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Why are you not getting paid royalties by YouTube when you have loads of views? more What have all these songs got in common? more Have you had a bad experience with Ditto Music and what can you do about it? more I found some very sobering statistics in a piece I found somewhere (sorry, I lost the source link, let me know and I will credit you). more Last year I was tempted to upgrade Cubase by a Black Friday deal that allowed me to jump up three versions, from 8 to 11 for £95. This will also al... more We all wonder if guitars are a good investment? Especially our own! more As if it wasn't hard enough for musicians to make a living gigging but currently tours and festivals are being cancelled at an unprecedented rate. more As a songwriter you should have one (or more) royalty collection organisations collecting your royalties. I've been a member of the UK's Performin... more First rule of music software - no one has a monopoly - all software has one good sound. More is therefore better, but what if you have to choose? more I watched Paul McCartney's set At Glastonbury Festival last night, along with my 17 year old son. If that surprises you, then I should point out th... more There will never be another Miles Davis but, if in the last 60 years someone could be a contender for that crown, it must surely be Jacob Collier? more Naturally, choosing the world's #1 guitar solo is a controversial subject. more Jazz died in the 60's. It deserved to. Everything that could be said by an acoustic quartet had been said. more How to fake your way through a recording session. Every term related to recording you need to look cool is here. more You might think, not unreasonably, that if you post something really good to YouTube (quantifiably better than the top viewed comparable video) you... more All of my songs were written back in the 1970s and 80's - and it occurred to me that might make them more attractive to publishers or a record comp... more FC Barcelona have announced a new sponsorship deal with music streaming giant Spotify. more It's misleading to describe tone as solely a function of hardware and software. There are plenty of things you can do right now to improve your ton... more It all started out so well. more Spotify removes the music of veteran songwriter Neil Young after the singer issued an ultimatum to the company. more Actually, I've got nearer 1.2 million plays now but I'm not at all that pleased. more Regular readers will know I've been railing against old artistes, especially the one hit wonders, making a “comeback”. They should give the next ge... more The Floyd Rose tremolo arm (whammy bar) design is renowned for staying in tune, even after the most extreme dive bombs. more |