My Team posted this Tweet below on Twitter and it moved me to write a Blog about the courage it takes to be a music artist and to take the necessary risks to build a viable career let alone the investment of time and resources. I also want to speak to the crippling self-doubt many … Continue
Those of us in this trade know that pro singers always seek help and training to help them sound their best, particularly in preparation for recording and in the studio. Your final vocal lives forever on that record! Best to be prepared like a pro with these… 5 Secrets Record Labels Use to Get Powerful … Continue
Musicians today have more on their plates than ever before. With the increase in social platforms popping up left and right there is an overwhelming pressure to promote all of the time which is unnatural in an artist’s life. Artists need time and space to create. And without it, their art, inspiration and mental health … Continue
As an artist, your creativity rotates around different seasons. ❄️🍂🌷☀️ When you understand the dynamic nature of the flow of the artistic process more fully, you will know with more confidence what energy and attention to bring to each phase. Most artists today are overwhelmed working on everything at once. Writing, recording, branding, marketing, promoting … Continue
Not everybody who sets out to be an artist reaches their destination to turn their music dream into reality. It’s for a ton of reasons, some outside of your control, but most probably because of tolerance. Tolerance for sucking until you don’t suck anymore. It takes a lot of hours (some say 10,000) before the … Continue
Let’s face it – we all know that mastering time is a big piece of being successful. And even more, is fitting it all in, especially when you have a music career. It seems like every artist I meet is pretty overwhelmed these days – everyone needs help managing the hours in a day, and … Continue
We’re making progress. The indie revolution is settled in and has taken hold. Artists are carving their paths, and music marketers have come out of the woodwork with more advice than one ever should follow. Besides, following generic advice or advice that tells you how to make it is just that ~ generic. It’s just … Continue
by Cari Cole For the past three years, we’ve been quietly working behind the scenes developing artists and their records at CCVM with A & R sessions, cultivating a killer songwriting team and refining our process. While we’ve been working with emerging artists voices and record projects for over 3 decades, I took a stronger … Continue
By Cari Cole Record making is an art, a science, a process, an alchemical experience. It should not be thrown together, recorded in a rush, and your vocals should not be recorded all in one day. It won’t help. Even more, the song selection is critical to the success of the record. Whatever you … Continue
By Cari Cole So did you know that when Lady Gaga was preparing for her Oscar performance a few years back, that she worked with a vocal coach for 6 months every single day? Now you’re probably saying, I wish I could afford that! Oh, the privilege of having money. But — I bet … Continue
