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Recording company agreement
Concluding a contract with a record company every year becomes more and more difficult process. The times of producers working as Phil Spector, who found a group by watching performers in the studio and then making them popular, are long gone.
Nowadays, in the music business, sometimes more business than music. Recording companies and music publishers rely on hits made by superstars in the struggle for profits, and therefore the way we search for new names in the music business has undergone significant changes. Continue reading
How to register a music project?
This question is asked not only by novice musicians, but also by experienced figures of the show industry. So, as the success of any artist depends not only on the constant “infusion” of funds and an aggressive advertising campaign.
It consists of many components, an important role of which is played by a bright image, the choice of the correct name, the original logo (the last of these elements was particularly relevant for the music of the 80s, early 90s). If the project is ready to “shoot” this minute immediately, then the question arises of the need for reliable protection of financial and creative investments. Continue reading
Heavy Metal Style Dictionary
Double bass
The manner of playing the drums, in which the drummer hits the big drum with high speed, sometimes called the bass drum. Either two separate bass barrels for each leg are used, or a special pedal, with which the drummer plays on one bass drum with both feet.
Bay Area Thrash
One type of thrash metal that became popular in the early and mid 80s in San Francisco, California, in the so-called Bay Area. Among the groups you can list Metallica, Testament, Megadeth and Exodus. Continue reading
