The short answer? You can’t do it. At the time of this writing (March 2007) you have to open a completely new MySpace account. MySpace used to offer a conversion page to make the switch from a regular account to a musician account, but that is no longer available. Now you are required to open [...]
Say hello to your new “back pocket writing kit”. So you know I always gush about moleskines, particularly cahiers. You also know my penchant for having a writing utensil and paper at all times via the Blogging Muses series on Capturing Song Ideas. So imagine my joy when I saw this blog entry on the [...]
(This article was contributed by Rob Cosh of theHipCola.com and was reprinted with permission.) It seems to me that many songwriters begin their work with an acoustic guitar. If you’re like me, you’ll probably record most things with acoustic guitar first. I like acoustic guitar because it’s full sounding, has great percussive qualities for banging [...]
Who’s up for a group songwriting project? Some readers have emailed me songwriting tips, but don’t really want to contribute a whole article to Blogging Muses. So, more than one reader has suggested putting together a repository of songwriting tips from the Blogging Muses readers. Great idea! So I spent last night putting together a [...]
I was poking around Google’s Blog Search tool and found some pretty cool songwriting blogs. There are some that have great promise. I would love to see more frequent updates – so head on over and let them know what you think. Leave a comment to let em know you were there: Ultimate Songwriting BlogAt [...]
Please join BMI, the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and New York’s leading music attorneys for four fantastic nights of a behind-the-scenes look at the legal side of music. Location: The Living Room (upstairs) 154 Ludlow Street, NYC Time: 6:30PM-8:30PM every Wednesday in September Schedule: Wed. Sept 6: Legal Issues In Management Wed. Sept 13th: [...]
(This is the final article in the series “Songwriting For Beginners”. We are filing the series under the Songwriting Basics category.) Last week we ran a series on Songwriting For Beginners that was remarkably successful. We hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for all the kind comments and thanks to Jeff Oxenford for contributing such a [...]
I have a ton of live photos from songwriting competitions and songwriter-in-the-round performances. As you may know, lighting for pictures can sometimes be tricky. If you turn on your camera flash, you wash out all the cool lighting. But if you turn OFF your camera flash, you run the risk of your picture being too [...]
We live in an age that is a technological boon for songwriters. Over the last 5 months we have highlighted several advantages for songwriters. For our weekend visitors, here is a roundup of must-read tech articles on Blogging Muses: Use technology to capture song ideas. This is a five part series. How to use your [...]
So you have a handful of original songs and you feel like trying them out on a listening audience? You’ve played them at your local coffee shop ad nauseum. People like them. But you want to spread your wings and see what a new audience might think? Try an Open Mic tour. What is an [...]
