One of the single most important elements in a great-sounding, professional recording is the performance of the session musicians. There is a reason that the job of the session musician exists.

For those interested in gaming music and the gaming music industry either as a writer or musician. Speaking first hand having had a lot of experience in session playing and gaming music production.

We are adapting this theory to the Musical realm in a practical way so that we (the artists) can more effectively write music and in turn have the audience recognize, understand, and appreciate our music much more.

Like a beauty ritual before bed, some people have a few things they need to have in place before they sit down to write a song. What are yours?
Here’s mine:
I like to do a little meditation before I start - even if it is only for five minutes. Usually my songwriting is based on a […]

To do your songs justice when playing in front of a new audience, you owe it to yourself to work on some of your stage mannerisms. Even a great song can end up sounding rather mediocre if the groundwork isn’t laid for the audience to be receptive to your songs.
Here are a few tips to […]

Writer’s block is the nemesis of songwriters - and even non songwriters. There are tons of suggestions and songwriting tips out there for what might work, and various suggestions on overcoming. These are the top 5 that consistently work for me.

Mash random words togetherMany songwriters say that once they have a good song title the […]

Kenny Rogers recently came through town and spoke with our local newspaper. He had some interesting observations about what makes a good song, his thoughts on country radio (”they don’t owe me anything”), and the young performers coming up today.
For the Blogging Muses readers looking for commercial songwriting advice, it doesn’t get any better than […]

Working as a producer for the last ten years, I’ve recorded with all kinds of artists from “fresh off the boat” newbies to artists whose experience in the world of music doubles or even triples my own. In every case, my role as a producer stays essentially the same.

I can’t tell you how many letters I get full of complaints as to how “nobody cares” about writers, art, creativity; on and on. Most writers (artists, acts, musicians, singers, et. al.) feel they have great songs and talent, and just can’t get a break. I get hundreds of letters and CDs from people who […]

I was reading the latest issue (March 2007) of Electronic Musician and the last person I expected to read about - in an electronic magazine - was acoustic singer-songwriter Ari Hest.
In 2005, Ari released his first major-label album on Columbia Records. It was a great album - one that I personally own. From my perspective […]