Facebook Adiciona Uma Coleção De 1000 Musicas De Graça Para Usar Em Vídeos

Facebook Adds Collection of 1,000 Free Songs to Use in Videos

It's part of a new initiative intended to provide tools to video creators on Facebook and Instagram. 

Facebook has added a "sound collection" of 1,000 free, pre-cleared songs by mostly unknown artists for its users to add to their videos. 

The social media platform started unrolling the new material on Friday (Dec. 8) as part of its larger Facebook for Creators program it announced last month. The new initiative is intended to provide video creators with tools to develop their skills (and followings) on Facebook and Instagram. 

The songs range across basically all genres with options to sort by moods, such as "scary," "dreamy" and "bright," as well as song lengths and types of vocals. 

While you're not likely to recognize any of the tracks featured here, there are a couple distinguished artists in the mix. Among them are Grammy-winner Charlie Peacock, who produced The Civil Wars' 2011 debut album Barton Hollow; and guitarist and composer Lyle Workman, who worked on Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Forgetting Sarah Marshall, among others. As such, the service also works as a discovery tool for new acts. 

There is also an accompanying collection of over 1,500 sound effects ranging from venetian blinds opening to dental suction tool.

It may only be a matter of time before popular acts join the service as well. In September it was reported that Facebook was negotiating with major record labels and music publishers for rights to legally include copyrighted music in videos uploaded to the platform. 

75th Golden Globe Os Concorrentes De Trilha Sonora e Canção

75th Golden Globe Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Here are the music-related categories and nominations:

Best Original Score:

• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Carter Burwell
• The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat
• Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
• The Post – John Williams
• Dunkirk– Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song:

• Home From Ferdinand, Music by Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter & Nick Monson, Lyrics by Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter
• Mighty River From Mudbound, Music by Raphael Saadiq, Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson
• Remember Me From Coco, Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
• The Star From The Star, Music & Lyrics by Mariah Carey & Marc Shaiman
• This Is Me From The Greatest Showman, Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

A Importância De Estar Presente Na Sua Carreira De Compositor

The Importance of Being Present in Your Songwriting Career

First of all thanks to Cliff Goldmacher for this article.

OK, since we’re all artists here and open to some of the more mystical/emotional approaches to art and life, I thought I’d take a moment to emphasize the importance of being truly present in your songwriting practice. While there are whole books - and philosophies - written on the value of being in the moment and not dwelling on what’s happened in the past or what’s coming in the future, it’s equally important to apply some of those same insights to your songwriting. Here are five ways to be “present” in your life as a songwriter.

Make your listeners present in your song’s story
So often we have such a clear picture in our heads of what our song is about that we forget that our listeners don’t have all the information we do. They need to be given enough detail so that even on the first listen, they can envision your song’s story and feel like they’re connected to it in a visual and emotional way. It’s never a bad idea to remind yourself that the people hearing your song for the first time aren’t privy to what you had in mind when you wrote it until and unless you show them.

Be present when receiving a song critique
I’ve been doing song critiques for over a decade and - if I’m being totally honest - not everyone signs up for a critique to be critiqued. I think there’s a part of all of us that likes to hear what we’re doing is great and can’t be improved. While I’m not suggesting that you take every comment in a song critique to heart, I am suggesting that you sit with the comments and give them serious consideration instead of rejecting them immediately just because you don’t like what you’ve heard. Take a deep breath, consider the point of view of the person giving the critique and see if it might in some way make your song do a better job of conveying the message you’re trying to communicate.

Use present language in your lyric
Depending on what era constituted your formative years as a music fan, there might be a tendency to use phrases or expressions that could make your songwriting come off as dated or not relevant to today’s market. The best reason to stay “conversational” in your lyric writing is that your listeners won’t be distracted by older language. Instead, they’ll simply follow your story allowing you to better communicate your song’s message.

Use the present approaches to songwriting
In the same way that your song’s language should be current, it’s always a good idea to pay attention to contemporary song structure, chords and melodies. Given that your song’s music - and in particular, its melody - will be the first thing that listeners notice, you can do yourself a lot of good by making sure your musical approach is up to date. Referencing - but certainly not copying - current hits is a good way of preventing your songs from coming off as “old school” or “out of date.”

There’s no time like the present to improve your craft
It’s easy, when your songwriting career isn’t going the way you’d like, to get bogged down in either past regrets or fears about the future. But the act of songwriting is one of the few things that is entirely up to you and improving your craft comes from continuing to write. Reminding yourself that there’s no time like the present to change all that goes a long way in making your songs - and your career - better.

Good luck!

Os Independentes Aparecendo No Grammy De 2018

Big independent showing for 2018 Grammy Awards

Congrats to the many CD Baby artists nominated for a Grammy in 2018.

The stranglehold that the majors once had on the Grammy Awards is loosening  each year.

