Getting to know the band

5 signs your band is doomed

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 …

This Quiz Will Reveal What Your Punk Band's Name Should Be

Study Finds Most People Find Their Favorite Band At The Age Of 13

A new study has found that most people discover their favorite band at the age of 13.

Why Your Band Needs A Practice Schedule

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

Why An All-Or-Nothing Approach Is Bad For Your Band

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.

A Linguist Has Some Tips for Choosing Your Future Band Name

What the Who, Slayer, and Guns N’ Roses all have in common.

Why Trying To Be Different Might Make Your Band The Same As Everyone Else

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

How 11 Famous Bands Got Their Names

From wartime slang to public bathrooms, find out the surprising (and hilarious) ways these famous bands got their names.

How a New Band With No Fanbase Can Start Building Local Buzz

Use these field-tested tips to start building a buzz – and a career – around your music, even if you're just starting out.

Why Keeping A Band Together Is So Difficult

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

Can We Guess What Instrument You Played In Your High School Marching Band?

Nope: Why You Shouldn't Say ‘Yes’ To Everything In Music

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

Why Balance Is Essential For A Successful Music Career

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.

A Guide to the Hottest Icelandic Bands

The hottest Icelandic bands are a mix of some that you already know and others that you have probably never heard of.

How being in a band changes your life

The weird and wonderful realities of a life in music. This article is not about how being a member of a band somehow elevates you to a god-like status, nor is it about how you’ll never have to work a normal 9-5 job again, or the copious amounts of sex and drugs you expect you’ll …

Why band kids turn into sharper adults

If you gave up the clarinet in grade school, don't worry. Those precious years of musical training still did your brain a favor. Brains change with age, and these changes can sometimes interfere with our hearing, which in turn impacts how we respond to speech.

Is Your Band Sexist, or Are Womxn Just Annoying?

Is your band name sexist? Let’s find out!

28 Signs You Were In Marching Band

They can take the instrument out of your hands, but they can’t take the music out of your heart.

Do You Have a Rhythm Band in Your Classroom?

Rhythm bands have been a part of the music classroom experience for over 80 years, but if yours is lacking here are some tips for recharging it!