Inside the Industry
Whether you’re navigating social media or about to sign a deal, we’ve got you covered with insider advice.
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Raising Emotional Stakes: Connecting Sound and Image
Since our early years as musicians, both Nic and I have approached making music from a cinematic or visual angle. When we began working together as ROOM8 this was a very conscious aspect of the concept. Whether writing songs or…
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No Comparison
“And I ask myself why do I put myself through it? Long flights, little pay, all for the music. It’s hard to understand why we put ourselves through this. I guess you gotta love it, to keep the crowd moving”…
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The Making of a Happy Home
What makes a happy home? Is it the high-end furniture, the fancy cars parked out front in the driveway, or even the zip code? These were the questions that we asked ourselves as we were making our latest album entitled…
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Swiss Army Knives Are Better Off Not Multi-Tasking
Boredom is underrated. It’s natural for us to want every level of our focus chomping at the bit of the stimuli that flies back and forth between our senses. Sometimes, it just seems like a good use of time to…
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If I Listened to Everyone’s Opinion…
If I listened to everyone’s opinion, I’d be dead. Dramatic, I know. Sorry. But I will tell you this: taking to heart every bit of unsolicited (and even sought out) advice and opinion—no matter what career path you’re pursuing—is seriously…
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Money Diaries: A Week in Los Angeles on a $26,000 Salary
Alright, I don’t get paid on salary, but I want this article to be in the style of Money Diaries. If you’re not up on it, Money Diaries is an increasingly popular column, published by Refinery29, in which anonymous millennial…
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Lukewarm Anxiety
I don’t know about you, but I started making music professionally right before life as we know it became determined by social media and music distribution became free and available for all. I’m not going to say that those days…
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What I Learned from Signing a Record Deal
I’ve been mulling over how I was going to approach this subject for quite some time now, as there are some serious pros and cons to signing a record deal. I came from a world where it was mostly internet…
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My Biggest Misconception About Being a Musician
My biggest misconception as a budding musician came from the fact that no one I was around talked about it like it was a business. No one talked about the money – in fact it was somehow taboo – and…
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Do Be Do Be Do: A Balancing Act
I have a question for all the creatives out there, grinding away at the latest project, or practicing until their hands go numb: When’s the last time you felt good about taking a break? If your answer is never, then…
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