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Pharrell’s Steps to Success

Jun 30, 2009 - 1 Comment

Pharrell Williams shares some insight on pursuing your dreams.

Dream Big & Work Hard – Part # 3 – Fighting Self Doubt

Apr 27, 2009 - 18 Comments

If you have been following this Dream Big & Work Hard series, you would know in the first article I brought up a few things that deter you from achieving your dreams. But one of the biggest road blocks in of achieving your dreams may be yourself.

Dream Big & Work Hard — Part # 2 — 6 Tips to Pursuing Your Dreams

Mar 30, 2009 - 13 Comments

Here is part 2 of the Dream Big & Work Hard series.

Dream Big & Work Hard — Part # 1

Mar 29, 2009 - 15 Comments

I know way too many people who have became content with their lives. Like they can’t go any further than they have in their personal lives and their careers. Like becoming a security guard or lifting boxes at Fed Ex was their lifelong goal.

8 Reasons You Need Business Cards

Mar 14, 2009 - 10 Comments

Whether you are promoting a business, a service, or yourself. Business cards are essential for offline marketing.

They are very underrated, yet the number one most used marketing tool that you can find almost everyone using.

Just Blaze’s 5 Track Commandments for Music Producers

Mar 02, 2009 - 11 Comments

I came across this Just Blaze article in a 2006 Complex Magazine issue. I thought I would share.

8 iPhone Apps to Help You with Song Writing

Jan 30, 2009 - 13 Comments

If you are a iPhone or iPod Touch owner, and you are into writing music. Then you are carrying a song writing tool kit right in your pocket.

7 Tips to Selling Beats for Music Producers

Dec 19, 2008 - 26 Comments

Where you are making beats in FL Studio, Reason, or any other music software. Here are some tips to promoting yourself more as a producer, and find more potential buyers of your beats.

Hardware vs. Software: 8 Reasons to Pick Software

Nov 21, 2008 - 28 Comments

When I first began on this journey of making music, I always saw in music forums that people got in heated debates on hardware versus software. The hardware lovers would look down upon the Fruity Loops users ( FL Studio), saying things like it’s for kids, it’s not for serious producers, blah, blah, and so on.

9th Wonder’s 10 Track Commandments for Music Producers

Nov 03, 2008 - 8 Comments

I was a very big fan of Scratch Magazine. I bought EVERY magazine that came out. But if you were a fan like me, you know they no longer come out with this magazine. But here are 10 tips from 9th Wonder.

Preparation First – Music Production Tips

Aug 22, 2008 - 5 Comments

It doesn’t really matter that you buy the latest/best high-tech music studio equipment and software if you don’t have the ideas and the necessary talent to create some good tracks. It’s really the quality of the music you make that ultimately matters more than anything else. If you are technically perfect, but the song stinks, then, well, the song still stinks. Perfect production can only take you so far.

3 Essential Items Needed to Have a Website – Links to Help

Aug 19, 2008 - 12 Comments

A lot of people would like to have their own web site, but don’t really know what they need. Alot of companies take advantage of what others may not know. So I wanted to give you a brief over view of 3 things you need to have your own website.

Top 10 Home Music Production Tips

Jul 18, 2008 - 11 Comments

If you are a musician, the days of renting out expensive studios to record your music are over. With the advances in home computers, the amazing hardware and software available, and the flexibility of the digital format, recording your own music at home has never been easier. Wondering how to get started?? Read on for a few pointers….

Making Moves in Todays Independent Market

Jul 16, 2008 - 4 Comments

Today’s music industry is a wide-open, insanely twisted version of what we all used to know. And I LOVE it! With artists coming up and working on their own material to fans in ways never dreamed, i.e. youtube.com, myspace.com, and the whirl-wind plethora of ring tone sites, combined with itunes and Napster, and retaining ownership of their own work