Fairly new to music production via DAW. What is an inexpensive laptop to use for daw and 4 to 8 plug-ins? Macs are too expensive for me right now. I still need a midi keyboard etc. Ty

Looking for some tips or advice. My band has a gig tonight and I sing lead on most of the songs. I’ve been sick all week. It started out as a nasty sore throat with body aches on Monday, and now I’m just super snotty and congested. I feel like my voice is very nasally right now.

Any advice or tips on what I can do today to best prepare for the gig ? It’s currently 6am where i am so I have all day.

Thanks!!

Fellow musicians, I have been asked to play at an acquaintance's wedding next year in Italy, and I am unsure what to charge. The request is for approximately 3 hours of solo cello - I will be playing a combination of classical repertoire, popular songs with a backing track, and improvisational material using loop pedals. I am new to this, and don't want to undersell myself or undercut other professionals, nor do I want to overcharge this couple. Can anyone advise? They will also have to pay for my flight and a seat for the cello. They have offered me accomodation at the castle they've hired.

Thanks!

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Hey everyone, as the title suggests, I'm trying to condense the following items into as little devices as possible:

• Drum PA (Roland PM-03)

• 3.5mm jack speakers (mostly for playing along to studio tracks on the guitar)

• Guitar amplifier

• In the future, a bass amplifier

I also have a Line 6 Pod HD500X that I can use as an interface to route guitar and bass input to the speakers.

My current thoughts are:

• I will use the PA as my main speaker for everything

• Guitar and bass will run through the Pod HD500X before going into the PA.

I am very flexible with the kind of tones I can get since I will just be jamming along mostly, so I am happy to EQ my guitars to be more mid-focused and bass to be less trebly if I can size down on my setup. If I need to do any recording, then all of them will record directly into my desktop (so the PA is just for monitoring). If both the guitars and bass need to be up at the same time, then probably some kind of 1/4" splitter where the bass will directly input into the PA.

Am I missing something critical in this or being super silly about this? Am I underestimating how different the sound will be from a PA as compared to amplifiers for the guitar and bass?

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I recently was on tour for ten days, which is my longest stretch so far. During tour, I felt amazing physically and mentally, and had great endurance. Ever since I got back a week and a half ago, I’ve been feeling like my body is falling apart. I have a lot of chronic joint pain, and it’s been in a major flare up, my skin is also horribly broken out, and I’m just feeling super depleted. Wondering if other folks have had this experience.

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Who does the music underneath? That song...they not like us they not like us, with that craaaaazy string ostinato at the third and fourth beat? Who is that and where do the rappers get the stuff? I am shamelessly ignorant on this field of music. Please enlighten me.

I received an email a while back touting that my.music, was a good thing. At the time I believed them and (maybe stupidly) paid $3. Now they send links to verify my contact details. My query to them received the reply below. Is this a scam? Have any of you received this or similar? Thank you.

“Your .MUSIC domain name can be used to highlight your [brand] identity, as well as showcase your works, credits, and links to all your sites. Your .MUSIC site complements your existing sites and helps improve discoverability when users search for you. Google and other search engines will index your .MUSIC site, helping improve Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

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I’ve been trying my fckn hardest to figure out what kind of amp this is, if it’s for a bass or not because. There is virtually nothing about it online except for one local listing of a similar model on a sketchy site. So if anyone knows then it’d be nice to find out.

I started off from 0. I reached certain point, but right now I'm in negative numbers.

I worked with few bands, one at a time and the hand I worked the most for didn't have respect for me, nor was I totally into the band. However, we happened to part ways due to our opinions and poor management by the band.

I thought if I leave it, I can restart it all. But, now it feels I’m in a point lower than zero. I have all the equipment and content ready, but I am always dead when it comes to motivation. Its a total opposite version of who i was. Sometimes, it feels like someone used spells on me or did black magic.

Can someone advice me how to go next. I want to take it independently because most of the local industry I worked with kinda look down on me (as far as I know) because of how I quit the band. Or maybe I am just demotivating myself.

Please give me new ideas so I can feel alive as a musician again. I cannot tolerate this dead phase anymore.

Hello so I got a band and we’ve been playing a bunch of local shows in OC and LA and IE area in Southern California for about two years now . Been trying to book some festivals. I went through indie on the move and and sonic bids haven’t had much luck other then getting emails to where to contact them. Is there any information any of you guys may have to book festival gigs maybe small tours. Also festivals you know that take smaller acts. I know these things aren’t profitable right now, but we feel like we are good enough and we just want to get out there and play. Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated

I’ve fronted an originals-playing band in a mid-sized city for over a decade. We’ve been booked at most all the venues local acts aspire to play, got a slot at the city’s biggest non-national acts festival, got two short album reviews and a video feature in the local daily, etc. I’m proud of those things, but I’ve never been quite content with them.

Like any music scene, ours has several tiers. At the top is a combination of top-shelf players who get called for sessions and live gig backing bands; talented solo artists that nab the coveted slots for local acts at our festivals with national acts and enjoy regular press coverage; and musicians (solo and bands) whose connections likely exceed their talent. There’s an occasional young upstart, but it’s almost entirely people who’ve been at it for at least 2-3 decades.

I’d say we reside on the bottom half of Tier 2. We’re acquaintances with some folks at the top but not friends, and we’re not ones they’re calling when they need someone else on the bill.

I’m not especially bothered by that. It’s no different here than elsewhere. But I’ve aspired to reach the next rung—to get one of those coveted festival slots, to be more of a household name. The reality, though, is with us all having 9-5 jobs and families, and not living where “the scene” is, that next rung will be ever-elusive regardless of how good we are.

Hi, I’m part of a couple of Melbourne bands scouring the city for venues. I’m intrigued by the number of open mic nights on offer but also a little worried by them. Are they simply ways for venues to get live music for free? Some offer you a free drink to play.

I know in Nashville and other parts of the states you play for tips but Australia doesn’t have that culture.

So Aussie musos out there, what’s your take on venues that “offer” open mic nights?

I have one but it's not great. Anyone recommend something?