First music releases can be quite exhilarating. You’ve been planning for months, maybe longer, have something special to introduce to the world. If you’re doing everything alone, you have …
3 Tips on How to Use a Reference Track in Mixing
If you’re a mixing engineer or DIY artist/producer who is the songs by himself, you’ve probably used a reference track before. There is nothing wrong with that, but are you sure you’…
Getting Hungry – How to Self Motivate Like a Pro
The way you perceive a process is entirely up to you. You can hold on for the ride, or you can shape the direction your train is heading. Either way, there are a bunch of internal – and external – fac…
Pointers on Inviting Hired Pros
Once in a while you might be inclined to invite hired pros, meaning superb instrumentalist or vocalist, to a session. However close or tight this relationship might be, in its core it is a professiona…
Follow-Up Finesse – Submit Music the Right Way
DIY artists are bound to hit a few roadblocks when they submit music. There’s a place for (almost) everyone within the blogosphere, and sometimes it just takes time and a little finesse to get t…
MAZDEM “We focus on getting artists with a fresh and professional sound”
We had the chance to chat with Producer, Dj and label founder Mazdem. Find out what the Spain based allrounder had to say about the benefits of running a sublabel, unique Dj-Sets and much more. …
How to Life-Hack Your Studio-Week
This is the scenario. You gathered some material in the course of weeks, months, maybe years. You scheduled a studio, you persuaded collaborators to join you, your energy is high. You’re ready t…
6 Things Every Artist Should Do During Coronavirus
The coronavirus makes staying at home the rule to live by. Social distancing can be exhausting, but for musicians it actually comes with possibilities, since the distractions are at an all time minimu…
K.ZIA “What works best is when I am myself, best realization ever”
KZIA is a Berlin based Afro-european Future-Soul and RnB Artist on the rise. The young artist’s music is about expressing her key values: self love, acceptation, respect and togetherness through…
Visual Impulses for DIY Musicians on a Budget
Creating a tasty visual backdrop is key to establishing a solid, artistic brand identity. And while some artists and teams are backed by stashes of resources to burn through, most DIY musicians aren&#…