So this week’s blog is short. It’s also of paramount importance. If you are the writer for your band learn you craft. Learn it from the great writers. Think about their themes and their tricks to reach your soul. That’s why they are great writers and that, if you want to succeed at rock, is what you must do….
Retired Rock Manager/Producer
Twenty five years of music biz madness... advice and stories for free...actual help with your music career not available..........Best of Luck.....
How to release your own music…………
I asked for suggestions. I received quite a few. I start by covering Dave’s suggestion that I provide a timeline for a band releasing their own music. Let me start by repeating some advice I have proffered in the past. Releasing your own music is an excellent idea. There seems to be an old wives’ tale [...]
Demos and the fine art of getting it down on tape………
About a month ago I ran a posting asking people to send in their demos. As I mentioned in that posting the idea was for me to criticize the demos in an effort to teach you, the reader, something about songwriting and recording. I got quite few submissions and, in general, there was some good [...]
Studio rundown of a track………
I am going to post a track that I produced and then run down what went into it and how we recorded it in the studio. The track is a song by Super 400. They are a Troy NY band. I signed them to Island Records and Managed them for about a year. I produced their first record. Unfortunately for them their record came out a week before Edgar Bronfmann bought Island Records. The first thing he did was drop 1/3 of the roster. Since the record was a month old when this decision was made they got the axe. So they returned to obscurity and left behind a fine major label record that no one has ever heard
