The Voice. The Music Industry. Do’s and Don’ts. (Part 3 of 3) A note to upcoming vocalists “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley – In the previous blog in this series I mentioned that vocalists should not only look at one income stream in the use of their […]
The Voice. The Music Industry. Do’s and Don’ts. (Part 2 of 3) A note to upcoming vocalists “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” – Berthold Auerbach – In my last blog I received positive comments about my advice for upcoming vocalists especially point #5. We shall now continue with some of […]
The Voice. The Music Industry. Do’s and Don’ts. (Part 1 of 3) A note to upcoming vocalists “Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.” – Plato – First off let me say this. I am not a fan of performing gigs for free in the hope […]
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” Albert Einstein Unique Recording Studios, a 26 year old studio that created recorded albums and hits from Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Taylor Dayne, Depeche Mode, George Benson, Pet Shop Boys, Level 42, Michael Bolton, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Cliff, Cher, George Clinton and a host of recording artists great […]
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises” – Demosthenes – As mentioned in my previous article in this series, the former model of the record industry – dictating what music is marketable is in fact … dead. The world’s major record companies for the past 15+ years are losing vast amounts of revenue […]
You may choose to agree or disagree with the following article but there is no denying it. The world,through advances in information technology and telecommunications, is rapidly getting smaller and more digitally integrated. As musicians and producers we have to be aware that the former model of the record company – dictating what music is […]