Category Archives: Recording
Will I Get Sued on YouTube? Licensing a Cover Song
My band is recording a cover song, Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Since it’s a cover song, I need to get the rights to use it. I found a really easy and affordable way to license the music! But, I also found a giant and annoying snag in regards to YouTube. A snag so big it makes me a bit resentful of the music industry’s antiquated ways.
Promotional Results for my Band’s First Show
Continuing from last week’s post on how my band’s first show went, I’m going to cover more successes and mistakes I made at the show and promoting the show. At the very end, I cover the costs of this promotion and what my band made from the show.
Some Basic Tips for Recording on your Own
I’ve been recording a song for my band. We got the drums recorded last week and just finished recording guitars and vocals. We’re doing it ourselves, and I’m going to share a bit of advice I’ve gleaned from doing this.
A Simple Way to Record Drums
My band is jumping in to recording a song on our own. I am, by no means, an expert at recording, mixing, or mastering. Quite the opposite. However, I have tried, on multiple occassions, to record and mix on my own. And, recently, I discovered a much better way of recording drums purely by accident.


