Articles on: music & audio

[caption id="attachment_11802" align="alignnone" width="831"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Someone has left (or they’ve been kicked out) and while you feel that your band still has potential, you need that void filled as soon as possible. But bringing someone new in can be exhausting, stressful and possibly fruitless.

[caption id="attachment_11822" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Producer Sarah Koenig has yet to announce a launch date for the second season of Serial, the most-lauded podcast of 2014, but has confirmed that there will definitely be one. Unfortunately, just knowing that there will be another highly-addictive story, told week-by-week, doesn't exactly help fill the silence of your commute or your daily dog walks.

[caption id="attachment_11720" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Here is a truth that is perhaps unpopular to speak but is, of course, extremely accurate: Being in a band basically means owning a small business. You have finances, you have marketing, and you have the understanding that in addition to making great music, you hope to drum up a little bit of cash, as well.

[caption id="attachment_11690" align="alignnone" width="620"] Marc Maron of the WTF podcast. Image via Flickr[/caption] Though the success of This American Life's first spinoff, Serial, dominated the headlines in 2014, it would be a shame to rewrite podcasting history entirely; before there was Sarah Koenig and the great mystery of Adnan Syed, there were hundreds of individuals, sitting behind USB microphones or talking into ISDN lines or webcams, recording their own podcasts.