Three months ago, ReverbNation teamed up with DJBooth for a contest that would give up-and-coming artists worldwide the chance to flip instrumentals from standout Reverb producer Shane Eli into fully formed, original work.
DJ Booth received a great response, with approximately 1, submissions. Want to listen to the winning tracks? Click on the their pictures below and let them know what you think in the comments!
Missed out on this opportunity? You got the funk? Or is dubstep more your thing? Either way, you asked for more genres and we delivered. Now the Foreign Beggars can choose to make dubstep their primary genre. Is it the advances poured from the pockets of record labels? Is it the connections that labels facilitate? The reality is that whatever it is, unsigned musicians might be better off without it. It was not. But just as many of the weaker forces mentioned above have defeated their stronger combatants, unsigned musicians have the potential to become just as, if not more powerful than the behemoths of the music industry.
It just requires a slight change of mindset. Linda also funded a nomadic tour across the world by trading her performances for flights, scuba dives, ski passes, health care, and other travel expenses. And Arcade Fire, who released their album using a Google Maps integrated HTML5 music video that blew the technology industry away, getting home page features on almost every popular tech blog.
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More fans. Overview Pricing Feature Index. Clear Share All Channels. If you choose to go to a barbeque restaurant, you do so with a certain set of expectations solidified in your mind.
When listeners stream playlists organized by genre, the same idea applies. Expectation surrounding genre is so strong that we judge ourselves and others by the music we listen to. Pick a musical genre. Think about some of the musical characteristics that define it. Then, turn your thoughts to the non-musical cultural elements that surround it. The problem for musicians happens when they use this blueprint to create music. Instead of trying to escape genre altogether, your best bet is to try to approach writing new music with a clear mind free of expectations.
But the more you can identify and eliminate your musical expectations around genre, the better your music will be for it.
Thinking about fitting your music into genres is important, but that can only happen after songs are written and produced. Got a track to sell? Let us distribute it for you, fast and easy.
Another reason why tying yourself to one genre can hurt you is because the best songwriters are dynamic and adaptable.
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