Apr 25, 2026 | In The Know
Los Angeles gives bands a huge range of places to play, but that also makes it easy to aim in the wrong direction. A lot of artists waste time pitching rooms that do not fit their sound, their current draw, or their stage of growth. The best venue for your band is not...
Apr 20, 2026 | In The Know
Sight reading can feel frustrating because it exposes everything at once. Your rhythm, note recognition, timing, coordination, and focus all get tested in real time. When it does not go well, many musicians assume they just are not naturally good at it. In reality,...
Apr 15, 2026 | In The Know
4-Week Online Music Courses With No Admissions: A Faster Way to Learn Music What if you could start learning music today, without applications, registration fees, or waiting periods? That’s the idea behind MI Online Short Courses: flexible, 4-week online music courses...
Apr 15, 2026 | In The Know
If you make music today, you have probably heard producers throw around terms like sampling, interpolation, clearance, and public domain as if they all mean roughly the same thing. They do not. And if you are writing, producing, remixing, or building tracks from older...
Apr 10, 2026 | In The Know
Choosing a drum school can feel simple at first. You want strong teachers, good facilities, and a program that helps you improve. But once you start comparing schools, it gets harder to know what actually matters. One school talks about world-class faculty. Another...
Apr 3, 2026 | In The Know
Los Angeles, CA — Musicians Institute (MI) is proud to announce the launch of MI Online Short Courses, a new suite of fully online, 4-week classes designed to meet the needs of today’s musicians, with the first courses beginning April 20. These short-format, online...
Apr 3, 2026 | In The Know
How to Become a Session Bassist in 2026: What Actually Gets You Hired The image of a session bassist getting a call from a major label and walking into a world-class studio the next morning still exists. But in 2026, it’s one of many ways working bassists are...
Mar 13, 2026 | In The Know
7 Female Music Producers You Should Know in 2026 Music production continues to evolve, blending genres and technologies from immersive audio to hybrid studio workflows. As the industry grows, female music producers are stepping into increasingly influential roles...
Feb 27, 2026 | In The Know
In today’s music industry, the keyboard is more than an instrument. Because of its variety of uses, it’s often considered the foundation of modern production. From building chord progressions and programming MIDI to designing synth sounds and scoring visual...
Feb 25, 2026 | In The Know
Whether you’re producing pop, hip-hop, R&B, electronic music, or scoring for visual media, chord progressions are the foundation of your track. While sound design and drum programming get a lot of attention, harmony is what creates emotion, tension, and movement...
