This is a simple and quick tip.
As a guitarist, my hands are probably something I’d get insured, if I could afford such a thing. In any case, when pursuing mundane tasks like typing on a keyboard or cooking, your hands are subject to abrasion. Your skin gets dry, the nails become brittle, rough and dry. […]
Photography by Tim O’Brien.
You have a band, or are a solo artist, but getting gigs is often really hard.
It’s a hard-knock life for us music-lovers.
I used to have band. In our local town, there were a few clubs, and getting a gig there was tough, but not impossible. I learned a few tricks from teachers […]
Bruce Houghton from Hypebot helped me out once more with some ideas for social music marketing. Here are 100 ways to promote your music in simple yet effective ways.
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I had the honor of writing for one of b5media’s most prolific music blogs, Metal Martyr. The post I wrote describes some thoughts on the difficulties and challenges apsiring metal musicians face, and I think the tips are interesting to anyone, even if you hate metal to the death (which is a pity, because […]
After the numerous comments on the wildly successful post about John Williams, I thought I’d share my ideas with you all the same, concerning his performance we so heartily discussed in that very post.
(Side note: I know, I’m a great sarcast, but understand the humiliation of begging for comments and getting none :-) ).
Here are […]
It’s the weekend, and I’m home at my parents’ place, away from my guitars, thus giving me plenty of time to pursue some good musician habits that I’ve developed over the past 10 years - you can have them in 2 minutes.
Of course, installing a new habit takes a while, but they’re more fun than […]
Be a successful musician, one note at a time.
Written by Claudia Snowden [email] for b5media.
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