How To Find Your Music In China

There is a possibility that your distributor or label might have at sometime distributed your music in the past to China and it is now floating around somewhere out there. This search will find if your music is there, it may be just a catalogue list with no sound file or it may be that it wasn’t properly removed when you changed labels or distributors and was left with no one to claim its license. If you do find your music in the search to your surprise, then you may contact your current or previous label or distributor to claim the licence or you may inquire a distributor like Musicinfo who specializes in digital music distribution to China to help claim your music.

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Inspiring Artists & More

• Andrew Stuckey  | Most Inspiring Artist For Leaders 
• Online Singing Coach | New Year, New Strategy For Practicing Singing
• Rachelle Wilber  | Reach More Music Lovers Via Your Website
• Lizzie Weakley | Upgrade Your Home Stereo Set Up
• Alex Degtyarev | Top 5 Sound Recording Software

Most Inspiring Artist For Leaders

TSW, a leading UK training provider, analysed over 2,500 Spotify playlists with the themes “inspirational”, “motivational” and “leadership” to reveal the ‘Top 20 Most Inspirational Songs and Artists that Leaders and Managers Listen to’.

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New Year, New Strategy For Practicing Singing

How often you practice, and for what duration, depends on your goals as a singer.  We all know that practicing improves skill, but do you want to become the next opera singer, a pop star, or do you just want to improve your singing-in-the-shower skills?  For dedicated singers with professional level goals, or professionals preparing for concerts, you might practice as long as one or even two hours a day.  On the other end of the spectrum, even just a few minutes of practicing a day, or 15-30 minutes two or three days a week can pay off in big ways.

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How To Reach More Music Lovers Via Your Website

As a new artist, you have a task to ensure that your music reaches as many people as possible. You have a job to ensure that you have loyal followers who listen to your content as soon as it’s released. Music is released daily across all genres, thus creating a competitive market. Most people spend more time online, creating a platform to gain more fans. There are many ways to achieve this.

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4 Great Ways To Upgrade Your Home Stereo Set Up

Modern home stereos range from simple, all-in-one units to elaborate setups involving multiple units, devices and speakers. While some see the act of listening to music as a serious hobby, others view it as more of a pastime. In either case, there are numerous steps you can take to upgrade your current home stereo setup and experience music as the original artist intended.

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Top 5 Sound Recording Software

Do you want to record audio with the help of  your computer? In addition to having a good microphone and headphones, choosing the right software is just as important. Many audio recording programs not only allow you to capture audio, but also have many built-in tools for processing and perfecting the result.

No matter what purpose you want to record audio for, choosing the right voice recording software for your microphone is critical. In this article, we’ll look at the best professional and amateur audio capture applications. 

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Setting Up An Online Release Party & More

• Lizzie Weakley | Looking For Collector Vinyls? Four Genres To Explore
• Sam Bowman | Tips For Maintaining Your Tour Van’s Performance
• Mickael Ruau | How To Set Up An Online Release Party
• Brian Kelleher | Can You Learn Guitar From YouTube Videos Alone?

Looking For Collector Vinyls? Four Genres To Explore

Collecting vinyl records can be a fun and rewarding hobby. Once you get into it, though, you’ll find that it makes sense to build your collection in specific genres. Some genres, though, are more fun and challenging to collect in than others. Here are four of the genres you may want to explore as a vinyl collector.

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Tips For Maintaining Your Tour Van's Performance

If we continue on the current trajectory, musicians could be back on the road in short order. And, as you make plans to get back out there, don’t overlook practical considerations, such as the logistics of touring. For starters, to keep revenue up and expenses down, you’ll need a reliable vehicle that’s up to the task. 

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How To Set Up An Online Release Party

Release parties are a traditional way to promote your band locally. Why not take it online and get a wider audience?

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Can You Learn Guitar From YouTube Videos Alone?

New guitarists are spoiled for choice when it comes to leaning the instrument. It used to be that you had to either take expensive lessons, or else try to find a good guitar book - and there were a lot of bad guitar books.

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Live Music Predictions For 2021

• Jordan Gates | Live Music Industry Predictions For 2021
• Wallace Collins | Did Spotify Purge Indie Artist Music?
• Ross Barber-Smith | Your Digital Presence Will Be Important In 2021
• Cliff Hills | Five Ways To Promote Your Music
• Kevin Gardner | 3 Things To Remember For Amateur Musicians

Live Music Industry Predictions For 2021

As we turn the corner into a new year, we look forward to a new frontier for the live music industry. Here are some of our industry predictions for 2021.

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