Musical Perfectionism, and How to Deal With It

The universe wants me to figure out with musical perfectionism. I have this phrase all day long in my thoughts. Why? For what reason? God knows! But the will of the universe should be respected, and therefore I begin...

Oh, this perfectionism! How many nerves he spoiled those who can not live at full strength. I want to write a cool resume and get a dream job - but in the end, the resume is thrown in the middle, because it seems to be not ideal, and you continue to work in a boring company.

I want to learn how to dance bachatu and participate in parties - but in the end you run out of the dance school after the first two classes, because it doesn’t work as well as that of the coaches. “So what,” you think, “I will watch dance competitions at home on TV, I don’t have to spend money on costumes.”
You start to write a music track - and you throw, in despair, after trying a dozen variants of composition and arrangement.

How to Describe a Piece of Music (Continued)

Method 2
Subjective opinion

1. Listen carefully to music. You need to immerse yourself in music more than with formal analysis in order to trigger a complete emotional response. Find a quiet and private place and turn on the selected song. Focus on the mood of the composition. Carefully listen to the lyrics. While listening, try to understand the feelings of the performer at the moment when he created the song. Go to music with all your heart and soul to accurately understand and communicate your personal reaction to the material.

How to Describe a Piece of Music

Frank Zappa once said that "talking about music is like dancing about architecture." In a sense, he may be right, but the ability to vividly describe music helps to appreciate it more deeply. If you analyze the music and express your appreciation in words, you will learn to hear such details that you might have missed. Your ability to describe a song will also come in handy if you are talking to a person and want to share musical recommendations with him.

Dream of Touring the World? It's Not Out of Reach!

Imagine for a moment that you're an indie rock artist and you're sleeping after a full day of marketing, performing, and let's be real, partying. While you're passed out in Lawrence, KS (it's a great college town, so it makes sense you had a gig/party there), a music-aficionado in Germany is wanting some new music to wake up to. He logs into Spotify and searches for bands similar to Queen and your group pops up because of various algorithms that associate your sound with Queen! Turns out our German friend loves the catchiness of your melodies and rich vocal harmonies (which is probably why you're associated with Queen) and begins sharing your music with his 1000's of German friends. When you wake up and login to your computer, you have a message: "10 albums sold. Location: Munich, Germany." Way cool, right?! Now you can connect with fans in Munich and begin devising a world tour. So how can you make this a reality? It starts with a digital music distributor.


What's a DMD?

Music Distributors exist for the purpose of making sure your music is sold through the biggest digital retailers. These are iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody and MySpace. This increases your exposure because you describe your music using similar artists and upon uploading your music, retailers then log this info into their database. Suddenly, you're using an asset as a tool to connect with potential fans.
A common trait among music distributors and an extremely important one is sales tracking. This service gives you detailed reports on how much you're making and where. These statements will be a critical part of your marketing attack as they will let you know where your efforts are paying off. My advice: put more muscle into areas that are working and don't worry about areas where that aren't. (See our German example above).