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1st Base Runner’s Immersive, Atmospheric “Seven Years of Silence” Album Gets Limited Edition Vinyl Release

  1st Base Runner’s Immersive, Atmospheric “Seven Years of Silence” Album Gets Limited Edition Vinyl Release Fans of dark, fascinating electronica, alternative and indie music, rejoice! Austin, TX-based Indie Electronic artist 1st Base Runner‘s debut album “Seven Years of Silence” is out now on all platforms. Tim Husmann‘s meticulous approach to the music and production shows...

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‘Fat Bloody Fingers are Sucking Your Soul Away’ – 1st Base Runner Masterfully Covers “Rabbit In Your Headlights”

‘Fat Bloody Fingers are Sucking Your Soul Away’ – 1st Base Runner Masterfully Covers “Rabbit In Your Headlights” Indie Electronic musician 1st Base Runner has been keeping busy lately, having recently released two singles/music videos from upcoming album ‘Seven Years of Silence’. He’s also a music lover himself, made evident by his superb cover song choices. After covering “A...

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Music From the Women of New Nashville

Music From the Women of New Nashville   By Jessica Brant   Demystifying the music industry inside Nashville’s throbbing heartbeat is a task left to niche music journalists excited to crack open its chasm and expose undercover talent. Nicknamed the “Buckle of the Bible Belt,” and home to the Grand Ol’ Opry and North America’s...

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Cover Art And Your DIY Band

Cover art is a tricky thing. In some ways it is the most important aspect of an album because as much as we don’t want to admit it people DO judge albums by their cover so if the album has a shitty cover then people aren’t going to get it. If people don’t appreciate the...

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Name 5 Record Labels – I Dare You!

Here’s a new litmus test I’ve been using in order to help bands determine if they have reasonable goals to develop themselves within their scene. It’s an easy one too. If you can’t name 5 record labels who would realistically pick your band or a band like yours up for your next record assuming everything...

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Defining Expectations And Reading Contracts

So I just saw a pretty major band that I used to manage broke up. And they broke up because the singer decided to be whiny and was upset that even though his band had only really been touring for two years and was getting cool record deals he still felt he wasn’t where he...

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Being The Man: The Importance Of Networking at DIY Shows

You know what amazes me? The fact that I have been a fixture on the Northeast metal scene for pretty much my entire adult life and I can still meet people who it is helpful for me to collaborate with at local shows. That shouldn’t be a thing, but somehow it is. This happens all...

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Having No Zero Days

I’m sitting here on a plane next to one of my favorite vocalists, hell the vocalist of two of my favorite bands about to watch him go play a reunion show with a third band who I love because I get to fucking work with him. that’s fucking insane. I don’t care how you slice...

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Your Mailing List And Your Band

Mailing lists are a key to your band that I haven’t really discussed before because they are the sort of thing that I, quite frankly, have always taken for granted. You shouldn’t though, because perhaps the only rule that the ever changing landscape of the internet has taught us is that email is eternal. Whereas...

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Creating A Content Calendar

So this is a big one and something that we need to go over in depth. The utility of the content calendar shouldn’t be something that I need to sell you on – even if you don’t follow it to a T it can be helpful just to give you inspiration. I personally like to...

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Long Term Planning With Social Media For Album Releases

Now there’s a lot to be said for long term planning for social media. Obviously your social media needs to all be coordinated with a release plan and if you don’t have a release plan you should know that you are only hurting yourself. I just wanted to take a moment to look at the...

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Toxic People and the Music Industry

Toxic people kind of dick around you in the industry constantly and there is no escape from them. This is one of those unfortunate realities where the sooner you come to terms with it the better off you are going to be. It’s a reality that you don’t want to have to stare down the...

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