
Ok. Really. What's the secret?
How do artists support themselves??
I’d really appreciate it if an interviewer would ask the straight up question:
“So, [fill in the name], it’s been three years since your last CD release. What have you been doing to put food on the table and keep the lights on?”
Specifically, there are some artists that I listen to quite heavily who put out CDs and MP3s on a regular to semi-regular basis but to my knowledge don’t really tour, have not licensed their tracks for commercials or movies, don’t seem to offer schwag on their sites for purchase, etc. So how do these folks support themselves? Surely it’s not from CD sales, or is it? I’m referring to artists like:
Do they have day jobs? Teach music? Survive on arts grants? All of the above? I NEVER see anyone discuss this in interviews.
I posted this same question in a couple of online forums that I frequent. I’m hoping to gather good responses and eventually post and share them here. Anyway, if somebody has some insight, please comment.
Thanks in advance.
RENOISE2.5 has gone gold.
New features in 2.5 include:
They have also rewritten the user manual from scratch and published new video tutorial specifically geared towards using Renoise 2.5. (More info here.)
Registered users can download their personal copies from the backstage. New users can download and try out the demo.

I’ve recently bought and started to use Cubase.
Some folks are going to think I am nuts…and they might be right.
After all, (1) Cubase traces its lineage back to 1989 so is pretty “old school” as far as sequencers go…it is one of the apps that helped to establish many of the approaches that define the “traditional” sequencer. (2) I complain constantly about lack of time and information overload and how each reinforce and worsen the other. (3) I also have and use LOGIC9 so why would I want something else?
Well…
Does this mean CUBASE5 is perfect? No. There are times I still miss a unified interface, and the program is not nearly as efficient as LOGIC when it comes to VSTs and using multiple cores efficiently (one of my original complaints about DP). And it does not have FlexAudio. But it is very capable, easy to get to grips with, and there is always hope that CUBASE6 will get to better grips with multi-processor management.
More on specific features, experiences, and results soon.

All I can say is WOW. More soon...

So I decided to try my hand at writing some sort of dramatic orchestral piece (and I blame this guy Hetoreyn and his VSL Podcast for this you know*)…
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I’ve been holding back from trying to write something like this because, well frankly, my formal knowledge of theory and composition is not really up to the task in my opinion. With traditionally orchestrated stuff, there is a much larger, tighter, and more widely recognized rule set and when you break the rules or don’t know them, it stands out like a sore thumb. I’ve been trying to get up to speed on music theory with the thought that I would move on to more structured studies of composition and arranging. It’s a slow process compounded by my lack of time. But Slow Steady Progress is the order of the day….
Except for those damn podcasts! They make me impatient!
I have many of the tools (or so I thought), some of the knowledge (just enough to be judgmental), and I keep hearing these wonderful compositions. Surely I can come up with … something? Well I m trying my hand at it..and boy is it humbling. Some things I’ve learned in the last 24 hours:

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