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You've been doing this music thing for a while now. Writing new lyrics, producing new tracks, shooting videos, social media marketing, copyrighting your music, but are you getting out? Everything you want can be found online, from buying fully produced tracks to creating collabs, however humans seek social interaction. As the old adage goes...
Read MoreHaving trouble getting your music to make you money? Can't get people to actually support you? Well, let's discuss how you move from follower to listener to customer. The word "customer" may have an awkward sound for those of us who are musically inclined, but whether you call the people purchasing your music (product) that or not, this is how...
Read MoreI recently read...err listened to Robert Kiyosoki's best selling book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad." The book had such an impact on me that I'm reading it...I mean listening to it for a second time and will probably listen to it for a third time. While there are many takeaways from the book, the overall story line is a long explanation of how the rich get...
Read MoreImani Wright takes us on a soulful journey of preconceptions. "So I thought" is a heart wrenching cry to keep a relationship in tact as it starts to show signs of ending. Imani's retrospective look on what he thought he knew and what actually happened in a relationship is a catchy tune for anyone that has lost love. "So I thought"s, mahogany laced...
Read MoreThe only Irish Folk song on Gary Jay Hoffman's New Americana Album "Back to the Farm", "Sweet Irish Cream" represents for Ireland. A beautiful song in itself, "Sweet Irish Cream" can be the musical backdrop for any action film. The guitar on "Sweet Irish Cream" performs an intricate dance with the fiddle making a traditional genre contemporary and...
Read MoreA few years ago I traveled through Europe and was met by a stirring genre of music I never heard before. It was R&B but not R&B. EDM but not EDM. Jazz but not Jazz. Neo Soul but not Neo Soul. It was all of that and more. If you consider this to be New Soul, a term I first heard by recording artist Cecily, Joya Mooi brings exactly that...
Read MoreIf you close your eyes and listen to Cleo Sol's "When I'm In Your Arms" you may think that you're listening to the Sweet Taboo artist Sade herself but you would be wrong. Cleo brings a soul stirring, alternative R&B, jazz infused masterpiece that even those that came before her could only wish to create.
Read MoreAya Ito's "If You let me " is an example of how you can remake a hit song with just three instruments, violin, piano and the human voice. A cover of Sinead Harnett's "If You Let Me", Aya's vocals are haunting and soul penetrating. Motivated by her own relationship issues, Aya said she decided to cover the song to get through a time where her "boyf...
Read MoreGrammy Nominated Producer Salaam Remi has been around for a long time working with GOATS like Nas, The Fugees, Toni Braxton and Amy Winehouse. This summer he drops the solo album Do It For The Culture 2 and his latest single EmOGs is a must hear. Produced by Salaam and Maimouna Youssef AKA Mumu Fresh the single features Mumu on vocals where she rap...
Read MoreCoronavirus has everything in chaos. Last month ASCAP sent a letter to its members stating due to the epidemic, the businesses that would normally pay to license music have been impacted. Many licensees are asking for reduced pricing or not willing to pay/buy at all. Due to this the payment schedule was pushed back three weeks from April 6th to Apr...
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