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A Guest Post by Rowen Bridler Originally written for MusicClout I’m in the midst of organising the release of my single, and like many musicians these days, I have a tight budget and am having to do most of the work on my own. This and the battle to keep my other income streams (coaching, translation work, EFL teaching, admin work, voiceover work…to name but a few) can sometimes feel utterly overwhelming. Which is why I need to get totally hardcore and mega-focussed on what I’m working to achieve. That means there’s no room for chaos. No room for pandering to other people’s agendas instead of my own and absolutely no room for doubts, “It can’t be done!”s, or compare-and-despair Facebook-checking. Screw that nonsense. I need to get stuff done, y’know?! Here’s where my superhero alter-ego comes in. I have to remind myself that I can be bigger than this. I can find the energy, drive and focus within me to get this stuff done. But I can only do it if I’m bringing my ‘A’ game....

Hey, Coldbeat here with some BIG news. Well, first of all I want to thank you for supporting our work, our music and all the stuff we share, it really means the world to us and it makes us move forward and work even harder to bring you some quality content, that includes music, blog posts, remix contests with cool prizes, remix-release opportunities and many more. Now, let's share the news. Not long ago, to be more precisely at February 13, I've released my remix of 'Happy Moments', song originally by Edvard Hunger, a talented producer from Belarus. The original track, which you can listen  here , has some increadible and inspired melody, a feature that I always like when doing remixes, so I've decided to give it a try. I had so much fun doing the remix, and actually came up with another massive bass tone and combined it very nicely with the Complextro slices. Another feature worth mentioning of my remix are 2 elements I used in the breakdown and parts of th...

A guest post by Schwilly Family Musicians. Originally found at MusicClout As the band was packing up, I brushed by and could hear the owner spouting his contorted excuses about why he couldn’t pay the guarantee. I’ve heard it all before and I’ve felt that crushing feeling of not knowing how I would make it to the next town because an owner or promoter let me down. I was glad it wasn’t me in that position that night. That’s why it surprised me to see that Tony just nodded and smiled as he listened the news! It all made sense twenty minutes later when I saw him packing up the merch booth. As he stuffed an impressive wad of cash into his guitar case, he gave me the most valuable piece of advice I ever heard on tour: “Don’t rely on the promoters. As long as you put on a killer show and have killer merch, you’ll always have enough gas to make it to the next stop.” The bottom line is that if you want to be a professional musician, you should have a solid merch setup...

Post originally from the SymphonicBlog Written by Jorge Brea For those of you who weren’t already aware, I used to be a DJ under the moniker “Viro” with vinyl releases, CDs, and some gigs here and there. Even today –although I’m not as great as a lot of the talent out there – I still dabble with music production simply because making music and DJing is quite fun for me. Even the company I founded is very much tied to DJing with the amount of awesome dance music we’ve been able to distribute since our inception in 2006. Unfortunately, I don’t have as much time nowadays to sit down and produce a track or DJ, but I still have fond memories and oftentimes I miss some of those great moments, which is why it’s always a great piece of fun for me when I get a chance to write about EDM and its going-ons. Forward to today, DJing, despite its huge growth with the rise of EDM, technology, and individuals having more access and ability to be able to produce without needing a studio, has ...

A Guest Post by Howtorunaband.com Originally found at MusicClout I know a lot of bands, my own previous band included, that will book any venue that will give them a chance to play. Sometimes you have to do this just to get a chance to play! But if you don’t know anything about the venue before you book, you could be heading for potential disaster. I’m going to cover some pointers from what I’ve learned after years of booking my band. A bit of research about a venue can really help you out before you book there. You might find out that you want to run screaming in the opposite direction of that venue! Know their booking details Bands often miss this extremely important detail: Read the venue’s booking details from their site . Some venues spell out every single detail of their club, down to what the stage dimensions are and how many people they expect your band to bring through the door. But I see bands that completely ignore doing this. The club spelled out exactly what...