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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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Dan Bowden

Dan Bowden was a versatile guitarist, author, and longtime Berklee College of Music faculty member, known for his expertise in rock, jazz, blues, and R&B. A Berklee graduate, he taught guitar at the college from 1989 until his death in 2025, and authored more than a dozen instructional books, including Wes Montgomery: The Early Years and Mel Bay’s Complete Accompaniment Method for Guitar. For Berklee Online, he wrote the courses Acoustic Blues Guitar and Getting Your Guitar Sound.



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6 Original Blues Guitar Architects to Rediscover

By Dan Bowden

The musical elements of blues are distinctly African in origin—the pentatonic scales, polyrhythms, use of microtones and pitch bends, and call and response phrase structure all originate from the African continent. Black History Month is the perfect time to get reacquainted with these architects of the blues guitar.

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How to Play Acoustic Blues Guitar

By Dan Bowden

Learn the history and techniques to start playing acoustic blues guitar with these four tips from Berklee Online guitar instructor Dan Bowden.

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