How To Read The Tea Leaves and Predict Sync Trends
To an outsider, predicting the future in music taste might seem like witchcraft. It’s significantly easier than you might think. ...
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MDIIO
- Oct 1, 2021
Fear of Failure vs Fear of Success
Does our fear of "success" supersede our fear of failure, or does our fear of failure cripple our chances of success? It’s a human...
MDIIO
- Sep 24, 2021
Happy Birthday to ME!!! (Here is a gift to myself)
As a creative animal, it’s easy to judge yourself against others. We can be so cruel to ourselves. In the same way that you look at...
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- Sep 17, 2021
Music Math, Songwriting Science and other artful alliterations.
Why do certain songs have that familiar ring to us the instant we hear them? Yes of course sometimes they are tried-and-true themes that...
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- Sep 10, 2021
Manifesting Your Greatness
It has never been my experience to meet a fellow songwriter or music creator that decided to do this for fortune and fame. We started...
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- Aug 27, 2021
Break Through Writer’s Block…aka Unclog Creative Constipation (and other fun alliterations)
Sorry for the visual… but haven’t we all been there. You sit there… obsess about it… wait patiently… but nothing comes out. It’s torture…...
MDIIO
- Aug 20, 2021
The Transformative Power of Rejection
Take the most sensitive and creative people, and put them in the most critical profession. Welcome to the Music Business. 60000 songs are...
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- Aug 12, 2021
How to become a millionaire songwriter…or at least pay your rent.
Believe it or not… in 2021, it’s never been easier for a songwriter to make money from their songs. It’s a seller's market, and by...
MDIIO
- Aug 5, 2021
Songs Songs and even more Songs! Practice makes perfect (Songs!)
We can all get better at something. Whether you've been writing music for years, or you've just started singing lessons, becoming a great...
MDIIO
- Jul 29, 2021
Be your Biggest Fan. Self-Marketing as an Independent Artist
Independent artists wear many hats, and one of which is the head of marketing. Marketing spreads your music, grows your fanbase, and...
MDIIO
- Jul 23, 2021
Can your smartphone make you a better songwriter…YES!
We are the Smartphone generation. Don’t you LOVE it (sarcasm) when you get the weekly notifications of your mobile device usage. “Your...
MDIIO
- Jul 14, 2021
Unlocking Your Creativity by Limiting Your Options - by Justin Gray
If I asked you to paint a picture on a blank canvas, what would you paint? The potential is literally limitless, but so is the outcome....
MDIIO
- Jul 9, 2021
From your DAW To The Dance Floor. Cooking Up That EDM Heat!
Making unique EDM tracks is tricky business. Yes, we all have access to infinite samples and chords, but why do some DJ producers thrive...
MDIIO
- Jul 2, 2021
5 Things - A Day in the Life of an Independent Artist.
Today's industry offers a lot to the independent artist, but it does require a great deal of self motivation and the ability to seek out...
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- Jun 27, 2021
5 Things - The EQ of Sync
Normally when we talk about EQ, we refer to equalization. The bass, the treble, the midrange. But EQ for sync is very different. I am...
MDIIO
- Jun 10, 2021
5 Things - Building Bangers on a Budget!
Standing out in today’s competitive music landscape isn’t easy. There are a ton of DAW’s (Digital audio workstations) like Protools,...
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- Jun 10, 2021
5 Things… How To Improve Your Odds At Getting Placements!
Music for TV and Film is not the same as releasing music on your favorite DSP. Getting attention of the music supervisor community is not...
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