That might not be evident from the televised portion of the ceremony, which favors categories where nominees are still predominantly on big labels, but taking the Grammys as a whole, independent artists are widely represented.

CD Baby is proud to be carrying the following 2018 Grammy-nominated albums, listed here with their award category:

Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah — “Lake Shore Drive” (Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media)

Alex Han — Spirit (Contemporary Instrumental Album)

Alphabet Rockers — Rise Shine #Woke (Best Children’s Album)

Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves — Outra Coisa (Best Latin Jazz Album)

Antonio Adolfo — Hybrido – From Rio to Wayne Shorter (Best Latin Jazz Album)

Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers — Top of the Mountain (Best Regional Roots Music Album)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo — Shaka Zulu Revisted (Best World Music Album)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo — Songs of Peace & Love for Kids & Parents Around the World (Best Children’s Album)

Larry Cordle — Give Me Jesus (Best Roots Gospel Album)

Lost Bayou Ramblers — Kalenda (Best Regional Roots Music Album)

Miguel Zenón —Tipico (Best Latin Jazz Album)

Pablo Ziegler Trio —Jazz Tango (Best Latin Jazz Album)

Randy Porter — Porter Plays Porter (Best Jazz Vocal Album)

Steve Roach — Spiral Revalation (Best New Age Album)

Jean Baylor & Marcus Baylor — The Baylor Project: The Journey (Best Traditional R&B Performance, and Best Jazz Vocal Album)

Construindo Uma Mídia Social Para Músicos

Building a social media foundation for musicians

First of all thanks to Kayla Rigler for this article.

Social media has made self-promotion for indie artists easy. The main problem is that there are so many different platforms, it’s difficult to know where to start. You don’t have time or money to waste. You want to get potential fans hooked and buying tickets and downloads.

Before social media, bands and musicians had to wait on the goodwill of their record label for promotion. That’s if they ev had a recording contract to begin with. In the past, DIY music production and sales were unheard of. In the post-Myspace era, bands can now record, produce, distribute, sell, and promote their music without an A&R rep ever darkening their door.

Here are the top tips for creating a following, gaining fans, and promoting your music and merch to the masses via social media:

1. Create a YouTube Channel

YouTube has replaced MySpace for band promotion. It’s one of the most-used social media platforms for music fans. The search features make it a powerhouse for finding a new audience. YouTube promotes you in “Related Videos” to the fans of bands in your genre, making it easy to capture an ever-widening base of music lovers. You might find you’re getting more traffic from other bands’ channels than organic searches.

Get our free guide to promoting your music on YouTube. 

Tip: Be sure to enter a description and tags that’ll help people who like your kind of music find your videos.

2. Create a Facebook Fan Page

Although not as popular with the under-35 demographic as it once was, it’s still the social media platform that most people go to connect with artists. Twitter is great, but it’s no Facebook. Set up a fan page for yourself or your band, and put the time it to make it look good. To engage fans, consider the following:

Schedule content updates.

You’re going to want to share several different types of content on your Facebook page. Upcoming events and new releases are vital, but fans also want to see candid shots, rehearsal videos, even some personal day-in-the-life content. Make sure you have a regular stream of content by using a social media scheduling tool like Hootsuite. Keep it relevant to your work, but make it relatable and fun.

Interact with your followers.

Take some time out of your day to respond to fans commenting on your Facebook posts. Let them know that you’re paying attention to their feedback and that you appreciate their support.

Use Facebook ads.

Set up your gigs as Facebook events and use the Facebook ads manager to zero in on your target audience and sell more tickets. You can narrow your audience by age, location, gender, even income. Then target your ads at those who like bands like yours.

3. Connect Your Facebook and Instagram

Save time by integrating your posts to deliver to your fans on both Facebook and Instagram. These social media platforms have different strengths, but combining them saves time.

• Instagram is more casual and fun, so use your feed to plug other bands in the lineup and selfies with fans.
• Instagram relies heavily on tags for targeting content to the right audience, and even Facebook is somewhat responsive to tags, so don’t forget to tag your posts.

4. Learn to Livestream

There are several ways to livestream your performances online. Gain new fans by broadcasting performances, signing events, even fan chats. Fans love to feel that they have a direct connection to their favorite musicians, and letting them in on your day as you rehearse, record, even pick up new equipment can be a memorable event. Facebook allows you to livestream right from your band page or personal profile.

Learn how one indie artist used Facebook Live to earn more than $74k in under a year. 

5. Get on SoundCloud

SoundCloud is one of the biggest audio file-sharing services around. You can share your tracks with fans, potential fans, and music reviewers anywhere on the web. The widget allows play on a variety of social media platforms to share exclusives with dedicated fans, and it even keeps stats on plays, so you know where to focus your marketing efforts.

