thanks, I appreciate the comments. mtv has used our songs a few times for their reality shows, which means I need to sign up for BMI or ASCAP. right now I'm recording a solo record, I'm sure I'll need some more ears for that.
hello, I am the singer/songwriter for my group 'escape velocity', we're letting everyone listen to our second record for free, it's streaming on our web site www.escapevelocity.com, please let me know what you think, how I can improve, etc.
I just threw this together to see if I could pull off the 'Beirut' sound - to see if it was just arrangement and production that carried the album instead of good songwriting.
I played all the instruments; this is a little clip of what I came up with. It's fun, but it's far too easy, the...
I'm not sure that this song is really a "keeper" so to speak. It doesn't really fit with the rest of my album that I'm working on. A good B-side? but surely not a hit song?
cdbaby.com... that is the best distribution hands down. no one can compete. retail stores can order your cd (the big ones) if they so desire, you're on many many digital services, and you can get a cheap bar code. they are the best for independent musicians. if you had your own booking agent and...
ideally you'll want a good vocalist. if not, you should adjust the pitch manually - don't even bother with the automatic tuning unless the singer is so close that it's only very slightly off pitch.
XSPF is the only decent free player for embedding audio, it is FULLY customizable... just do a bit of reading. You can change it to look however you would like so it fits nicely in your website.