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Start with remixes to gain exposure and build a fan base quickly. As you gain experience, shift focus towards creating original tracks to develop your unique sound and establish your identity as an artist. Continuously releasing both remixes and originals can keep your content diverse and engaging, opening up various opportunities for growth and collaborations. Original tracks will give you creative freedom, strong brand identity, and full ownership but it consumes time and has a higher risk Remixes will give you greater exposure, excellent for networking, and valuable learning experience but it has creative limitations

I had a great discussion with a rising star in the bass house genre, but we couldn't reach an agreement on this topic: While you're building your persona and producing your tracks, is it better to release remixes or stick to originals? While both are valid options, I find the remix option a bit lazy. We all know how hard it is to sit down and create a new track from scratch. Instead of doing that, taking another artist's track and dressing it with your style feels like "the easy way." However, having a remix that showcases your abilities is great for sending to other artists for collaborations. It makes it easier for them to accept you with a familiar sound. But I am really interested in hearing your input on this. What would you recommend for an upcoming artist? Should they focus on creating their own music or stick with remixes for now?

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New Post: Looking Ahead: A Release Calendar of Upcoming Albums in 2024 - https://lnkd.in/grey6heP - 2023 may have featured massive releases from artists such as Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Versions of Speak Now and 1989), Drake (For All the Dogs and its Scary Hours edition), Bad Bunny (Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana), Nicki Minaj (Pink Friday 2), Morgan Wallen (One Thing at a Time) and many others, but 2024 is shaping up to be a strong year as well. Albums scheduled for release include Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism, and more from Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow and many others. Among them as well is the Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign’s three-volume collab Vultures. Plus, who can forget Swift’s big reveal? The pop superstar announced that her 11th studio set, The Tortured Poets Department, while accepting the best pop vocal album Grammy for Midnights — her lucky No. 13 Grammy at that! — would be arriving in the spring. But she wasn’t the only superstar to take advantage of a big stage to announce a new project. Beyoncé revealed during her Verizon Super Bowl 2024 ad that new music was coming, then made her album announcement and dropped two singles within minutes. Though projects are announced, they’re sometimes delayed for various reasons, or even announced just days in advance, so keeping track of when artists’ albums are coming can be difficult. To make it easier for fans, we’ve compiled this release calendar so the biggest and most anticipated releases won’t be missed when release dates come and go. The list is organized chronologically by month and week, and includes genres from pop, hip-hop, rock, K-pop, Latin, country and beyond. Keep reading for our running calendar of the major album releases coming in 2024. - #news #business #world -------------------------------------------------- Download: Stupid Simple CMS - https://lnkd.in/g4y9XFgR -------------------------------------------------- or download at SourceForge - https://lnkd.in/gNqB7dnp

CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG There was a time when people were convinced that a person could only do one thing well in life, and everything else was just a hobby, cute but of no real value. And if you DID switch gears, it wasn’t because you had multiple interests, it was because you had FAILED. There’s another side to us - music. Before I became an animator, I studied piano classically and later moved on to rock ‘n roll. Doug started on bass and switched to guitar early on, becoming an extremely good player and writer. On our first date in 1995, we sat down and started writing songs. Music and 3D formed the backdrop of our friendship, our collaboration and eventually our marriage. Music took a backseat to Arkitek shortly after we started it in 1997, because running a company, securing work, and dealing with clients is an all-encompassing life. We didn’t really think about music much for the next twenty plus years. In 2019 it came roaring back into our lives, still not sure why, but it was a welcome thing. We composed, laid down tracks and mixed many new songs, squeezing them in between the 3D jobs that rolled in. It was a secret. Given what has happened over the past six months, I feel it necessary to bring this to the fore. Doug, my partner, my love, my friend and husband, has left this earth. His contribution to the field of scientific animation is vast, and secure. Our company will continue to create scientific visualizations for a long while to come. But this facet of us, this is something I want to share now, with zero expectations. We wrote this music because it moved us. Some may like it, others really won’t, and that’s totally ok. The project, called n=9, is a perfect example of art for art’s sake. No client, no board, agency or focus group - just what continues to bubble to the surface. More songs will follow over this year and beyond. If you’re interested in knowing when they drop, please connect through the nequalsnine.com site. Eventually they’ll all be up on streaming platforms. You dig deep enough into anyone’s life, and you will find hidden, unexpected treasures. Everyone is multi-faceted naturally, but we get “schooled” out of it, particularly art. We all yearn to have something that says we are each unique. Art is creativity, it is invention. Doug and I were/are lucky. We created art in a number of different ways, and somehow figured out how to make a living. Even if it doesn’t turn out to be a profession, it still feeds the soul, and that’s something everyone could use more of, especially now. So, cat’s out of the bag. I have no idea what the reception will be, and honestly, no diss here, but we didn’t do it for you. We did it... because we could. #artislife #musicislife #artforartssake #artandscience #artandtech #nequalsnine