6. Distribute your music

All the social media promotion in the world won’t help you much if people can’t access your music on the platforms they already subscribe to (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) So make your music available globally! With CD Baby, it’s simple — and there’s never any annual fees!

7. Use Social Media to Create an Email List

Social media has become swamped ― even your grandma has signed up. But email marketing is so old-school that it’s new all over again. People love free stuff. People also want a sample of something before they hand over their hard-earned bucks. It’s been a tough economy out there for everyone. Offer incentives to get potential fans to sign up for your mailing list.

People blank out on ads, most still scan their inbox daily. Use your social media platforms to put together an email list by offering some cool exclusives only available to your most devoted fans ― those willing to part with an email address.

You can offer subscribers exclusive materials:

• Recording studio video footage
• Pre-release access to new music
• Exclusive or free-to-download songs
• Song demos
• Early ticket access
• Merch or other swag

Don’t Just Create a Product, Create a Culture

Music is more than a product, it’s a lifestyle, and genre identity is a thing. Become a social media influencer by offering your fans more than just your music. Plug other bands on the lineup for every gig.

Livestream interaction with other musicians and fans at the venue. You’ve probably already targeted your market, and you know what other bands will appeal to them. You might even have an idea of what clothes, movies, or video games they like.

Find your niche and give your potential fans the whole experience. Recommend venues and boost other musicians on their road to success ― they’ll probably return the favor. You’ll find that marketing your genre is a lot more effective than just advertising your latest song.

Jimi Hendrix Novo Album Apresentará Canções Inéditas

New Jimi Hendrix Album Will Feature Unreleased Songs

Unreleased songs recorded by Jimi Hendrix between 1968 and 1970 will be released next year.

Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings announced Wednesday that they will release Hendrix’s Both Sides of the Sky on March 9, 2018. The 13-track album includes 10 songs that have never been released.

Hendrix died in 1970 at age 27. The new album is the third volume in a trilogy from the guitar hero’s archive. Valleys of Neptune was released in 2010, followed by People, Hell and Angels, released in 2013.

Eddie Kramer, who worked as recording engineer on every Hendrix album made during the artist’s life, said in an interview that 1969 was “a very experimental year” for Hendrix, and that he was blown away as he worked on the new album.

“The first thing is you put the tape on and you listen to it and the hairs just stand up right on the back of your neck and you go, ’Oh my God. This is too (expletive) incredible,” said Kramer. “It’s an incredible thing. Forty, 50 years later here we are and I’m listening to these tapes going, ‘Oh my God, that’s an amazing performance.’”

Many of the album’s tracks were recorded by Band of Gypsys, Hendrix’s trio withBuddy Miles and Billy Cox. Stephen Stills appears on two songs: “$20 Fine” and “Woodstock.”

“It sounds like Crosby, Stills & Nash except it’s on acid, you know,” Kramer, laughing, said of “$20 Fine.”

“Jimi is just rocking it,” he added. “It’s an amazing thing.”

Johnny Winter appears on “Things I Used to Do”; original Jimi Hendrix Experience members Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding are featured on “Hear My Train A Comin‴; and Lonnie Youngblood is on “Georgia Blues.”

Kramer produced the album alongside John McDermott and Janie Hendrix, the legend’s sister and president of Experience Hendrix. Kramer said though “Both Sides of the Sky” is the last of the trilogy, someone could find new Hendrix music in an attic or a basement, which could be re-worked.

He also said they have live footage of Hendrix, some just audio and some in video, which they plan to release.

“It was amazing just to watch him in the studio or live. The brain kicks off the thought process -- it goes through his brain through his heart and through his hands and onto the guitar, and it’s a seamless process,” Kramer said. “It’s like a lead guitar and a rhythm guitar at the same time, and it’s scary. There’s never been another Jimi Hendrix, at least in my mind.”

Spotify O Top 5 De 2017

Spotify's top 5 songs of the year — one of which is its most popular song of all time

Spotify has shared the songs and artists that were streamed the most on its service in 2017. 

Ed Sheeran was the most-streamed artist of the year on Spotify with over 6.3 billion streams, the company said in a release. 

Sheeran's single "Shape of You" was also the most-streamed song of the year with over 1.4 billion streams on the service — a total which surpassed Drake's "One Dance" to become the "most popular song ever on Spotify," according to the company. 

Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, and The Chainsmokers (in that order) made up the rest of the top five in Spotify's most-streamed artists list.

Below are the five songs that were streamed the most on Spotify this year:

5. DJ Khaled — "I'm the One" (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne)

4. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay — "Something Just Like This"

3. Luis Fonsi — "Despacito" (feat. Daddy Yankee)

2. Luis Fonsi — "Despacito - Remix" (feat. Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber)

1. Ed Sheeran — "Shape of You"