Why Independent Artists Need To Understand Perception
By James Moore - 06/23/2013 - 02:53 PM EDT
Perception is critical to any independent artist, because artists typically get a 30 second window to impress any festival organizer, promoter, industry person, or new fan. If there is no perceived momentum there, they lose opportunity after opportunity.
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Designing With Rhyme as Done by Sting and John Mayer
By Anthony Ceseri - 06/21/2013 - 10:20 PM EDT
There are many different ways to use rhyme as a strategy to enhance what
your lyrics mean. In this article, I want to show you how you can use
rhyme to group similar ideas within your lyrics.
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Rhyming Is More Than Just Per-Verse
By Bill Pere - 06/18/2013 - 11:20 PM EDT
Tight song construction is like building a house--you need to provide
reinforcement in each of the three dimensions -- height, width , and
depth, to achieve something solid and long lasting. In a song, we
usually think of rhymes as being points at the ends of lines that help
us remember and anticipate lyrics. But it's much more than that....
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Why You Should Forget About Most Common Guitar Teacher Advice
By Tom Hess - 06/17/2013 - 11:57 AM EDT
Are you tired of earning only a small amount of income from
guitar teaching? Wish you had a schedule full of motivated students? Unsure
about what you need to do to grow your guitar instruction business? Truth is,
most guitar teachers never become successful, nor do they earn a lot of money.
However, ALL teachers have the potential to do so...
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CD REVIEW: Peadboy - Brand New Leaf
By Don Sechelski - 06/16/2013 - 08:17 PM EDT
Blues, Country, Americana
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A FOND FAREWELL (for now, anyway)
By Cheryl Mullen - 06/11/2013 - 10:48 PM EDT
Cheryl was here, now she's gone, gone to live Life On a Song...
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EP REVIEW: The Diemakers - Detroit Recordings
By Cyrus Rhodes - 06/10/2013 - 05:24 PM EDT
Punk-Rock
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EP REVIEW: Gatsby’s Green Light - Gatsby's Green Light
By Cyrus Rhodes - 06/10/2013 - 04:44 PM EDT
Acoustic folk/pop
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CD REVIEW: Rick Devin - Old School 2
By Cyrus Rhodes - 06/10/2013 - 03:34 PM EDT
Blues/Rock
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CD REVIEW: Steve Ryan - Boundless Moments
By Cyrus Rhodes - 06/10/2013 - 02:42 PM EDT
Pop/Rock
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CD REVIEW: Tortoise and Hair - The Sunny Side
By Don Sechelski - 06/04/2013 - 09:29 PM EDT
Americana, Folk, Acoustic
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Taking Lessons For Guitar? Here’s 7 Unfortunate Truths About Your Guitar Teacher
By Tom Hess - 06/03/2013 - 01:07 PM EDT
REALITY: Most guitar instructors have never taken the time to develop
their teaching skills. Unfortunately, this means you must become their
student ‘experiment’ as they learn through trial and error. Before you
take another lesson, here are the seven things that your guitar teacher
has never told you (that you need to know!)...
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