Practice in Public Makes Perfect: how playing for your fans makes you better

Oliver Anthony says he’s turned down $8 million offers since going viral: ‘Nothing special about me’ ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ artist receiving ‘brutally honest’ messages from fans who connected with working-class anthem Viral singing sensation Oliver Anthony said he’d never had any interest in being famous, turned down seven-figure offers from stunned music industry reps and lamented the divided state of the internet in a Facebook posting on Thursday. Anthony’s song […]

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The Complete Definition Of Country Music

The Complete Definition of Country Music If you ask ten different people to define country music, you'll probably get ten different answers. Some might talk about cowboy hats and honky-tonks, while others will bring up the twang of a steel guitar or lyrics about heartbreak, whiskey, and small-town life. The truth is, country music is all of these things—and so much more. The Roots of Country Music Country music didn’t […]

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4 Questions About The Country Music Industry You Should NOT Be Asking

4 Questions About the Country Music Industry You Should NOT Be Asking The country music industry is full of opportunities, legends, and rising stars. But while curiosity is a great thing, some questions are better left unasked—either because they miss the bigger picture or because they show a misunderstanding of how the industry works. If you want to sound like an insider rather than an outsider, here are four questions […]

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Does A Woman Help Progression In Music?

As festival season rapidly rolls in, we’re constantly being reminded of the continuing lack of diversity on our lineups. With a recent study indicating 86 per cent of the lineups of 12 major music festivals last year including Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds and Creamfields were male, it seems that the ears at the top are still unwilling to break up the boys club that makes up our live music industry. […]

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How To Market Music: An Effective No-Fail 3 Step Music Marketing Formula That Works

How To Market Your Music More Effectively Knowing how to market your music is without a doubt THE most important thing you can do for your music business and your music career as a whole. You know it's something that must be handled and if you're not making efforts to learn how to market your music more effectively then you should know that, at the very least, nothing serious will […]

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The 7 Different Types of EDM Music

As a bassist, bandleader, teacher, and music copyist, I've worked with hundreds of singers throughout the years. Though working musicians know hundreds of tunes, singers need to have good charts in order to have their music played the way they want. I define a "good chart" as a piece of written music that effectively tells the musicians what they should play. Written music comes in seven basic forms: chord […]

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Skillax Preparing ‘Harsher, Brighter’ New Album

The National have confirmed that they will start recording their next album "soon". The US band released their sixth album 'Trouble Will Find Me' in 2013, more recently showcasing new song 'Roman Candle' live. With frontman Morgan recently saying that the group need to "change and evolve" on their next record, guitarist Morgan has now confirmed to Pitchfork that they have assembled a new studio to record in. "We need […]

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This Is What Live Music Looked Like Last Week

We had some truly stellar photos come out of our photographers this week, as they attended shows from Vance Joy, Ball Park Music, Matt Corby and Groovin The Moo sideshows, with the common theme being some amazing light shows. As Forbes notes, in the missive, Sixx and bandmates James Michael and DJ Ashba implore YouTube to work harder to protect the rights of artists whose work frequently appears on the […]

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E-tropolis line-up complete

The line-up for the industrial, EBM and synthpop festival E-tropolis in Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Ruhr, on March 28 is complete. For the most part, though, people just happening to pass by the two-block campus during Public Practice sessions are at the best advantage to enjoy the notes in the air, mixing with the environment. “We organize it so that several musicians are playing concurrently, in different areas of the campus,” […]

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