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While perhaps not the most rewarding or necessary of mods that can be made to your home recording...
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Let’s Have an Honest Talk About the Indie Artist Hustle
Whether you're a local artist, up-and-coming producer, DJ, talent manager, or prefer to be called something ridiculous like "a creative force," we can all agree on one thing: it's hard out here for...
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