Whether you are new to the music industry or are looking to improve your chances of being successful within the industry, here is some insight on what you as a musician will need to help pave your way to success. 1. Learn the business side of the music industry - Gone are the days where all you have to worry about is being the talented musician and leaving the rest of the business to the record label. In to ...

In today's world, we are constantly being fed more music than we can wrap our heads around, thanks to the Internet. Gone are the days where you couldn't bypass the 'Gate Keepers' of the Music Industry to have your music heard. Today, you can create a buzz for your music without even having a recording contract. As an artist you may feel more like you are just a needle in a haystack, with the myriad of artis ...

Every day I get 50 e-mails from Producers that are taking baby steps in their music career asking me if I can get them into the Top 10 on Beatport or booked at Tomorrowland. Because we live in a fast moving world that occasionally comes up with artists that come through with six figure marketing investment and ghost producers, people often think that bypassing the whole “up and coming” process is a realisti ...

After teaching hundreds of vocal students in Los Angeles, Ariella Vaccarino started the "Voice Lessons To Go" brand. Vocal instruction is at your fingertips regardless of preferred genre and skill level, and at a fraction of the cost of private lessons. Regardless of your location or income, you can access these great lessons on CD. Each disc guides the listener through exercises, vocal examples and piano a ...

Looking for the perfect pair of earphones for the music lover on your Christmas list? Here at popYOUlarity, we have fallen in love with the SOL Republic RELAYS. We have endorsed SOL Republic before, and for good reason. Their headphones have great quality and you will be blown away by the reasonable price. The RELAYS are no exception to this comfort, quality and affordability. With their patented FreeFlex™ ...

A group of recording artists will use their talent to deliver memorable and powerful anti-bullying messages when school is back in session this fall. Touring through Texas, stops will be made at more than 100 schools and public venues. We spoke to the tour founder Dillon Smith, as well as local celebrity talent Tristan Blaine and Branden Mendoza about the tour, why it is so important to them, and what schoo ...

  If you are in a band or are an individual performer, you are probably putting all your effort into building a loyal fan base through live performances at various venues, posting your videos online on sites like YouTube, and distributing your music through various digital channels. If you are fortunate, you may even be working on a record deal. However, did you know that there are other ways of making ...

Crowdfunding is a new way of funding things. Sometimes it can be a charitable cause, a software product or even a real-world object like a children’s toy or a geeky gadget. Usually, there’s a reward for the giver and the reward will be tied to the size of the contribution. Websites like Kickstarter are helping to make the process easy for contributors, and some projects have seen incredible success. Image s ...

At its opening in 1995, it was called the Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre. Then it was called the Tweeter Center at the Waterfront. Since 2008 it has been called The Susquehanna Bank Center. Its names may have changed a lot over the years, but the caliber of performance has remained just as phenomenal throughout. The center is based in Camden, New Jersey and it has a capacity of 25,000. In the s ...

Feel the power and emotion of the music without it just being “loud.” SOL REPUBLIC have just introduced new headphones: Master Tracks. Like their on ear headphones we previously featured, these headphones come with the option to purchase interchangeable cables and headbands so you can alter their look without altering the great sound and performance that SOL REPUBLIC headphones are known for and "Master Tra ...