Where you live really does determine your music career, despite what you might think. Yes, so much can be done online these days, but the music community in your city has a lot to do with your musical development and how you’re influenced. The survey on the best and worst cities for music from Clever […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Paul Kopf, who’s the product manager for the go-to orchestral sample library for most film composers – the Vienna Symphonic Library. A composer, producer, musician and singer, Paul has been a staff member of VSL since the year 2000 when the company was founded, and is an […]
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For some of us it’s hard to believe that legendary Rumours album from Fleetwood Mac just turned 45 years old. It’s even harder to believe that the album has been on the charts for 926 weeks of that time, which is almost 18 years! The trifecta is that it’s still selling in what many would […]
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It doesn’t matter your age or where you on the globe you live these days, with few exceptions our world revolves around technology, especially when it comes to entertaining ourselves. Although there are lots of studies that show that radio is still widely used, it’s hardly the first thing that anyone with other electronic options […]
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Social media use continues to grow at a record pace, but the devil is in the details. The details are what exactly what we get from Hootsuite’s Global State Of Digital 2022 report. The study is truly global in that it looked at how over 230 territories around the world actually use a social media […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Ceri Thomas, who’s responsible for content and studio enablement for Dolby Music. He works with engineers, studios and record labels to ensure that they can create music using Dolby’s Atmos Technology. After 15 years in the film and television industry at companies like Danetracks, Todd-Soundelux and Twenty […]
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The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame just announced its 2022 nominees and the list is long. From Duran Duran, Eminem, Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Beck and even the MC5 (and 11 more), the list every year generates a ton of press and a general yawn from musicians. The big question is, why is there a Hall Of Fame […]
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YouTube announced that it took in $28.8 billion from ad revenue last year, which was up a whopping 32% over the year before. The big question is, how much of that actually makes it into the pocketbooks of creators like artists, bands and songwriters? What Actually Is Monetized If you look at the deal that […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is engineer Lij Shaw, who’s the owner of the Toy Box Studio in Nashville and host of the great podcast Recording Studio Rockstars. Lij has also been battling with the Nashville Metro Council since 2015 on behalf of home studio and home business owners in the city to […]
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Last year Sony Music made the news by wiping out all unrecouped balances from artists that were signed before the year 2000. That allowed these artist to finally make some money from streaming, which they hadn’t been doing because of money still owed to the label. Now comes news that both Warner Music and Universal […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Martins Popelis, who’s one of the founders of Sonarworks. The company was one of the first to provide room and headphone calibration software that’s within the reach of the average home studio owner. During the interview we spoke about measurement mics why they’re all different, the company’s […]
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If you’re a producer, engineer or musician, chances are that you’ve been asked to work on someone’s recording. That’s all well and good, but how do you get compensated for your efforts? Here are 5 ways that you can charge for your services. Here’s a typical scenario. An indie band asks you to work with […]
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If Twitter is your social platform of choice, you might be frustrated with the fact that you aren’t able to post to a selected portion of your followers. An option called Twitter Flocks is currently being beta tested to enable just that, giving you the ability to reach out to a small group. With Flocks […]
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There’s a post written by Ted Gioia called “Is Old Music Killing New Music?” that’s sweeping through the music industry right now. It’s based on the recent report by MRC that states that more than 70% of all music consumed in the U.S. is what’s known as catalog, or older than 18 months. In many […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is the legendary guitarist Wayne Kramer, who may be one of the most unappreciated but exceptionally influential guitarists in rock. He was a co-founder of the seminal MC5, a band that many would argue started the punk rock movement almost a decade before it became popular. In fact, […]
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