https://youtu.be/y5cRzSR7Fqo Behind the Scenes with Tropidelic Chances are if you've wandered into the Cleveland music scene over the last few years you've heard the name Tropidelic thrown around. They’ve sold out the House Of Blues in Cleveland toured with 311, Bad Fish and other huge names in the reggae rock [...]
When I ask most artists who their music is for the inevitable answer I get regardless of genre or style is “Everyone”. I want everyone to hear my music they’ll tell me and to be fair that is completely understandable. You do want everyone to hear your music. If only [...]
Here is the next What I Learned video from Cary Crichlow. Cary has a way of getting to understand what a made a band become successful, not just that they had great music. He then uses these principles to help the bands and artist he works with in producing there [...]
Cary Crichlow, Senior Engineer and Producer at RCR Recording Studios, has for the last few years, researched several successful bands and then created an entertaining video from what he learned. The last three were produced by our studio, while the other seven were produced by Porch Crew Productions, a group [...]
Recently I’ve been spending a lot of time researching how to create a hit song. I’ve checked out dozens of blog articles and YouTube videos by producers, writers, A&R guys and many other industry experts (and some maybe not so expert). I expected to learn the secrets to what makes [...]
There is nothing cheap about the music business. Everything costs money: Instruments, amps, gear and other accessories, lights, studio time, filming music videos, travel, marketing and promotions, accountants, managers and lawyers and the list goes on. If you’re like the average musician, you probably don’t have a lot of extra [...]
Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of different clients with lots of different backgrounds, and aside from "What's the difference between a producer and an engineer," one of the questions that pops up more than any other is: "What's the difference between mixing a [...]
Let’s face it. We live in the era of song singles. Why fight the tide when we can swim with it? With this in mind, I have come up with what I believe to be the best strategy for new and emerging bands or artists. I am in a band [...]
I wanted to dig in a little deeper about a blog I wrote a couple weeks ago about the Future of the Music Industry. Remember the acronym T.E.A.M from your high school sports? Together everyone achieves more. We all give lip service to it, but at the end of the [...]
It’s the question on everyone’s mind these days: what does the future hold for the music industry? Illegal downloading and file sharing are rampant, record sales are dropping; if we took our cue from the major labels, they seem to be scratching and clawing their way into every aspect of [...]