Dance Music for Heroes
In this episode I walk you through what Spotify Canvas is and how to use it. According to Spotify, adding a short looping video to your tracks can increase traffic to your Spotify profile page 9%, increase the chances of a track being playlisted 20%, and boost your shares on the track 145%!!!
This is part two of our interview with RIP Kenny: a producer Dojo Sensei, host on the Human Music Podcast and producer of rock-infused dubstep. RIP Kenny has multiple official remixes to his credit, including his recent remix with ill.Gates of the Dead Kennedy’s – Nazi Punks Fuck Off. Between his remixes and original tracks, he has nearly 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Today I review Bandsintown, an incredibly useful free website for musicians to publish their upcoming live events and why you should be using it even during the pandemic. I also talk about why Musician’s Friend is my favorite place to get music gear.
With TikTok’s future in question here in the United States, many artists are wondering…. Where do I take my short-form videos? Facebook thinks it has the answer to that question with their recently-launched Instagram Reels. In this episode I’m going to take a look at this new platform and see if it’s up to the task.
Today we continue our conversation with Zeb Lego, the musician, director, and mastermind behind not one but THREE major creative endeavors including the Spirit Swords art collective, the The Legend of Devn nonprofit community, and most recently his James Zero vocal and acoustic project which has already had over 12,000 streams on his videos since March.
In this episode of the podcast we look at websites for DJs and producers: why you need a website, one approach for doing it yourself, and some words of caution. I share some of the lessons I’ve learned from running and maintaining this website since 2017, and why I made the decisions I did.
Today we continue our conversation with 6TH STREET Music, also known as Richard Wang, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo, and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP , “Neon District” hit #3 overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres, including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Wang, aka 6th Street Music, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP, “Neon District” hit #3 Overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
Mike Allison, also known as Captain, is a full-time DJ and producer based out of Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Mike’s got over 20 years experience as a DJ and has performed alongside Skrillex, Vaski, DJ Rob Swift, and more. He’s also been using Ableton Live since version 1!
This is part two of my interview with Wade Sutton who runs the wildly popular Six-Minute Music Business Podcast. Wade offers incredibly practical advice for musicians in a short but entertaining format. Soooo… if you missed episode 11, please go back and listen to part one first because Wade offered some great advice on branding, using YouTube, and when you should talk about politics as a musician
