Eric Hawkins writes about the master fader, and its use, in a refreshing article titled “the master fader is not for monitor control” over at http://erikhawkins.berkleemusicblogs.com/2008/02/03/the-master-fader-is-not-for-monitor-control/
Lorenzo, over at “My Endeavour to be a published songwriter” blog, has browsed the internet for us all and found an article about a songwriting success story. Go to http://publishmysongs.blogspot.com/2008/02/contest-to-career.html and read it […]

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Many websites offer pro song critiques, with prices varying from £10 ($20) up to £50 ($100). Should you get one?
The debate is rife on songwriters forums and mostly, songwriters do not agree. In fact, this article was inspired by a thread on the subject over at Just Plain Folks.
Like many of these decisions, it depends on your […]

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While reading a music forum recently, i came across a thread where the poster had a problem to write a complete piece of music. No, his problem wasn’t writer block, as he constantly came up with new short ideas. His problem was that his ideas kept piling up, without ever becoming complete pieces of music.
 I have […]

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