September 4, 2021 
September 3, 2021 Sampling is the act of taking a piece of audio or sound and using it in a new composition. In its modern form, that mostly takes the form of putting snippets of audio into devices, like the Akai MPC or a digital audio workstation (DAW) like Ableton Live or Logic Pro, and then manipulating them in some way to give them a new context.
Instruments, Music Tech, Production, Recording tagged RJD2, music technology, samples, sampling September 2, 2021 Whether a band or a solo artist, every performer has to start somewhere when it comes to performing live shows, even if these initial gigs aren’t always the most exciting or glamorous. Once you’re off-book with a solid time block of material, here are a few great “early” gigs you should try and play.
Advice, Live Music tagged Advice, Gigs, Live Performance, performing August 28, 2021 
August 26, 2021 This article originally appeared on Cision PRweb
Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online learning, higher education planning, and career advice, has announced the best music production courses of 2021. This trusted education guide features courses that provide real-world skills needed to succeed in the industry and highlight flexible options for learning a new skill or career advancement.
August 26, 2021 Artists, venues, and audiences alike have been rejoicing - tours are back! Unfortunately, so too is COVID (although it never really left, if we’re being honest) and as live music events return, there are some ethical questions artists should keep in mind before agreeing to go through with performing a show.
Advice, Coronavirus, Live Music, Touring tagged COVID-19, Live Shows, touring August 21, 2021 
August 20, 2021 When I first started writing songs, I wrote one song at a time until it was finished. This process was so delicate for me that I convinced myself that I had to write the entire song in one sitting or it would be forgotten forever. As a result, my writing sessions were sporadic bursts, going on for hours and hours, then never picking up the pen again for weeks.
This worked well for me when I was in high school and bored on summer vacation. It even worked in college because I had to write songs for assignments. Unfortunately, after graduating, this songwriting process led me to many dry months and I ended up writing just two or three songs for an entire year. That continued for the first few years after starting to work full-time.
Advice, Creativity, Songwriting tagged Advice, Creativity, composition, songwriting August 20, 2021 There’s a great scene in the sci-fi comedy series Rick and Morty, whereby Morty’s hapless father Jerry is accidentally abducted by aliens and placed in an extremely low-fi simulation, à la The Matrix on a high-school production budget. Oblivious, Jerry utterly fails to notice he’s in a poorly constructed faux-Earth, despite the fact that, for example, the world is suddenly almost entirely populated by identical carbon copies of the same three people. Anyway, Jerry is fake driving himself to fake work and flicks on the fake radio. The aliens, unable to simulate actual terrestrial radio, make it up on the fly and announce that coming up next on “Earth Radio” is “human music.”
Creativity, Music Psychology, Songwriting tagged Music, composition, music theory August 14, 2021 
August 12, 2021 Guest post by Mahea Lee. This article originally appeared on Soundfly’s Flypaper
The following post is part of our new column, Poorly-Guarded Secrets from the Soundfly Mentors’ Guide. Written by mentor and VP of Learning & Curriculum Development Mahea Lee, this series is intended to assist, inspire, and offer a peek into the types of discussions we have behind-the-scenes here at Soundfly.
Even the most productive and organized among us are burdened by the weight of low-priority tasks that we push aside to focus on more urgent matters. They gnaw at the back of our minds like yellowing wallpaper or tell-tale hearts. I know that’s pretty melodramatic, but you get the idea.
Advice, Artist Development tagged Advice, Artist Advice, Help August 7, 2021 
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MTT, MTT Open, Music Business tagged MTT, MusicThinkTank July 24, 2021 
