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What Goes Into Producing a Demo

What Goes Into Producing a Demo

“Hear that?” UK producer Chris Birkett’s razor-sharp ears detect a faint buzz on the drum kit.

Music Mixing and Mastering Tips

Music Mixing and Mastering Tips

If you are into sound recording and engineering, you would probably have already realized how important it is to .

A Cool Way to Switch up the Beat

A Cool Way to Switch up the Beat

Looking for ways to improve your songwriting skills? One technique you can apply is to add irregular time signatures to your songs to add depth and to make them more interesting.

Tackling Mental Health Stigma

Tackling Mental Health Stigma

Musicians and other people with mental health issues are, too often, made to feel worse about their conditions due to negative attitudes towards them from the wider society.

Telehealth to the Rescue

Telehealth to the Rescue

There is no doubt that many in the music fraternity aren’t getting timely and quality medical help, especially from a mental health perspective.

Exploring Ultrasonic Waves

Exploring Ultrasonic Waves

Love the sound of music? The ability to hear is a unique gift that allows us (well, most of us) to differentiate a wide variety of sounds, including music, speech, motion and even – ironically – silence.

Thinking of Building a Music Company? Read This First

Thinking of Building a Music Company? Read This First

Whether you have musical talent or not, building a successful music company, from the ground up, is possible with the right approach.

Keep That Vocal Mix Tight

Keep That Vocal Mix Tight

Great-sounding vocals are highly important to the overall quality and marketability of a song.

Electric Guitars for Newbies

Electric Guitars for Newbies

Guest Post by Haziqa Ishtiaq For anyone even slightly musically inclined, guitars have always held a certain degree of magnetism.

How to Collaborate With the Best

How to Collaborate With the Best

It’s no secret that songwriters often face great difficulty when trying to find musicians to collaborate with - and who they can count on to do justice to their music projects.

The Undeniable Usefulness of the Ukulele

The Undeniable Usefulness of the Ukulele

The unmistakable sound of the ukulele is one that has enriched songs and music compositions for well over a century.

Your Questions About Tunedly Answered

Your Questions About Tunedly Answered

The short answer is that Tunedly is an online recording studio and music publishing solution, connecting you – the songwriter – to world-class session musicians, so you can create professional music, and possibly gain exposure for your songs.

Spectacular Guitars with Famous Stories

Spectacular Guitars with Famous Stories

Guest Post by Jessica Dais - Take Lessons Although the guitar is one of the most commonly played instruments, it’s also incredibly versatile.

Weird Instruments You May or May not Have Heard of

Weird Instruments You May or May not Have Heard of

For most people, the five-neck guitar wielded by Rick Nielsen or the Air Cake, used by German group Einsturzende Neubauten (no we didn't make that up) in their live performances, would probably fall in the category of weird musical instruments.

The Death of the CD

The Death of the CD

It is no secret that increased access to the internet and growth in mobile devices helped to bring about an explosion in music consumption.

Music Events Listing

Music Events Listing

Looking to learn more about music in 2018? Want to .

Ear Fatigue and Mixing...Ugh

Ear Fatigue and Mixing...Ugh

Guest Post by Nadav Biran Picture this: You're at your desk finishing up a mix.

Radio is Still Alive and Kicking

Radio is Still Alive and Kicking

Guest Post by Sara Harrison Making your mark in the music scene takes talent and a lot of exposure.