Steve’s Music Roll

I often wonder whether recording a new album or song has just become too easy in the last two decades. With the advancements in recording technology, it is possible to inexpensively make a recording and get it out. Prior to the miniaturization of equipment and reduction in cost of quality microphones, it took a large [...]

Author: Somit Bandyopadhyay
You play in a Band or are a Music composer or dream of becoming one… Your next big step is going to be making a timeless album…
Despite how far or near this event looks to you these seven steps should be clear to you in your mind. Helps to have a clear picture [...]

Everyone is encouraged as a young child to do one or two things, play a sport or learn an instrument. Both play very important roles in a person’s life. Sports teaches teamwork, something that we all need to be able to do with other people. Teamwork teaches being able to rely on others to get [...]

I was playing on the Internet looking around a different web sites of current artists. I could not help but notice something very unique on the Jonas Brothers official web site. There was a clear picture taken with a piano, but not just any piano; it was with a Baldwin piano.
Seeing a Baldwin piano on [...]

Writing a hit song takes practice, but relies on one’s ability to tell a story. Like a good book, the author will pull the reader into the work as if they are there with the characters in the story. Songwriting is very much the same. The songwriter has to use literary imagery to make the [...]

Life without music would be horrible. It is the rhythm of our lives. It is what keeps us going on our daily routines. It could be thought of as the soundtrack to our being. Much like the cadences that armies march to, whatever beat is in our head, is the cadence which keeps us all [...]