Apple, Google, and the streaming stakes
Apple and Google, the two companies that have most changed the fortunes of the music industry, are shifting their weight in preparation for the future of streaming-based music.
Head vs heart – your heart always wins
Having been busy on a few projects this past week, I've found it hard not to speak about the big debate that will always occur in studio. Whether you are creating a piece of music, writing a new song or mixing your song, it always arises. The funny part - you'll be the only participant in the debate.
Being current vs being you
The challenge facing any musician in the music business of today is selling the music he or she writes to the record companies and the public. Fashion is fickle and changes fast, and the bigger music companies have made entire careers out of selling what is popular at one specific moment in time.
What the furore? #musicjournalism
A recent review by New York-based Complex magazine critising Iggy Azalea's The New Classic, has ruffled a few feathers in the music scene - most notably, New Zealand's Lorde. Let me give you some context: Lorde took to tumblr to critisise Complex for having Azalea on its cover and then giving her album a bad review.
Voice in your head holding you back?
As up-and-coming artists, most of us are unfortunately bitten with the same parasitical bug called jealousy. By jealousy I do not mean the state of being envious of someone else, but rather, the desire to be like or have something that someone else has.
