Banging the drum for technology
Drums on demand In the last blog I looked at how technology is creeping into the world of the drummer. This time we’re going to delve a bit deeper into the advantages of drum technology for drummers and non-drummers alike. Drummers benefit Think of the space an acoustic kit takes up. For most people it’s
Man vs machine: drums, samplers & sequencers
The rise of the drum machines One day the machines will rebel and take the place of their masters. They will look like you, sound like, you, and feel like you. But they’ll be better than you. What the plotlines of Terminator, Battlestar Galactica and countless other sci-fi didn’t predict was they’d start by replacing
How to release cover songs: the law, licensing & cost
Learn how to get your cover songs: distributed via the major digital download stores e.g. Amazon, itunes streaming online through services such as Spotify streaming off your own website or social media page played on commercial and internet radio played live in music venues put on YouTube without a copyright infringement notice on your account
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The most important guitar practice tip? It’s is all in your head.
Practice makes perfect, right? And learning covers is fun too, isn’t it? You get to have a blast playing along to one of your favourite songs while honing your skills. Mirror pouts and bedroom shouts of “Are you aliiive, Donington?” are entirely optional. While I have never played in a covers band, I still love
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Two metal albums on the go!
This one time at bandcamp… Well it’s been a great month for Kill or Cure – we’ve just spent a week in lockdown at our Bandcamp 2013! We missed a week and a half of fantastic weather, preferring to toil away in a humid studio one sniff away from olfactory suicide. A small price to
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Recording the 2nd album
In August the three of us headed into the studio for a week to record our second album. The first album’s parts had to be written, practised and recorded separately as we live at opposite ends of the country, so for our second one it’s great to be bringing all our ideas together and working
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