Today we had a chance to chat with the amply skilled video game composer, chipmusic and electronic artist known as 4mat (AKA Matthew Simmonds) who has been creating his own inimitable songs since the demoscene back in the 1980's, and hasn't taken much of a break from composing since. With a discography brimming with equal…
When it comes to creating and selling royalty-free music online, I must admit that, until recently, I was only vaguely aware of the concept. But, as a musician and someone who is always trying to explore new potential money-making ideas, there comes a time where such ideas enter your awareness and you ponder them. Sometimes…
In this day and age, being a working musician requires you to be aware of several new business models which can bring potential success, many of which involve the online world. One of those avenues that business-savvy musicians are looking at is producing royalty-free music in various styles and made available through online distributors, connecting…
Hey, YC here. Today I sat down with JK Phil Osé, one of Fauxtown Record's many talented musical artists, to talk about a number of things, starting with what got him into music in the first place, then moving into DIY recording of albums, and then moving on to a discussion the nature of the…
Today I had a chance to talk to my friend Bob Reich, who used to play in a band called Norm's Headache in the Wisconsin area in the mid-90's (they were from LaCrosse). Norm's Headache was a typical configuration for a rock band - 4 members, with Bob on bass, Mark Sauer on guitar, Paul…
Hey guys, Coconut here. Today I had a chance to interview one of my guitar heroes of recent times, the genuinely talented one man thrash-a-thon, Stefano Nomakills, or N-O-M-A, who hails from Orléans, France. He is most often seen rocking out in his room with hair flailing madly. Nomakills, or N-O-M-A, has been posting videos…
Today I spoke with Sarah Jane Curran, an alternative rocker and lead singer for the band The Violet Stones out of Sydney, Australia. I came across her music recently on Youtube (where she goes by Sarah Jane Music) and was impressed at all of the material on there, from original songs she's written herself and…
Hey guys, YC here. Today was a good day. I got up, fed my cat, had some coffee and sloppy joe's for breakfast, and then conducted an interview with beat-maker and online marketer Daniel Hartnett, the man behind The Corporatethief Beats. I came across Daniel while doing research on how to better use Twitter to…
Hey guys, Young Coconut here, musician and Fauxtown Records artist. Lately, as I've been getting more into making electronic music of my own, I've been hearing a lot about this program called Kontakt, and specifically the fifth version Kontakt 5, by Native Instruments. Check price on Amazon My buddy Daniel Kern uses it frequently with…
It is becoming increasingly easy to record your own professional sounding music at home, whether it's rock, jazz, folk, metal, country, and so forth. This home recording boom comes not a minute too soon, because the music industry as it once was is pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird. In decades past,…
