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Creating MP3 Files – Tagging your MP3 files with MP3Tag
Posted on July 20, 2010 | No CommentsTagging your music files allows you to add information about the song, the artist, and album art to the mp3 files. This way, when someone opens your mp3 file to listen to it, they will be able to know more about you as an artist... -
Creating MP3 Files – Converting your WAV files to mp3
Posted on July 20, 2010 | No CommentsI use a free utility, FormatFactory, for converting many different file types, including converting .WAV audio files to .MP3. When you record your songs, many pieces of recording software do not save natively as mp3 files. But even when they do, it is often not... -
Tutorial – What is WordPress and Why You Should Care
Posted on June 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis Tutorial covers the basic features and benefits of using WordPress to manage and run your website. What is WordPress and why you should care? -
An Introduction to Google’s iGoogle Dashboard
Posted on June 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsThis video will introduce you to the iGoogle Dashboard. It is a free feature of your Gmail account that allows you to organize many useful applications and tools provided by Google and other companies. Please let me know how you like this tutorial and any... -
Inexpensive Merchandise for Bands and Songwriters
Posted on April 19, 2010 | No CommentsThis video is an introduction to a topic I’ll cover in more detail in the next few days. Merchandise is critical for both generating income and more importantly, providing fans – passionate listeners – with something to take home with them. They want a piece... -
Your Cell Phone and Google Calendar
Posted on March 25, 2010 | 1 CommentYour Cell Phone and Google Calendar Receive appointment updates, reminders, and ready-to-dial phone numbers directly to your standard (not so smart) cell phone. They say the best things in life are free and Google may be out to prove this statement with many of the... -
Songwriter Mailing List Tips – making it easy to sign up
Posted on August 27, 2009 | No CommentsI have been working on making my website easier/simpler for people to find my mailing list and other ways to connect. I “hacked” my wordpress theme and added the “connect menu” below the main navigation. I am about to do a series of additional changes... -
Creating, publishing, and embedding your songwriter performance video to YouTube.
Posted on August 26, 2009 | No CommentsIf you’ve followed along on our last three lessons on capturing, splitting, and then editing and adding an intro plate plus some overlays and titles, we are ready to produce our movie, upload it to YouTube, and then embed it in your website. Here is... -
Your songwriter performance video in Movie Maker – branding, the timeline, overlays, and effects
Posted on August 26, 2009 | No CommentsIf you’ve followed the previous tutorials’ instructions, you now have a MovieMaker “Collection” with individual clips or segments split out. A Word About Branding: Brand is a combination of images, phrases, products, ideas – that make up you, your company/organization, and how you are perceived... -
Songwriter performance videos in Microsoft Movie Maker – preparing clips
Posted on July 29, 2009 | No CommentsPart 2 of 4 on preparing branded video using Microsoft Movie Maker
