherwise dopey garage bands to become overnight sensations (well, almost overnight). The availability and unrestricted views into the lives of these bands and artists has made them even more appealing than before, showing fans that they’re real people, just like …
