Maybe selling paint worked out better for the Season 9 American Idol winner Lee DeWyze.  While he can sing, he still has not been succeeding in the music business.  For instance his debut album was the lowest selling of any past Idol winner with only 168,000 copies selling.  After the release of the album Live It Up DeWyze was pretty hard to find.  He only...

Writing songs can be something that you do for a while, and then it seems like you have lost all of your ideas and feelings.  It can be hard to get back to writing until you hear or come across something incredibly inspiring.  The only problem is that a lot of song writers have got to keep writing song lyrics to keep food on the table.  So, how do...

As a home recording enthusiast for the past 15 years I have ran into every problem imaginable. There were times that I lost entire songs from bogged down equipment. Luckily I received many solutions from others who record at home. To avoid similar problems keep the following tips in mind. The computer is the heart of the music recording studio. Computers must...