HAMMERHEAD BLOG

The best music is neither practical nor predictable; but with that said, the most refined music follows an order that takes years, and often decades, to master. In her Album of the Year Award-winning effort Singing the Nocturnes, Elizabeth Sombart demonstrates the kind of poise that is required to follow such …

2022 in retrospect was perhaps an underwhelming year for a lot of music enthusiasts, as many of the trends we started to see pop up towards the beginning of 2020 more or less solidified into cultural standards in the past year, but for those with a taste for the eclectic, …

At the start of 2021, there was a lot of concern over what kind of a year it was going to be in music. 2020’s concert culture was crushed under the weight of a pandemic, and while much of the same persisted into this past year, this didn’t stop the …

The modern business of making music starts online, and when it comes to networking with quality professionals, Song Angel knows no equal. Setting up an account with Song Angel is free and takes a fraction of the time it does to start up the average social media profile, and with …

Against the backdrop of what was a typically eccentric northern California afternoon, I had the pleasure of coming across the likes of Hēran Soun for myself as I prepared to present the acclaimed one-man musical wrecking ball with this year’s trophy for album of the year. As eerily calm and …

2020 was the most unpredictable of years, but if you think it was without one heck of a strong soundtrack, you definitely haven’t been keeping up with the Indieshark release radar in the past twelve months. Aside from incredible mainstream sounds from The Weeknd, a maturing Taylor Swift, the compelling …

Industry without inspiration never leaves a lasting impact. Hard work and discipline often produce a reliable product but, without the spark of love behind its creation, posterity will take a dim view of its ultimate worth. Ten years ago, worldwide charting singer/songwriter, musician, and producer Stephen Wrench launched Musik and …

2019 was a landmark year for independent music on multiple fronts, and while there have been no shortage of intriguing trends to follow in the last twelve months, certain movements – surreal pop, the reprisal of melodic hip-hop and self-aware country music among them – were simply impossible to ignore. …

I recently attended a SWSW Music and Media Conference in Austin Texas. The first day I was there I witnessed a punk band walk over to give a Top Music Executive one of their latest CD’s following a hot live performance. Everything was going fine until she turned the CD …

So we’re not talking about PRO as in “music professional”. The PRO we’re going to look at in this installment is an acronym for Performance Rights Organization.  A PRO is one of several organizations that are highly beneficial to producers, songwriters and musicians and if you’re a studio owner or operator, …