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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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Erin Barra

Erin Barra is an educator, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and music technology consultant. She is a leading product specialist for Ableton and has authored several Berklee Online courses about Ableton software. Erin has worked with Grammy winners like John Oates, George Massenburg, Kathy Mattea, and Elliot Scheiner. For Berklee Online, she teaches Music Production Fundamentals for Songwriters, which she authored; Music Career Strategies: Brand Identity Development for Artists, Songwriters, and Producers, co-authored with Patrick Ermlich; and four Ableton Live courses—Fundamentals, Sampling, Non-Linear Creative Strategies and Composition, and Synthesis and DSP—all co-authored with Loudon Stearns.



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Articles, Improvisation, Improvisation, Lesson Content, Music Production, Music Production

How to Improvise in Ableton Live

By Erin Barra

Break out of your rigid DAW routines and learn how to improvise in Ableton Live with the help of Berklee Online music production course author Erin Barra.

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10 Online Teaching Tips

By Erin Barra

Erin Barra teaches music production for Berklee Online and at the Berklee College of Music campus in Boston. She has been helping her fellow faculty members get up to speed with online learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Her 10 tips for making online teaching engaging extend beyond music and production and are helpful to anyone teaching an online course.

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