Useful articles to become a PRO musician

[The Legendary Zoltan]

Information is half of the game. If we want to become a professional (meaning: MONEY) at making music there are lots of things to read out there. I was hoping that we could compile some really good resources here for people to study. It could be for anything from composing tips, effects guides, music business stuff, playing guitar, etc. I've got two that have been VERY useful to me lately.

http://zirconmusic.com/tutorials/text/

Most people here know Zircon but have you read his articles? If you want to be a DAW musician that is IN the business, you'd only be making your life intentionally more difficult by not reading what he's got.

http://www.axemanjim.co.uk/articles.html

This guy's articles are mostly targeting people who record, sing, and play guitar. He's also got some articles about mixing and effects.

I hope you guys can post some other great sites. Thank you.

[ebuch]

SCOREcast Online is another great resource.. TONS of great articles and podcasts on composition, production, technology, and the film/game music industry. I have yet to read through most of the articles still, but the many I've read so far have helped me a lot!

Required reading for all professional composers to be. You'll probably meet some really cool people.

http://www.scorecastonline.com/

[GallenWolf]

I like Letter to a Young Composer.

[The Legendary Zoltan]

Both of these sites you guys posted look great. Thanks for adding that!

Here's an awesome page from DiscMakers with lots of good articles on it. This article that's displayed on the page is all about music licensing but if you go down a ways, on the right side are links to a bunch of their other articles and at the bottom are links to more reading regarding licensing and publishing.

Since, licensing is my main goal at the moment, I found it quite fun to read. I'm starting to get dollar signs in my eyes, yo. Hahaha!