Top 3 Cheap Piano Keyboards Worth Your Money

Although the Casio and YamahaThe ‘big player’s keyboards are on the keyboard market, there are still other great options when you are looking for piano keyboards. 

Most beginners and parents of children who are just starting piano lessons should avoid spending thousands of dollars on a brand new piano, simply because many people stop after a few weeks. 

In addition, there are also some other reasons for having a cheap piano keyboard available. Some students take their keyboard to school or drop it, and this is less so when you have spent € 150 instead of € 1500, which is about the cost of a model in the higher price ranges. With this in mind it is also nice to buy a good quality piano regardless of how much money you spend.

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SINGLE MUSIC: The New One-Stop Shop Store For Direct-To-Fan Music Sales

SINGLE MUSIC is the brand-new industry app is exclusively aligned with Shopify to enable and empower artists and labels to directly sell music via their official web sites with instant reporting to Nielsen for official Billboard chart tallying. After its soft launch this past spring, SINGLE MUSIC continues to rapidly grow. 

This exciting new paradigm for direct-to-consumer music sales has aligned itself with many top merchandising companies such as Live Nation Merch, Futureshirts, The Hyv, Absolute Merch, Top Drawer Merch and others which includes managing the ecommerce for artists like Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Ryan Adams, LANY, RL Grime, Queens of The Stone Age, Harry Styles, R.E.M., Nirvana and many more. 

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The X-Factor In Music Uncovered Reveals The Anatomy Of Hit Songs

What makes a great song? A catchy melody? Definitely. Killer lyrics? Possibly. But if you really want to know what helped Mark Ronson shift 14 million copies of Uptown Funk in an age where piracy and streaming rule, research suggests you may have to dig a little deeper.

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Innovation, Our New Job As The Music Industry

I released my first music video, “Rocket to the Moon” today. As a new artist with a low starting fanbase I understood I wouldn’t be able to get much press write up for my music video unless I presented something never seen before. So that’s what I did, I created “The World’s First Portrait Music Video”, and the press followed. It is our new job as the Music Industry to lead innovation.

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How To Live Stream Your Concert

Not only can you reach your fans with new tools like live online performances, but you can also add more money to your bank account by selling tickets for your live streaming events. This article reveals 5 crucial steps for engaging your virtual audience.

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Ourtunez, the Music Network

I am Nino Munaco, Editor and Blog writer for Ourtunez, the Music Network. Ourtunez is a free music streaming service that features Independent musicians. Any one can sign up, upload their music and instantly receive the benefits.

Your music will gain exposure through our website and app. New music discovery is missing in other music streaming services but Ourtunez excels in that department. Even our “mainstream” stations are full of independent artists who have signed up. They are being played alongside today’s (and yesterday’s) biggest artists. We even have a Comedy station where independent comedians can be discovered.

We are looking for people who want to be a part of this community of amazing artists.

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8 Ways To Keep Up With and Discover New Music Releases

Have you ever felt like you were no longer in the loop when it comes to new music? “Have you heard Beyonce’s new song?!” “Did you get tickets for that gig?” “It went to number 1!”. None of us like to feel left out when it comes to the hottest new songs, the latest summer smash, or that killer album everybody’s talking about.

Here are a number of methods to stay up to date with the best music and most anticipated releases.  

1. Social media
Following your favourite artists and bands on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook will ensure that you are constantly in the know about what’s out and what’s coming next. Artists promote themselves and their music this way as it’s the easiest outlet to connect with their fans.  

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Abeem Live Technologies releases Rack Performer 1.0

Abeem Live Technologies has released Rack Performer 1.0, pro-audio software for live performance, sound design and real-time audio processing. 

Rack Performer is a high-level modular environment hosting VST plugins and internal modules (over 100 and counting), with MIDI support, multi-channel audio I/O and internal processing, complete automatic patch-delay compensation, sample accurate sequencing, low jitter and latency.

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Pickasound; A movement for the free expression of musical Ideas online

About 8 months ago, me and an amateur musician friend of mine living in Toronto were trying to collaborate on a few tracks for his upcoming album.  

I created instrumentals and he wanted to sing over them. 
We were both excited about working together on a project, but when it came time to communicate our musical ideas online, the process proved to be a daunting task.

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WaveDNA's Liquid Rhythm Beat Generating Software Revolutionizes Digital Music Creation

WaveDNA is excited to announce a significant upgrade to the full version of Liquid Rhythm beat generation software. The latest version includes powerful new MIDI sequencing and editing tools to create and remix drum patterns, achievable directly in Ableton Live clips via Max4Live, as a plug-in, or as a standalone application. WaveDNA has also released Liquid Rhythm Intro, a condensed version of Liquid Rhythm that will increase accessibility for electronic musicians, music producers, composers, and DJs. Liquid Rhythm Intro offers users the same great core features as Liquid Rhythm for a great price. 

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Choosing a studio power amplifier

We all need an audio amplifier to drive our loudspeakers so we are going to discuss the different types available. This is a music site so we will keep this focused on the needs of a project studio. For a typical home studio I recommend an amplifier with around 150W per channel into 4 or 8 Ohms (speaker impedance) 150 Watts per channel will be able to drive most 6.5 inch driver near field monitor systems.When you check out an amplifier try and avoid fan cooled ones as they will add to the ambient noise floor of your studio and this is not desireable. Amplifiers up to 150 watts are typically using passive heatsink cooling without cooling fans.

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MusikFly: Makes it Easy to Submit and Receive Music

As a musician it is extremely important for your music to be heard by the right people. As a blogger, it is extremely important to discover artists and help them gain publicity as efficiently as possible. I recently launched a service, Musikfly that helps both the musician and blogger to acheive these goals. Right now there are limited options out there for music submissions. Musikfly offers a simple submission platform that can be embedded into a blogger’s site and used in place of email for their submissions. So when a musician goes to their favorite blog and wants to submit their music, they just click a link, connect to their soundcloud or youtube, and add the songs they want to submit. Then once sumbitted, instead of having a clogged email inbox, the blogger has a clean filtered submission feed where they can listen to the songs and learn about the artists all on the same page.  

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MuzicNotez Management & PR

The internet has opened doors to promotional opportunities for artists worldwide. The problem with that is it’s created a much more competitive market, and you need to stand out from the crowd. Ultimately your music sells itself, and without the talent you won’t succeed. But even the most talented musicians don’t necesarily succeed in the industry today (or in the past). That’s where management comes in, however most managers charge a fortune and take a cut of your money. A lot of indie artists just manage themselves today, which is a full time job if you want to succeed. When you have another full time job, your band, and managing your band, that can be extremely diffecult. Plus it takes away from your true passion, the music. As musicians ourselves, and with years in the industry, this is why we offer management unlike any other.

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Finding the Right Headphones for Your Music Habit

If you’re like me and really care about hearing beats in an optimal way, it’s best to shop around for quality headphones. After all, the average person spends 20 to 40 hours a week listening to music. Why not enjoy an amazing sound experience?

Rather than simply using the headphones that came along with your iPod or MP3 player, consider the following when upgrading your audio.

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