An Indie Musician's Diary VOL...

By ElisabethKitzing

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This is how I go forward with my music - the real story from November 2017 and towards the album release but... More

Intro
Contact
November 30, 2017: CCLI (Registering Music)
December 1, 2017: Friday & Black Friday Music Deals
December 2, 2017 Advent, Alternate Chords & Baking
Sunday December 3, 2017: The Importance of Resting In God
Monday December 4, 2017: Understanding the Mastering Process
December 5, 2017: Professional Vocal Tips
Dec 6, Christmas Party
Dec 7th: CCLI and STIM
Dec 8: Reference Tracks/MagicAB
Dec 11: Mondays: :-( or :-)
Dec 12 Christmas, Candy & Plugins
Dec 13 Lucia Day & Getting Low End Frequencies Right
Dec 15 Music Theory
Dec 16: Mixing vs. Mastering
Dec 18: Pebble Bread & Music Theory for Producers
Dec 19: Vision for 2018
Dec 30: End of the Year Stuff
Jan 2nd: Stats, Strategies & Updates
Jan 3: Learning Piano, Ending Excuses
Set Lists, the Renaissance Plugin & Gain Staging
Jan 5th: Construction and Compression
Frustration, Real Success & How to Finish a Mix
House Concerts, Udemy & Ari
Worship Nights & Gain Staging Continued
Jan 10 + 11th: Life is ....
Jan 15: Networking
Jan 16: Cold in the Studio
Jan 17th: Sick but still kicking
18 -21/Jan: Minds.com & Refreshing Featherheadmedia.com
Jan 22-26 Sinus Pain and Sinus Curves
27Jan - 1 Feb: CDBaby, Reverb & Album Art
2 Feb -8th : The Round Up
11 Feb - Update
14 -20th Feb.: Wunderlist +
Audio Work Structure/Indie Burnout
March 7 - 9th The Vine Update, Clip Gain & Reverb
March 10 - 16: Pink Noise, Sub bass etc
March 20 - The Two Ditches of Music Production
March 21 - Making Mixes Believable Using Reverb
March 22 & 23 - Panning & Automation
March 24- 26 Progress & the Fear of Failure
28th March: Exporting/Bouncing, Landr & Loudness
March 29 - Amuse, triads, vocal widening
March 30: Cleanup
March 31: Indie Music Financing, Product Strategy and Other "Stuff"
3- 4 April: Indie Depression vs. Balance & Superfans
Chit Chat in The Studio, Bass Multiple Compression, Shaping & more
Scotland & Mixing/Mastering Faster
Song Structure and EQ- cut/boost?
Should You, a Robot or a Professional Master Your Album?
Songwriting Development
Growing A Community
Audio Fixes
The 5 Second Rule, Vulnerability & Saturation
Finishing a mix & mastering tips
Make Your Music the Cream in Someone's Coffee
Shout Outs, Panning, Life, Death & Taxes
Indie Music Videos
Collaboration & Pro Tips for Making Music
About Recording & Mixing Guitars
Making Indie Music Videos Inexpensively
Even Elon Musk thinks Indie Musicians are Paid Too Little
Loudness Wars
I've Learned Not to Overdo Mixing
Think Auxes, Sends, Busses in Logic Pro X are Confusing? You're Not Alone
Indie Album Promotion Tips
Getting Paid for Your Music
Reverb is a big topic
Doing an Outdoor Photo Shoot for Promotion
May 26th: Vocal Effects
Mixing On Small Speakers
Reverb vs. Delay on Vocals
Planning an Album Release
Contacting Gatekeepers Sucessfully
Preparing Your Master for Replication on CDs
Mastering an album in Logic Pro X
Warning for Indie Songwriters/Musicians on YouTube
Adding the human touch to Midi Piano
Getting Indie Music Licensed
Indie Music Rights
Choosing a Mastering Studio & The Shadow of Fear
Finding Your Sound & Reference Songs for Mastering
The Vine & Summer Stress: July 7th 2018
Taking My Daily Vitamin
Getting a Wider Sounding Mix
*****Reference Track Tips
Signal Chain Hierarchy & Loudness Penalty App
Mastering Alternatives
Monetize Your Lyrics
Recording, Mixing, Panning & Automating Guitars
Backup and Maintence
Having fun
Submitting Music to Radio Stations
Using Reference Tracks To Check Sonic Consistency
Mastering the Album
Collaboration
Building an email list
Album Cover Design
Artist Profile on Streaming Services
Soundcloud Tips
Mixing Vocals
Income Through Sync Licensing
Sept 26th: Got Music Theory?
Referencing, Side Chaining Vocal Effects
Thickening My Soprano
Automate, Then Compress Vocals
"Just Do It"; Coolgram Matrixes for Promos & Split Processing,
MONO check
Acoustic Guitar Recording Tips
I WANT TO QUIT But the "why" keeps me going
Last Chapter in Volume 1: Delay vs. Reverb

Dec 31: Making a "One Page"

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By ElisabethKitzing

Every band needs one of these for the album they want to promote. 

I took some time to look into this today. I'm not quite satisfied as the album cover is not the final one and I'm not sure of the wording. 

Does anyone want to take a look at it and give some feedback? 

It was, in any case, a little piece of work I needed to get in order. I will put it aside and finalise it when the album is complete and is released. 

Goodbye 2017! Hello 2018!

Press kit tips: 

I really wish I had time to go into detail about how to do a great press kit. Here is a helpful article I found on Hypebot.com:

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/09/protecting-your-online-brand-by-posting-your-perfect-press-kit.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=395530&utm_campaign=0

Update often: One thing is for sure, an indie musician should update their press kit at least once a year and always update it before every album/single release. 

I will certainly have to update mine before I release the final version of the Change My Mind album. The cover will be replaced etc. 

That's all for today. Hope it helped you. 

Let me know....


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