Every generation has a boy band. Today, it's Brockhampton, a group that formed in 2010 when rapper/singer/songwriter Kevin Abstract posted…
What the Who, Slayer, and Guns N’ Roses all have in common.
An instrument long associated with angels and virtue plucks its way across musical genres and social media.
The artist may change, but the template remains the same
Does your musical project have an expiration date? For what seems like a lifetime, but is probably just a few short years, your band has been your life. Every waking hour is spent rehearsing, perfecting and writing your material, and every sleeping hour is spent dreaming of the next level of success. You’ve planned your …
A new study has found that most people discover their favorite band at the age of 13.
As much as we’d all like to think that inspiration and the pure love of music is enough to keep us musicians motivated to practice, challenges like work, school, or relationships tend to get in the way of our goals. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then becoming a serious and
There’s something about making music that has the ability to bring out hard-line attitudes within a person. Maybe it’s because the process of writing music is often jarringly intimate and revealing for some of us, like an urgent accounting of how we truly perceive the world as human beings. Or perhaps the competitive you vs.
From wartime slang to public bathrooms, find out the surprising (and hilarious) ways these famous bands got their names.
Time and time again, the sort of music that finds its way to the top of relevance, prominence, and appreciation are ideas that manage to blend listenability with stark originality. When musicians create new, fresh musical ideas presented in accessible, engaging ways, listeners take notice. With this in mind, it makes perfect sense why so
Music is one of the world’s most beloved and widely consumed art forms. It can do things like help us sleep, cope with a breakup, and give us the boost energy we need to focus while working at a boring job. But as vital as music is, most non-musicians ever consider how incredibly hard it
Use these field-tested tips to start building a buzz – and a career – around your music, even if you're just starting out.
There’s something so exciting about when a band transitions from looking for opportunities to getting asked to be a part of them. From other bands hoping you’ll open for them at a show to local nonprofits asking you to donate your music for a good cause, play music long enough and you’ll start to get
The hottest Icelandic bands are a mix of some that you already know and others that you have probably never heard of.
While many children work hard to master basic skills such as counting to 10 and not soiling themselves, others possess preternatural abilities that basically make the rest of their age group look like underachieving chumps. One such kid is “Babyboydrummer,” a 4 year-old who beats the skins with the kind of single-minded determination more often found in his peer-group smashing Cheerios in their high chairs.
Balance is essential to the success of any band’s career. This article discusses in detail how to balance your music career, whether you’re just getting started or attempting to juggle an ongoing tour.