A few tips to help you find a producer to take your song to the next level

Quirky singer teams up with producer Aria Wood for new track Dream Dancer

I’m sure many of us have spent a little extra time on phones this year. Whether this be for consuming or nurturing your online audience, we can all afford to practice fostering a healthy relationship with our online world.

DIY Musicians need all the help they can get, and some times that help comes in the form of very useful websites. Here are five that could help you out.

Swedish artist with a voice you won’t forget!

Warning: most of these will get stuck in your head.

South-East London’s Kai Kwasi has released smooth new track unt with Play It Again Sam.

The music industry has served up some incredible moments throughout history, things that have changed the landscape of music and shaped it to be what we know today. In a time where things feel to be moving slower than usual, it can be nice to reflect on the past. Here are just a selection of some of the most memorable moments in music’s history…

Glasgow based kitti is back with an exciting feel-good track Wonderful World. Following the release of her debut EP Young, Careless and Free, kitti presents the same high quality of musicality in Wonderful World, living up to her title of ‘Best Female Break Through’, crowned at the Scottish Music Awards 2020.

London-based OCEAN is back with a catchy new single Train Wreck.

Written and recorded in The Netherlands in the height of lockdown with producer Pat Smith, the track was influenced by old-school hip-hop alongside artists such as Olivia Dean and Mac Ayres.

There’s no denying that the last year has been tough! Thankfully there are some incredible organisations and charities out there that are dedicated to supporting people within the music industry.

Swedish singer-songwriter Adna has returned with an elegant new single November which marks a homecoming since her last release in 2019.

Brighton based Mara Simpson has released a powerful new single, Reason. Premiered on Cerys Matthews BBC Radio 6 Music show, the track incapsulates Simpson’s own “quiet rebellion”.

Faultress has released captivating new track Illusions, the first teaser from her forthcoming debut album Nocturnes set to be released in October this year.

The world is beginning to open up slowly, but if there is one thing we have learned over the past year, it’s that online presence is very important. Here are some tips that will help you connect with your audience, albeit, virtually.

Whether you have been writing for years or you have just picked up a pen, songwriting can be tricky and I’m sure we have all experienced the curse of writer’s block at least once.