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Tips for Organizing a Hassle-Free Music Event
Tips for Organizing a Hassle-Free Music Event From a monetary perspective, the American live music industry is growing steadily with revenue expected to increase from $9.28 billion in 2016 to $11.99 billion…
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Don't Fear EQ Boost
Many audio textbooks, audio schools, and audio engineers will advise you that it’s always best to attenuate rather than gain an EQ control. This has traditionally been considered best practice…
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New Rules for Monetizing Youtube Videos
As you may have heard, or not heard, Youtube has decided to create stricter rules for Monetizing Videos! We are going to attempt to break down this news and give…
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Creating Loyalty and Appeal In The Digital Music Arena
The evolution of technology has led to the development and manifestation of the digital forum as the largest market base. The online market is one that attracts clients from all…
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How Loud should your Final Mix Be?
This is a question that comes up time and again in audio groups. “How hot should my final mix down be before sending off to mastering?” It depends on the…
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Signal to Noise Ratio in Analog Plugins
https://youtu.be/FYLOI2QMrc0 The above video is a quick demonstration of how your signal-to-noise ratio impacts the level of noise your analog modeled plugins will deliver. You may have seen this video…
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A Review of Steven Slate's Everything Bundle
Whether you are a home recording musician, or you own a commercial recording studio one of the biggest ongoing investments you make are for good quality plugins. Keeping up with…
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Track your Airplay with Spinitron!
Spinitron caters to college, community and educational stations where the DJs spin the tunes according to independent aesthetic policies. Thousands of these stations across the country provide the alternative to…
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Audio Summing Explained
HISTORY In the Early days of recording, music was cut directly to a disk from a single microphone. In the studio, the art of mixing fell to the music "Conductor"…
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Take Control of your Roots Music Report Data
Whether you are doing your own radio promotion, or you have hired a professional radio promoter and you are working towards RMR Reporting stations. It is a good idea to…
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How To Promote Your Music Online: Build Relationships
You want to promote your music online, yet you are a musician, not a professional marketer. Have no fear. You may not be an expert marketer, but how are you with…
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Easy Steps To Getting Better Mixes
Easy Steps to Getting Better Mixes Sometimes you just have to live with the room that you have, especially in small home studios. The large commercial studios spend thousands of…
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Preparing to Go into the Studio
Time to Start your Project So, you raised some money, and now you are ready to take your project into the studio. There are so many things to consider before…
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Blues Radio Charts Explained!
Even though this article concentrates on Blues, the information on the RMR charts is relevant to all the genres and Indie Musicians the RMR Charts report on.  The Blues World…
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Artist Interviews
Interviews with currently touring independent artists
An Interview with Johnny Tucker
Johnny Tucker is the tenth child born of nineteen siblings to a seasonal sharecropper and his wife. His interest in music began when he would sit on the porch and…
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An Interview with Ghalia Vauthier
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Some albums stop you in your tracks. Like the smoky thump from a New Orleans juke-joint as you pass by on the sidewalk, Let The Demons Out is…
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An Interview with Matt Isbell of Ghost Town Blues Band
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE   Recently featured at Montreal Jazz Festival, Beale Street’s latest success story, 2016 Independent Blues Award winner for "Best Contemporary Blues Song", 2015 Blues Blast Music Award…
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An Interview with Janiva Magness
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Indie Blues artist Janiva Magness was a 2017 Grammy nominee, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, 7x Blues Music Award winner, 26x nominee, and 2015 Contemporary…
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CD Reviews
Reviews of the latest releases from Touring Independent Artists
Katy Guillen & The Girls Remember What You Knew Before
Katy Guillen & The Girls Remember What You Knew Before Vizztone Label Group Katy Guillen leads this Indie Blues/Roots Rock trio that touches on the blues but is primarily into…
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Mud Morganfield They Call Me Mud
Mud Morganfield They Call Me Mud Severn Records Mud Morganfield is the oldest son of McKinley Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters. Morganfield grew up surrounded by music but was…
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Wentus Blues Band Throwback
Wentus Blues Band Throwback Ramasound Records Finland’s Wentus Blues Band released their self-titled debut album in 1989. The band leads the thriving blues scene in Scandinavia and has twelve previous…
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Seth Walker Live At Mauch Chunk Opera House
Seth Walker Live At Mauch Chunk Opera House Royal Potato Family Greenville, North Carolina native Seth Walker recorded his debut album “When It Rains It Pours” in 1998. In 2006…
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Sue Foley The Ice Queen
Sue Foley The Ice Queen Stony Plain Canadian guitarist/singer Sue Foley returned to Austin, TX where she got her start as blues woman and laid down these sessions with special…
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Chris Smither Call Me Lucky
Chris Smither Call Me Lucky Signature Sounds Recordings Chris Smither’s vocals are accompanied by guitar techniques he learned from blues masters Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mississippi John Hurt. His 1970 debut…
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Nina Simone Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles
Nina Simone Mood Indigo: The Complete Bethlehem Singles BMG/Bethlehem Nina Simone was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina in 1933. The sixth child born to a preacher she…
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Ghost Town Blues Band Backstage Pass
