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How to Get Your Music on Spotify Playlists

Playlists have become the ultimate music discovery tool, helping artists reach new audiences and boost their streams. From algorithmic to editorial, getting your music on a Spotify playlist is a marketing tactic artists need to hack. Learn how to navigate the process and maximize your chances of your music landing on a playlist.

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Mental Practice Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide for Musicians

As a musician, not all of your practice will be on your instrument. Some of it will be in your head, and some of it may even be on objects that just look like your instrument. We call this mental practice, and in this excerpt from Barbara LaFitte’s Practicing Techniques for Musicians course, the former principal oboist in the Boston Ballet Orchestra shares tips on how to practice your instrument when you just aren’t able to actually play your instrument.

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Can You Copyright Choreography? Inside the Murky Legal Landscape of TikTok Dances

Navigating copyright infringement and protecting your choreography in the era of TikTok dances is becoming increasingly important. See how Berklee Online instructors advise you on laying down the law when trying to get your dance to trend.

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Arooj Aftab on ‘Vulture Prince,’ Grammy Noms, Genius.com, and Berklee

Arooj Aftab began getting notice with a viral cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” more than 15 years ago, but with two Grammy nominations, she has finally arrived. Her “Vulture Prince” album is a stunning work that frequently reaches transcendence.

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Alper Tuzcu

Alper Tuzcu is a composer, producer and an educator. His music has been featured on NPR, BBC, RTVe (Spain), and many other radio stations and media channels all over the world. His most recent EP, Raíz, was released in February of 2021 by Palma Records. His Bossa Nova composition, “Felicidade,” has reached more than 650K streams on Spotify and his LoFi track “Uzaklarda” was featured on Spotify Editorial playlists. Alper Tuzcu graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Magna Cum Laude degree in 2015 after winning a scholarship at the Umbria Jazz Festival.



Articles, Bass, Features, Guitar, Improvisation, Performance

Jimi Hendrix and 9 Other Musicians Who Changed the Way We Play

By Alper Tuzcu

Jimi Hendrix, Django Reinhardt, and Louis Armstrong redefined their instruments so drastically we need to look at their innovations in a historical conext.

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Articles, Features, Music History and Liberal Arts

How Classical Guitar Arrived in Spain and Then the Rest of the World

By Alper Tuzcu

Learn the fascinating journey of the classical guitar and its evolution across multiple continents, seas, and centuries.

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Articles, Songwriting, Songwriting

Song Lyrics Generators: Are They Good for Songwriters?

By Alper Tuzcu

As a professional songwriter, I was highly suspicious that song lyric generators would be sophisticated enough to generate complete songs. However, this does not render their services completely useless.

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