http://www.rmxplay.com remixing the world, one beat at a time. . . Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:35:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week a friend of mine turned to me and not so politely asked, "why are those twins still in the show, they can't sing and they just sent home a dope group". My response was simple, "it's not a talent contest, it's a popularity contest", very much like the rest ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/12/the-x-factor/ We tend to think of viral growth as something new and recent. But really the internet has brought us the future by returning us to the past. Sometimes it's easy to forget that we haven't had recorded music all that long relatively speaking. Way back in the past when fire and ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/10/the-ancient-viral-principle/ Join us in our first ever podcast and discussion with an industry insider. We joined Jon Cotton, who is the founder of Artisan for a chat about various issues in the music industry including; setting up and running a studio, creating the ever elusive 'magic' in a song, standing out ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/08/podcast-with-jon-cotton-from-artisan/ Our Demo We recently came across a very talented singer on Youtube, Hannah-Rei. Unable to contain our excitement we decided that we had to work with her. Thing is, she is under a management contract and can't work on any other recordings other than her own. Did that stop us from ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/08/3-steps-to-producing-a-striking-demo/ http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/07/1-minute-song-analysis-love-in-this-club-usher/ Quantity Few people in the western world have heard of Sripathi Balasubrahmanyam. He is an immensely successful prolific Indian singer who has recorded more than 40,000 songs in the space of 40 years. That is roughly 3 songs per day, every day for 40 years. Remember when we spoke of mastery? ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/06/must-have-strategies-for-a-musician-part-2-prolificacy/ Master Your Craft A ball park figure thrown around by various authors (Malcolm Gladwell in his book "Outliers" and Csikszentmihalyi in a recent TED talk)  is 10,000 hours of effective practice. This is how much you should be ready to invest in your craft before acquiring the knowledge and expertise to ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/06/must-have-strategies-for-a-musician-part-1-mastery/ The Game Has Changed The future economy is yours for the taking no matter how small you may be. As we keep on saying here at RMXPLAY, technology has changed the Game. The small players now have an equal footing with the big corporate players. In the music industry this is ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/05/the-future/ Dead or Alive? I think it's generally accepted that printed media is on it way out, and this trend is nothing new nor is it surprising. The ability for the internet to deliver the same news quicker and cheaper makes it hard to justify the value of printed media, let alone ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/05/lessons-to-learn-from-dying-newspapers/ Ok here is something that might be fun. In the late hours of the night I decided to put together a quick beat and song. But since I am a horrible singer I thought why not get you guys to come up with something? Can we open source a song ... http://www.rmxplay.com/2009/05/lets-make-a-hit-together/