Awesome Underground ★ Music Review: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

MY STARVING LION ON CREATING MUSIC FOR THE RIGHT REASONS

In this portion of my interview with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion, we discuss how the availability of technology creates an automatic weeding out process. This ensures that anyone creating and promoting their music, for an extended period of time, has a stronger motivational force than the possibility of a large paycheck. When the concept of world-wide fame and millions of dollars in compensation for one's auditory art becomes diminished, it seems that only those who are truly passionate survive for an extended period of time. When music is created for the love of music, or the love for a message, or the basic need to create, this cultivates a new atmosphere for music altogether. As a result, we have available to us music in its most pure and passionate form... if we are willing to seek it out. As difficult as it is for musicians to get their music heard in the sea of content, it's equally as difficult to find the music that a single heart craves. But this process, though at times daunting, seems to intensify the appreciation for that amazing music. At least, for me, it does. When I find music that I truly love, I hold onto it. And likewise with truly starving artists: when they find the fans that can relate to and appreciate their art, they hold onto them. They show appreciation, they show love. They are... reciprocal. This makes this era the best so far to be a music fan.

VIDEO:

MY STARVING LION LINKS:

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YouTube

"Goodbye, Farewell, Amen" (the song featured in this video)

Twitter

Facebook

Email: mystarvinglion@gmail.com

For the indie musician and indie music lover:

Rockstars Glued

Remnant X Radio

Playlists:

Awesome Underground

How to Get Your Music Noticed

Musical Questions

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

MY STARVING LION ON THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING DISCOVERED AS A MUSICIAN

In this portion of my interview with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion, he speaks a lot on how difficult it is to find success as a musician and some of the causes of this difficulty. He also mentions how Dave Grohl has become a voice not only for indie musicians, but for the way the process of choosing who succeeds should be. Finding true rockstars on radio these days is almost a laughing matter. The kind of laughter that results in depression. The struggle is real, and sometimes you may feel like you've taken all of the right steps to no avail. It's really disheartening to look up and realize just how many amazingly talented musicians there are out there that will never gain the recognition that their talent and hard work makes them deserving of. This, and my love of music are the reasons that I try to do anything that I can and share any knowledge that I have that I think will help musicians like this succeed. This is why I started the series "How to Get Your Music Noticed" and why I will be adding a section to my website with written information and suggestions that I think will help musicians stand out above the white noise that Adam so wisely pointed out in this portion of his interview. And beyond those two things, musicians, always feel free to come to me if you think I can help you with something, anything. If I have the knowledge, I will do my best to make the time to share it with you or direct you towards someone I think can better assist you in whatever your current issue is.

LINK TO THIS VIDEO

MY STARVING LION LINKS:

official

YouTube

"It's Okay to Dance" Official Video

Twitter

Facebook

Email: mystarvinglion@gmail.com

For the indie musician and indie music lover:
Rockstars Glued
Remnant X Radio

Playlists:
Awesome Underground
How to Get Your Music Noticed
Musical Questions

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Friday, November 11, 2016

MY STARVING LION TALKS SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a big deal. It's something that a lot of people know nothing about. I've been on my journey of learning about it for over a year, and continue to learn more at least weekly. There is a lot of information to obtain about this one topic, and it can get overwhelming. In fact, in this portion of my interview with Adam Spanier of My Starving Lion, he brought up something that sparked my interest. It was something that I would set aside to learn about another day. I had no idea about meta tags, and I'm currently in the process of learning about them just now. At the time, it wasn't something that was beneficial to me. But I knew it was a very valuable tool. Now that I have a website that I put time and work into, it's important for me to do everything that I can to make sure that it is easy to find. Never underestimate the fact that people are lazy. If you don't make all of your content easily accessible, it will never been seen. Whatever you have to offer the world will never be utilized. That is why this is such an important topic for anyone hoping to promote anything they create on the internet. This is one of the biggest steps in self-promotion that exists, and it happens to be several mini-steps in one. My advice is to learn one thing about Search Engine Optimization at a time. Make sure it is applicable to most if not all of the forms of media you need to promote, so that you can use it repetitively. Once you have mastered that one thing, move on to the next and continue to learn! Continue to learn, not only about SEO, but about everything that you can do to make your finished product better and more easily accessible. That is how you will find success!

Friday, November 4, 2016

HARRISON RIMMER: AWESOME UNDERGROUND ★ MUSIC REVIEW #32

I spent the day going through review requests, and I get a ton of them... daily. I heard song after song that I didn't connect with. I had decided that I would listen to two more artists and then call it a day, because my heart couldn't bare much more slaughtering. And along came Harrison Rimmer, who presents a pleasant flashback smoothie of Nirvana and Matchbox 20, with vocals sounding oh so similar to the lead vocalist of The Calling. I honestly could not believe how much of my youth I heard in this EP. And for me to say an artist sounds like Nirvana is serious, because I don't hand out that compliment lightly (in fact, I don't think I ever have). But this guy's sound bares an undeniable resemblance to the 90's grunge band that was one of the first to make me fall for music in the first place. Perhaps that was why I had an immediate emotional connection with his music. I think it was a number of things. Sometimes, I feel bad saying that one artist sounds like other artists. In saying this about Harrison Rimmer, I don't mean that he doesn't sound original or different. His blend of sounds reminiscent of these other artists is definitely something unique! Today, where the music we are bombarded with on radio is over-produced, over-synthesized, and lacking soul, Harrison's music shines through brightly with elements today's radio music is sorely missing. Maybe I'm just an old grumpy lady shouting "Back in my day, we had good music!" But I don't think that's the case. Because I see (or hear) so many wonderful things in this generation of music, but it all seems to be on the small stage. Though I wish Mr. Rimmer all of the success in the world, unfortunately, it seems that radio isn't the place for him in this time where true musicians with real talent don't belong as they once did. But with my connection to this artist with his similar-to-Nirvana sound, I can't help but think that this is a musician that Dave Grohl would be proud of.

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