Ghost Town Blues Band Backstage Pass Independent The Ghost Town Blues Band has one foot in Memphis and the other in New Orleans. The GTBB represented The Memphis Blues Society…
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Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys Twentieth Anniversary My Life
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys Twentieth Anniversary My Life Nevermore Records Reverend Raven is currently a resident of Appleton, Wisconsin. He was born and raised in Chicago…
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GoGo Penguin A Humdrum Star
GoGo Penguin A Humdrum Star Blue Note GoGo Penguin is a trio based in Manchester, England with a penchant for atmospheric music that merges acoustic and electronic techniques, touching mostly…
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Janiva Magness Love is An Army
Janiva Magness Love is An Army Fathead Records/Bluelan Records Janiva Magness has been nominated for twenty-seven Blues Music Awards. She won the BMA for “Contemporary Female Artist of the Year”…
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Johnny Tucker Seven Day Blues
Johnny Tucker Seven Day Blues Highjohn Records Johnny Tucker was born to a sharecropper, the tenth of nineteen siblings. He is a self taught musician and learned by listening to…
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David K. Mathews The Fantasy Vocal Sessions – Vol. 1 Standards
David K. Mathews The Fantasy Vocal Sessions – Vol. 1 Standards Effendi Records If you’re not from the San Francisco Bay Area or an ardent fan of Santana, you’re probably…
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Victor Wainwright and The Train
Victor Wainwright and the Train Ruf Records By Rhetta Ajamatsu Having established himself firmly in the last few years as a multiple-award winning piano player and entertainer, Victor Wainwright is…
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Big Shoes Step On It!
Big Shoes Step On It! Biglittle This is a can’t miss project.  We’re seeing a resurgence of the Muscle Shoals sound these days.  Even The Swampers just released an album…
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Danielle Nicole Cry No More
Danielle Nicole Cry No More Concord Music Group “Trampled Under Foot”, Danielle Nicole Schnebelen’s family band formed with her brothers Nick and Kris, won the 2008 International Blues Challenge. In…
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Mick Kolassa - 'Double Standards'
Mick Kolassa is a very likable guy and therefore as a musician he has acquired a lot of talented friends. When he decided to do an album of duets of…
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The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down
The Reverend Shawn Amos Breaks It Down Put Together Music The Reverend Shawn Amos was born the son of Wally Amos founder of the Famous Amos cookie brand. Amos attended…
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Bernard Allison Let It Go
Bernard Allison Let It Go Ruf Records Bernard Allison was born in Chicago in 1965. He was introduced to the blues by his father, the late Luther Allison. He started…
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Hypnotic Wheels Trio and Various Artists Muddy Gurdy
Hypnotic Wheels Trio and Various Artists Muddy Gurdy VizzTone This is one of the most interesting collaborations of blues we have heard in some time.  A trio of French musicians…
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John Mayall Three For The Road
John Mayall Three For The Road Forty Below Records This new album is John Mayall’s sixty-eighth and that doesn’t include re-issues. Mayall is the influential British bluesman who formed his…
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Rocky Athas Shakin’ The Dust
Rocky Athas Shakin’ The Dust Cherryburst Records Rocky Athas was born in Oak Cliffs, Texas, a Dallas suburb, in 1954. He and Stevie Ray Vaughan were schoolmates long before either…
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Podcasts
Check out these Free on Demand Podcasts showcasing independent Touring artists!
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Johnny Tucker!
  Tune in to The Voice of Indie Blues The show that brings you the Future of the Blues being made by artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that blues is a…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ghalia and Mama's Boys
Tune in to The Voice of Indie Blues The show that brings you the Future of the Blues being made by artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that blues is a living…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ghost Town Blues Band
This is the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with new exciting artists every week that not only Embrace the Diversity of the Blues but are creating new original music from it's roots. These are…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Janiva Magness
This is the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show! The Voice of Indie Blues! Each week we bring you the best in Indie Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and are creating new…
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Fresh Country Mix Show #147
You need the Best Country Music, You want your Country Songs nonstop, we want to give it to you! Get ready for another hour of your favorite country artists with…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus "The Voice of Indie Blues" 2/10/2018
This is the VOICE of Indie blues, the show that brings you the best in Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are…
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Fresh Country Mix Radio Show 2/14/2018
This week the guys celebrate the life and music of 90s Country Music Hitmaker Daryle Singletary who passed away this week at the young age of 46. There are also…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Big Shoes
This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you independent blues artists who are creating the Future of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rocky Athas!
This IS the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show .. The Voice of Indie Blues .. We bring you the best in independent blues artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that…
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Fresh Mixed Country Podcast Febuary 2018
The boys are getting February started with New Country Music for you! Get ready for 40 minutes of nonstop Country Songs with new Brothers Osborne, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill,…
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus "The Voice of Indie Blues" 2/3/2018
This is the show that brings you the best in Indie blues artists who are creating the future of the blues! This is a 4 hour show that showcases these…
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Music on the Couch Show #410
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 02/05/18 - SHOW #410 ​ DAVE KEYES – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Dave returned with his latest The Healing. 9 original songs and 2 classic remakes are…
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