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I am currently reorganizing the whole blog…. please stay tuned for a fresh new look!

Thank you

Strada

Hard work & patience always pays off.

A nice in depth How-To video on how to register, vote and win a grammy award for your music!

Upcoming artist, here is a chance to be featured on the next Nu Revolution & Revolt Radio Mixtape and  possible rotation on Revolt Radio.

Here is what they sent me:You can let anyone interested know to send their songs for consideration to musicsubmissions@revoltradio.com and put “Mixtape Submission” in the subject. We are planning to release one the first Tuesday of every month.

Here is the latest mixtape:

Its Finally here, Wordsmith, Nu Revolution Entertainment LLC & Revolt Radio would like to present to you “The Revolution Riot Report Mixtape Vol 1?. This first of many installments that will be dropping the first Tuesday of every month. The Revolution Riot Report Mixtape Volume 1 features new music from some of the hottest Indie/Unsigned Artists that include Wordsmith, Kontact, K. Sparks, K-Betta, Judah, V-Styles, Dynasty, Whitefolkz and many more!! Get your briefing from Revolt Radio Host & Nu Revolution Recording artist Black Knight as Nu Revolution Deejay, DJ Nominal provides the fire power on the Turntables. Check out the track listing and download after the jump.

DOWNLOAD: The Revolution Riot Report Mixtape Volume 1 (Hosted By Black Knight Mixed and Blended By DJ Nominal)

Tracklist:

01. Intro – Black Knight

02. Situations – Prolific

03. Throw A Stack – Whitefolkz

04. Doin My Thang (Get It In) – Max Pain

05. Car Service – Jae Skeese & Superlative T.E.S.T

06. High Resolution – O. Smith of Deep Space

07. Friends with Strangers – DK aka Wayne Watts

08. Troubled Child – K-Beta feat Judah

09. Interlude – Black Knight

10. Graffiti Walls – Wordsmith feat Kontact

11. Real Eyes – Marcus Medley

12. Get It Straight – Tre Dot

13. Cant Stop A Man – V Stylez feat Buff 1 and Stretch Money

14. Magnificent – Dynasty

15. Hip Hop (It Don’t Stop) – Face

16. Gather Around – Black Knight

17. Momma Say – K Sparks

18. Outro – Black Knight

Rickshaw Records, maker of the Austin DIY ribbon microphone kit, have posted a Youtube video on how to make your own microphone shockmount. I’m sure you’ve seen pictures of the fancy elastic-suspended microphone mounts in professional studios. If you buy one customized for your microphone, they can cost quite a bit of money. So why not make your own (admittedly less sexy) shockmount for around $8 in materials? The video below shows how it’s done. It’s a pretty easy project that will help out your recordings quite a bit if you suffer from thumps transmitted through the mic stand.

via Musformation

Great chart to explain to possibility of revenue while staying independent!

Whats up people, I haven’t posted in a while because I have been busy with music work and working on a few special project. Ill kee y’all posted.

In the mean time, Wordsmith’s “Vintage Experience” album is out now: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vintage-experience/id356547753

Very impressive video:

PIXELS by Patrick Jean from ONE MORE PRODUCTION on Vimeo.

Great read on how instrumental music is not easy for everybody and the attention span of listener.

Here are my favorite paragraphs:

If you have written your own music, you have probably experienced this before: You play it for your friends to get their opinions. For about 10 seconds, everyone is silent. After 20 seconds, their eyes start to wander around. After 30 seconds, someone says something, which triggers everyone else to speak up. After 40 seconds, no one is actually listening to your music. I grew up sitting in front of the stereo with my father, closing our eyes, listening only to what came out of the speakers. This would go on for an hour or two as if we were watching a movie. It wasn’t just me; many of my friends did the same. Who does that anymore? In today’s living rooms, stereos are treated as accessories to television sets.

Visual dominancy isn’t the only problem. The bigger problem is the dominance of our thought. Most Americans do not know what to do with abstraction in general. To be able to fully appreciate abstraction, you must be able to turn off your thought, or at least be able to put your thought into the background. This is not as easy as it might seem. In modern art museums, most people’s minds are dominated by thoughts like: “Even I could do this.” Or, “Why is this in a museum?” Or, “This looks like my bed sheet.” Etc.. They are unable to let the abstraction affect their emotions directly; their experience must be filtered through interpretations. In a way, this is a defense mechanism. It is a way to deal with fears like, “If I admit that I don’t understand this, I’ll look unsophisticated.” This type of fear fills their minds with noise, and they become unable to see, hear, or taste.

Full article after the bump

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You got some tracks for someone on that list??? HUNT THEM DOWN because they are looking.

10 YEARS
Recording their third album, looking for music ala last two album
10yearsmusic.com

AHMAD BELVIN
Songs ala Trey Songz
Myspace.com/ahmadbelvin

ALEJANDRA GUZMAN
Pop rock

ALICE
19 year-old looking for songs with R&B flavor, catchy, structured (verse-bridge-chorus)

ANTHONY HAMILTON
Same as last album
Myspace.com/anthonyhamilton

APOCALYPTICA
Need songs ala last hit “I Don’t Care”

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I always like to see making of songs. this is a good video. I would have  like more on the technical side but dope. The networking side of thing is also pretty interesting. Who sent it to who and why and how ….