There are times when we need to step outside of our focus on our music lives. If we keep our eyes fixed on one thing we will miss all the other exciting things happening outside of it. Personally, I deal with so many people within the music industry for the majority of my day that
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There are many different pieces in this new music industry. For those that love music, there is a place for everyone. Now, that may not be on stage in front of huge adoring crowds but that is just fine to many of us. Just staying connected to the music is good enough. For instance, my
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David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jack White. What do these musicians have in common? All of them are musical legends. But aside from that, these great musicians also share the distinction of learning music on their own. They all rose to fame without taking any formal music lessons. But not everyone can be as
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*Guest post from Will Carpenter of Ships Have Sailed. Music conferences can be incredibly valuable to an emerging artist, songwriter, producer, etc. but it’s also easy to overlook certain aspects of conferences and as a result to miss out on some of the value. I can still remember the very first conference where we were
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