4 Tips For Overcoming Vocal Cord Injuries After An Accident

An auto accident can result in a wide variety of injuries, and that includes damage to your vocal cords. While that type of injury can make everyday activities very difficult, it is especially hard if you are a vocalist. Vocal cord injuries are dangerous, but there are a few simple steps that you can take to speed up your recovery. Here are 4 tips for overcoming vocal cord injuries after an accident.

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The Importance Of Making Music Venues More Accessible

When booking agents, planners, and even artists are putting together a tour, accessibility isn’t always at the forefront of their minds. It’s understandable — they have a lot to think about, after all. But, with over 3.6 million people in the U.S. bound to a wheelchair and countless others with disabilities, music venues that are more accessible should be an important consideration for every single show. 

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Video Game Score Composers & More

• Brooke Chaplan | 3 Tips For Video Game Score Composers
• Anica Oaks | 4 Types Of Speakers To Consider For A Home Studio Space
• Scott Huntington | How To Set Up Your Garage As A Music Practice Space
• Anita Ginsberg | How To Make Your Show’s Visual Effects Stand Out From The Crowd

3 Tips For Video Game Score Composers

Composing for video games is much like composing music for other productions. However, it is also a unique and relatively recent form of musical expression that requires its own approach in many ways. This can be a difficult niche to break into, but success can be extraordinarily satisfying. These three tips should help set you on the right path.

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4 Types Of Speakers To Consider For A Home Studio Space

There are three criteria you need to consider when shopping for your speakers for your home recording studio. First, you need to pick one brand name. Second, you need to pick a brand that has a great reputation. Finally, you should not be paying more than $2,000 for speakers. Industry experts suggest that paying more than $2,000 is throwing money away. Here are four types of speakers to consider investing in. 

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How To Set Up Your Garage As A Music Practice Space

Garages make the perfect jam room. If you’ve got a garage that’s leading a boring life, home to the second fridge and unloved folding chairs, it’s time for a transformation. That extra space is potential, waiting for you to make the most of it. 

Converting your garage into the perfect practice space for you and your bandmates to jam out is simpler than you might think. With a little determination, you can do the job yourself in a few days and have a space that’ll make you and your neighbors much happier than when you used to play in the backyard. 

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How To Make Your Show’s Visual Effects Stand Out From The Crowd

Putting together any kind of show on the stage can be exhilarating and rewarding. It’s something that requires a lot of effort as well. If you want your show to be memorable, then you need to think everything through with great care. It can also be a wondrous idea to put a lot of time into memorable and distinctive visual effects. Visual effects can separate your show from the rest in the greatest possible way.

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: TikTok Marketing And More

• David Steinberg | TikTok Marketing For Indie Musicians
• Kevin Gardner | Enjoying Your Outdoor Music Festival Experience
• Jack Brandy | How To Appreciate Music In A New Way
• Alex Cowles | Why You Need To Sit On Your Tracks Before Sending Them Out To People

TikTok Marketing For Indie Musicians

So, what this sensation that we know as TikTok is? Well, even after being the most downloaded app, most people out there do not understand the concept of this app to the core. They surely know that there is an app named TikTok but what it is and what it does is something they scratch their head about. This article is devoted to what TikTok is, how users add music to their videos, and also how can a user market their music using TikTok marketing!

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Enjoying Your Outdoor Music Festival Experience

Tips on how to get the most out of your first music festival.

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How To Appreciate Music In A New Way

You realize that you have to run to your local grocery store for the third time this week because you forgot something you needed to get the time before…and the time before that. On the drive there, you find yourself listening to the obnoxious top pop hits (for those of you unlucky ones who don’t own an auxiliary chord), but yet you still know all the words and even catch yourself singing along. You then are in the grocery store contemplating if you are going to buy the copious amount of junk food you want to go along with what you actually came to the store for, and you hear a variation of boy band songs or some other song your mom used to torture you with as a child. Music is everywhere, regardless if you really want it there or not.

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Why You Need To Sit On Your Tracks Before Sending Them Out To People

Picture this: You’ve just spent some quality time finishing a new track and it’s brilliant.

You’re super pumped for other people to hear it and can’t wait to send it to people for feedback, maybe get a preview up on Soundcloud or even get it released on Spotify etc.

Stop.

Before you do anything with the track, you need to wait.

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Sharpen Your Performance Skills + More

•  Wassim Awess | Sharpen Your Performance Skills With These 6 Daily Tasks 
• Jamie Leger | 5 Keys To Optimal Performance And Productivity For Musicians
• Anica Oaks | How To Help Your Voice Recover When You Quit Smoking
• Dan Matthews | 3 Music Industry Myths Musicians Should Work To Bust
• Adam Mezzatesta | 5 Reasons To Start A Band (Other Than Fame And Fortune)

Sharpen Your Performance Skills With These 6 Daily Tasks

Sometimes, rising artists find it hard to get into the habit of performing and lack the knowledge as well as skills for throwing an awesome performance. A performance that will not only put them on the map but also leave an unforgettable experience for their fans.

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