Displaying articles for: October 2012
Issue 194
The 133rd AES Convention, held in San Francisco, California, surprised the industry with signs of a rebirth in a new direction—thanks to the presence of the Project Studio Expo track. Produced in association with Sound on Sound magazine, and inspired by the Nashville Recording Workshop + Expo events produced by the AES Nashville Section, AES Executive Directo
Issue 193
Musicians have never before had such a great selection of cool tools at such affordable prices, and this has helped empower those with musical dreams to realize those dreams. But what some people don’t seem to realize is that these tools are, in many ways, instruments in their own right. Back when gear was expensive, a limited number of engineers were able to work
Issue 192
I talked a bit about
Issue 192
There’s an old riff regarding Bob Dylan that goes, “Everybody does Dylan’s music better than he does.” If the evidence in support of this statement are the efforts of Peter, Paul & Mary, The Turtles, The Byrds, and Jimi Hendrix, you’d be hard pressed to refute that argument. “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “It Aint’ Me Babe,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” and “Issue 183
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We all know the old music business paradigm is gone, but the nagging question has always been what’s going to replace it. Well, we may be starting to see some hints.
The concept of artists being able to reach mass audiences is a fairly recent one: the ability to freeze music in time is less than 150 years old. Music was a real-time activity, often performed for, and subsidized by, the wealthy
PreSonus held the second annual PreSonuSphere User’s Conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (nice place, by the way!) on September 28 and 29, 2012. As a presenter, when I walked in one of the organizers said “I hope you’re ready for big audiences. I think it’s going to be bigger than last year—the attendance might even double.” Well, he was wrong; it was nearly triple, with 481 attendees.
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Issue 190
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When is recycling not a good thing? When it comes to your own creativity, that’s when. To reuse your ideas is not as bad as plagiarism (presenting the work of others as your own), but it’s still “stealing from yourself.” The problem is that most people do it unconsciously. It’s just part of human nature. Behavior scientists tell us that if you write the sentence “Ringo gave George the octopu
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