While you were at the studio recording the band you assembled for your demo session, you may have noticed that guy in the plaid flannel shirt with the beanie who looked cooler than just about everybody else. After he...
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The gear is set up. The engineer is sitting behind the console listening to his assistant...
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Usually the first thing that happens after a song is written is the recording of what is known as...
Read MoreA friend of mine forwarded me a video of her daughter singing a couple of songs in what looks like her high school auditorium, followed by a request asking if I could do anything to help her: vocal coaching, guitar lessons,...
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Usually a guitar/voice or piano/voice recording, typically called a “work tape”, is suffice...
Read MoreYou have done everything right. You put together and tested your gear, making sure your batteries are fresh and your cables are in fine working order. Your strings are fresh and your guitar is relatively in...
Read MoreYou’re third in line to perform a popular writer’s night. The first act on stage takes command of the room by whipping out a rocker. And once he has the audience’s attention, he plays a touching tender ballad about his...
Read MoreAt some point you are going to have to perform your songs for a live audience, so it’s best to be prepared. A great way to cut your teeth on live performance is to participate at an open mic at a local bar (or a not so...
Read MoreAt some point performing your songs is going to move from your writing room and living rooms of various friends’ homes to the stage, and you’re going to have your title changed from songwriter to singer/songwriter. If this is...
Read MoreIt is intriguing to look at the outside of a CD of an artist’s new release. Perhaps it’s their second release, or maybe it’s their 20th. How do they do it? Where does all this creativity come from? How much of this them and how...
Read MoreI’m often asked about guitars that tune up fine, but fall out of tune quickly. This issue isn’t intonation: the guitar can be tuned and plays in tune up the neck, it just won’t stay that way. I have found that most...
Read MoreOf course, you can write a song with nothing but a creative mind and store it with nothing more than a good memory, but here’s a list of tools that might assist the songwriter. Now, this list is my list, and by no...
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