Album Pick: Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts – Milano #TheProducersWeek is going to get interesting fast, as I debate between what makes the cut and what doesn't, but this morning was fairly easy. I was in the mood for something that had a Silver Jews, Smog, or Velvet Underground vibe anyways, which fits "Milano" perfectly. Also interestingly enough (though not unexpectedly given the history of Danger Mouse and Daniel Luppi collaborations) this album also features Karen O. This was not intentional when grabbing the album this morning, just worked out that way. So why Milano? Well for a couple of reasons, first of all I really like Daniele Luppi's forays into a 60/70s vibe, the synths, the chimes, the keyboard, the horns etc. Secondly it is just a fun album to start a snowy Tuesday. There is less of a vibe, and more of an experimentation here, where it mostly sounds like good indie music with some "stuff" thrown in, but nothing you wouldn't hear at the Glasslands in Brooklyn ages ago on a random no-name band day, but then "Mount Napoleon" (A3) kicks in and there is all of a sudden a trumpet, and you say... huh this works. This is basically at home in either the prog rock, or punk category, but without being overly either. It is Talking Heads meets Nada Surf with a little Yeah Yeah Yeah's thrown in for good measure. Is this album going to change the way you view music? No. is it fun to put on and watch kids bounce and bop and jump up and down to "Flush" (A4) by Karen O before the grandparents come grab them? YES! So not a lot to dive deep into here, but if you like well produced indie that sounds like it could be at home in several genres, and several decades without feeling dated, this might be the jam to start your Tuesday. Song Pick: Flush - https://lnkd.in/eBepFNXn #DailyAlbum #MusicalMusings

Album Pick: Cake - Comfort Eagle I really could just call this #CakeWeek and just do all Cake albums, but 1.) I only 3 albums by them (4th coming soon) 2.) I like variety. Cake is the kind of band where you really do get every possible instrument you could think of mixed in, (many of them found in dumpsters) but it never get over inflated, or tired. The songs are amazing, the vibe is great, the choice of keyboards, There isn't a missed note. "Meanwhile, Rick James..." (A2) has some of the best keyboards and programming I have heard on any album. The songs are eclectic masterpieces that have hidden subtext over simple concepts. "Opera Singer" (A1) could easily be about someone performing opera, but it is about loss and friendship, redemption. There is really nothing like Cake. Granted I can't say that for some of their later work, basically anything after 2004's Pressure chief is... mostly a pass from me, with some exceptions of a song here or there. But every album leading up to is *chef's kiss* you will find yourself picking up something new every time. A3, "Shadow Stabbing" kicks on, and all of a sudden you realize you didn't hear the guitar break in there in the last 30 seconds before, and how it fits brilliantly. Take the "Short Skirt, Long Jacket" (A4) Which has several weird precussion instruments (who's names I either never knew, or escape me) creating a complete beat, accompanied by a chorus, horns, and again you would think it would be overpowering, but it just isn't. This isn't like those bands that drown out the point by adding too much, this is complicated production FOR SURE, but not needlessly so. So let's get to the lyrics. When I say #HodgePodgeWeek is the defention of Cake, it really is, here is a sample from the single: She wants a car (hey) with a cup holder armrest (ho) She wants a car (hey) that will get her there (ho) She's changing her name (hey) From Kitty to Karen (ho) She's trading her MG (hey) for a white Chrysler LeBaron I want a girl with a short skirt and a long, jacket A perfect description of getting older. Or this one from the title track: We are building a religion We are building it bigger We are widening the corridors And adding more lanes We are building a religion A limited edition We are now accepting callers For these pendant key chains Yes who needs lyrics, when you have "Arco Arena" (B1) which is completely lyric free! Cake is a perfect experimentation in both "The Art of the Possible" and what combining things to be better than the sum of their parts is. It's even something my kids enjoy dancing to. The perfect way to start an almost sunny almost warm day! Song Pick: Comfort Eagle - https://lnkd.in/e3TsS5Tt #MusicalMusings #DailyAlbum

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'...voices like gouache smeared across the speakers, straining at the canvas to make something distinct from the darkened miasma.' - Whisperin And Hollerin share their newest review of the debut self-titled LP from Tintoretto. https://lnkd.in/extjf3xr #Tintoretto #albumreview #newreviews #WhisperinAndHollerin #musicpublicity #publicrelations #musicpr #newreview #ExpertWorkRecords #AmericanHandstandRecords #DisciplinePR