Here we take the most common questions from across the web on how to write a good song, and let our resident musical expert, Young Coconut (Fauxtown Records co-owner), answer them for you. Use the table of contents below, which is in alphabetical order, to navigate this post. Have fun and good luck! [ps2id url='#1'…
Today I speak with Noam Haddad (aka Pianoam on Fiverr.com), a 21-year-old piano player from Tel Aviv, Israel who has, for a long time, been covering his favorite songs on the piano, where he now makes a nice side income by doing his favorite hobby. Asking him about where he lives, Noam says of his home…
Today I speak with Paul Jamrozy and Graham Cunnington, of the innovative and highly-engaging UK-based musical act, Test Dept - a group which gives new meaning to the expression, "brutal honesty". This is because Test Dept has ever been raining blows upon inanimate objects, albeit in a percussive and poly-rhythmic fashion. To the uninitiated, these…
In this article, I chat with my friend Bryan Rogers, self identified ex-mod, about his time growing up in and around the music of London, England, in the late 1950's and early 60's, where he experienced the birth of rock 'n roll in the UK first hand. This was before Beatlemania, so pre-1963... Bryan Rogers…
There’s a moment in your DJ life when you’ll be confronted with CDJs. These big, futuristic devices can be daunting at first, but getting to understand them will be an important step in your career and will open new opportunities for you. Let’s jump right in to the CDJs FAQ you always needed! What are…
Hello Hopeless is a 3-piece rock band from Waterloo region, in Ontario, Canada. Their music is fairly eclectic, absorbing a number of influences from different styles of music, but I think it is fair to call it energetic, to say the least. With a band name like Hello Hopeless, you might not expect that much…
Instruments have always played an essential role in music since their advent, tens of thousands of years ago. As much as music can be done with simply the human voice, there is just a magic about instruments accompanying the human voice that only your heart can understand. Much of the knowledge behind older instruments is…
Every DJ knows how important it is to be constantly playing gigs. Nowadays you can find a huge amount of people claiming to be DJs with very little skill to show for, and that might get in your way if you’re starting out. If you already have your thing going, you will still find obstacles…
History can be a hard thing to discuss, because, inevitably, you probably weren't there to see the events unfold as they did. This is especially true when we're talking about the history of one particular musical instrument with a somewhat checkered past - the banjo. The banjo, as we know it, dates back 400 or…
You see it all the time: DJs holding headphones against their head as they do magic on the mixer to drive the crowd wild. How Do DJs Use Headphones? It seems like headphones are an essential DJ item, but, what do they use them for? It turns out that DJs use their headphones to listen…
