Learn-Create-Record-Perform-Business
Some ideas of content but certainly not limited to…
Other
(Placed at top of the list to show that it’s not all category interest-specific and can appeal to all readers.)
- “How To…” on any element of the business
- Interview with {Insert expert name here}
- Gear reviews (pro Audio, Software, DJ gear, FX pedals etc).
- How I made my own guitar FX pedal
- Making beats to sell
- So you want to go to NAMM – How and what to expect.
- Inside {insert popular studio, venue…}
- I left my full time job to start my own (Mastering/Recording/Promotions/Management/etc.) business
- The history of the recording industry and where is it going
- Did video kill the radio star and has streaming killed both?
- The real and long history of hip hop
- Studying music at college
- Tech, production, theory, other
Learning your instrument
- Finding a good music tutor
- Tuning your instrument and looking after it
- General or instrument specific
- Music Instrument Buying Guides
- AND MORE
Project Studio
(Home Studio, Personal Production Studio, Guerilla Space Studio, Specific [to your own use] Studio)
- Best positioning of speakers and sound treatment in mixed use room set up i.e. bedroom.
- How to create a workspace in a small space
- Home recording techniques
- Efficient ways to collaborate remotely
- USB microphones, the pro’s and cons
- Sound treatment for a small space
- AND MORE
Live Sound/Gigging
- Getting the levels right at the start of your show
- Working with the sound tech to get the best sound
- Prepping for an important gig
- Getting people to your gig
- Running your own nights
- Setting up your own PA and FOH
- AND MORE
DJ
- Getting back to vinyl
- Promoting your night
- The history of club DJs
- Playing out on-line, best platforms, getting the levels etc.
- AND MORE
Recording Studios and Production (Client side)
- Preparing for a recording session
- How to pick the right studio
- 11 top tips for getting a great recording session
- Getting your mix pressed onto vinyl
- Picking a good mastering engineer
- AND MORE
Recording Studios and Production (Studio side)
- How to charge accordingly and not undercut yourself
- Getting paid and how to avoid non payers and late cancellations
- Dealing with tricky clients and when to say no
- Keeping costs of running your studio down
- Why you shouldn’t master your own work (including engineers and producers recording other work)
- The happy accidents you had at your studio
- Getting your mixes pressed onto vinyl, the process behind the scenes
- Adding virtual collaborations to your clients mix
- Drum Mic shootout
- Guitar Mic shootout
- After years of using popular “techniques” to mic up a drum kit, here’s my own hybrid version. Now known as the {insert name here} method J
- This is how we recorded {insert popular album/single here}
- “Don’t do it, don’t open a studio!” and why I would never change it and do it all over again.
- AND MORE
Music Business
- PPL, PRS, MCPS and other royalty collections help
- Bets tips on selling or giving your music away
- What platforms, how much to charge.
- Copyright laws and sampling
- Management contracts
- Why you should use specific insurance for you bands gear
- AND MORE