Sound Recording - the WellMixed.com Blog

The blog has not been well-tended recently, but now it will be even less so, as the WellMixedStore.com takes over the NavBar link on the main website.

However, this means the beginning of a new era, where the microphones that you want to listen to are available at WellMixedStore.com

News about all thing related to home recording will be more constantly posted on a little microblogging platform that you may have heard about called Twitter. Be sure to Follow @WellMixed there.

Michael Arrington reports in Tech Crunch today that MySpace is now focusing on what they are calling “Discovery.” This comes in the wake of CEO Owen Van Natta being canned two weeks ago.

Read Arrington’s report by clicking here.

What does this mean for musicians? It can only be good, as the website that all musicians are still obligated to join has hemorrhaged users, dropping from the 6th most popular site one year ago to 17th place today. Sound Recording has discussed in the past about how MySpace is failing, and how the music aspects of it have been lost.

This news presents us with a ray of hope that MySpace will again be a place for musicians to “be discovered.” Imagine if all internet users felt the need to visit MySpace every day to stay informed of what they should be discovering. What do you think will happen? Leave a comment…

Musicians are poor. When I ask potential WellMixed clients why they don’t get their stuff mixed and mastered, the number one reason is money. It takes most artists years to realize that people in their communities (churches, frats, bowling leagues, etc) want to support them.

Many of those folks are willing to donate or invest money in recording projects.

Check out Sellaband.com

It is a site that allows fans to help fund their favorite musical artists.

Dutch singer Hind raised $60,000 in 11 days last month via Sellaband. Once the album is released, fans will receive a variety of goodies/incentives .

It never hurts to ask for cash if you believe in your product!