Top 5 Tips for Musicians During Quarantine: Pro Career Advice Covid-19 has turned our lives on its heads. We can't play at concerts. We can't sell merch or interact with fans. Even when things go "back to normal", normal for the arts may take five years or more. So what can you do? Can you survive this pandemic?  I've made a successful music and film career almost entirely online for the last decade. I've tried dozens, if not a hundred, ways to monetize my music, films, and skills online. A pandemic didn't send me to the internet, parenthood did. Juggling work, my art, and family life became impossible and I ended up purposely moving my entire career online.  Hire Me for Your Projects: Post Production, Consulting, Film Music So here are some of the tips to help you avoid the mistakes I made. I will admit, dropping everything you know is hard. This is not easy. But you CAN do it! You don't have to give up your passions, at all. Whether you are a DJ, cla...

Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Technology Conference 2019 February 7-9, 2019  at the University of California, Santa Barbara AWMAT 2019: Impact! Impact! explores how the creative and innovative  works of women in media arts and technology influence the community. New forms of artistic representation in multimedia art are highlighted through interactive installations, virtual reality and sonic arts. Emphasis will be placed on how these new forms work in conjunction with technology to shape our culture. Now accepting submissions for papers, installations, demonstrations, sound art/concert works and workshops. Key Dates: Paper Deadline:  October 15, 2018 Workshop Proposals:  October 15, 2018 Installation/Demonstrations:  O ctober 15, 2018 Performance/Concert Works:  October 30, 2018 Notifications of Acceptance: November  2018 For more on conference and submission information please go to:   https://awmat2019. wordpr...

You know your are an electronic musician if... 1. You know the type of sound wave for every police siren that you hear 2. You know what MIDI , IDM , ICMA, and DAW stand for 3. MAX is not a name 4. When you think of Supercollider, you think about pages upon pages of computer code 5. You know the frequency of your refrigerator hum 6. You are constantly messing with the dials on your car radio to optimize EQ 7. You hear a melody in wind chimes and immediately try to sample it 8. You have ever purposely listened to noise static for long periods of time 9. Your studio equipment costs more than your car 10. You know the BPM of your car blinker 11. You have a definite opinion: Sibelius vs. Finale 12. In the MAC vs. PC debate, your answer is Logical 13. The only Tools you use are PRO 14. You have ever used the pick-up line , "Wanna check out my studio?" 15. A fun Friday night is six hours uninterrupted in the studio 16. You subconsciously judge ...