LIVE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS
FEATURED EDITORIAL
FEATURED ARTICLE
No Posts Found.
MASONRY POSTS
What’s Happened to SEO and Keyword Research in 2016?
I recently had a web site client tell me that he had hundreds of thousands of visitors to his last site and he wanted more with his new one. I had a feeling that this was probably from using keywords but was also probably quite a while ago and I asked him, and sure enough,…
How to Not Lose Your Website Visitors
Did you know that typically 95% of the new visitors who come to your website will never come back again? And since you usually don’t know who they were, it can be very hard to reach them again. What if there was a way to not only not lose them, but to be able to…
Common Mistakes When You Build a Song Arrangement
“Arrangement” refers to which instruments are used in a recording or performance of a song and what and where they play. The instruments chosen provide the colors, the textures, the atmosphere and the visual backdrop for the song that help paint the picture that the song lyric and melody is trying to communicate. How you…
What is Record Production?
So what exactly is record production? Record production is a skilled craft that ideally should include a working knowledge of music, engineering, writing, diplomacy, organizing, budgeting, and sometimes marketing. THE MAIN TYPES OF RECORD PRODUCER There are basically two types of record producer. One strives to capture on tape or hard drive the energy, the…
The Visual Mix
When mixing a song it can help to visualize the mix as a 3D cube. EQ (bass, middle and treble) is the front face of the cube going from the bottom (bass) to the top (treble). Panning places the instruments in the space between the left front wall and the rght front wall. Volume…
Treble Trouble and Marilu Henner’s Mixing Tip
One of the problems with long mixing sessions is that the ear very quickly becomes acclimatised to the amount of treble (high frequencies) and it is easy to succumb to the temptation to add more and more as the mixing continues. Then you listen to it later or the next day and go, “What was…
Home Recording & Social Media Tips for Musicians
The Articles area is where you can find information on home music recording and Internet social media marketing tips to help you with your career. Feel free to add comments or questions to any posts that interest you. If you’d like to be a guest columnist to share your knowledge or experiences, let me know…
Live Social Media Counter
This is an interesting constantly-updating tool showing what’s going on in social media in real time:
Mastering Tips – What is Mastering and Why Should I Care?
Mastering is the combined science and art of taking a finished mix and tweaking it in ways that can range from adding a professional polish to really taking the mix to a whole new level. Sometimes the before and afters can be quite dramatic and what you thought sounded great before can tend to now…
IMAGES ON THE LEFT
IMAGE AS BACKGROUND
What’s Happened to SEO and Keyword Research in 2016?
By Tony Rockliff |
How to Not Lose Your Website Visitors
By Tony Rockliff |
Common Mistakes When You Build a Song Arrangement
By Tony Rockliff |
- « Previous
- 1
- 2
What’s Happened to SEO and Keyword Research in 2016?
I recently had a web site client tell me that he had hundreds of thousands of visitors to his last site and he wanted more with his new one. I had a feeling that this was probably from using keywords but was also probably quite a while ago and I asked him, and sure enough,…
How to Not Lose Your Website Visitors
Did you know that typically 95% of the new visitors who come to your website will never come back again? And since you usually don’t know who they were, it can be very hard to reach them again. What if there was a way to not only not lose them, but to be able to…
Common Mistakes When You Build a Song Arrangement
“Arrangement” refers to which instruments are used in a recording or performance of a song and what and where they play. The instruments chosen provide the colors, the textures, the atmosphere and the visual backdrop for the song that help paint the picture that the song lyric and melody is trying to communicate. How you…
What is Record Production?
So what exactly is record production? Record production is a skilled craft that ideally should include a working knowledge of music, engineering, writing, diplomacy, organizing, budgeting, and sometimes marketing. THE MAIN TYPES OF RECORD PRODUCER There are basically two types of record producer. One strives to capture on tape or hard drive the energy, the…
The Visual Mix
When mixing a song it can help to visualize the mix as a 3D cube. EQ (bass, middle and treble) is the front face of the cube going from the bottom (bass) to the top (treble). Panning places the instruments in the space between the left front wall and the rght front wall. Volume…
Treble Trouble and Marilu Henner’s Mixing Tip
One of the problems with long mixing sessions is that the ear very quickly becomes acclimatised to the amount of treble (high frequencies) and it is easy to succumb to the temptation to add more and more as the mixing continues. Then you listen to it later or the next day and go, “What was…
Home Recording & Social Media Tips for Musicians
The Articles area is where you can find information on home music recording and Internet social media marketing tips to help you with your career. Feel free to add comments or questions to any posts that interest you. If you’d like to be a guest columnist to share your knowledge or experiences, let me know…
Live Social Media Counter
This is an interesting constantly-updating tool showing what’s going on in social media in real time:
Mastering Tips – What is Mastering and Why Should I Care?
Mastering is the combined science and art of taking a finished mix and tweaking it in ways that can range from adding a professional polish to really taking the mix to a whole new level. Sometimes the before and afters can be quite dramatic and what you thought sounded great before can tend to now…
Comping, Schmomping, I Don’t Need No Stinking Comping!
There are many ways to record vocals but there are two major ways, each of which have their proponents. 1) is to record the vocal track(s) and then go back and have the snger punch in to try and fix any areas where the pitch or the feeling or the timing is off. 2) called…