Just about everyone who’s ever picked up a guitar or stepped foot into a recording studio has had visions of having a hit record. “Just 1 hit is all I need,” runs through your mind as you try to capture music lighting in a bottle. It turns out that the elusive hit doesn’t mean much […]
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My guest on my latest podcast episode is drummer Ray LeVier, who’s extensive career spans live performances, teaching, and composing for top TV networks like TLC, Discovery, FOX Sports and others. In addition to his performance career, Ray is a dedicated teacher and clinician for manufacturers like Yamaha, Paiste, and Evans. Despite a devastating fire […]
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Anyone who’s ever been deepfaked knows how traumatizing it can be, especially if it was done for a nefarious reason. It’s even worse for artists because a replicated voice or video may be making money for someone else off of the artist’s name, image and likeness. The U.S. Copyright office wants to get touch on […]
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My guest on my latest podcast episode is producer, musician and remixer Danny Saber. Danny’s worked with musical legends like David Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Marilyn Manson, U2, The Rolling Stones, Public Enemy, Willie Nelson, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, and Madonna, among many others. He’s also contributed to television commercials for McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Coors, and […]
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My guest on my latest podcast episode is Morgan Hayduk, who’s the co-founder and co-CEO of Beatdapp, a company that helps artists, labels, performance rights organizations, and streaming platforms detect fraudulent streams. Morgan started his career in music as a lobbyist for the Canadian music industry in the area of copyright protection before starting Beatdapp, […]
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Ticket and drink prices are higher than ever before, but musicians aren’t feeling the increase in their pockets, according to a survey by Pirate. It’s probably no surprise, but it’s never been more difficult to make money from gigging and it looks like that’s not going to get any better soon. Pirate surveyed 1,700 band […]
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My guest on my latest podcast episode is mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum, who’s worked with the likes of Faith No More, Yes, Meatloaf, Eric Gales, Walter Trout, Dream Theater, Sepultura, Halford, and many more. Maor has written presets and collaborated with various plugin companies such as Waves, Brainworx/Plugin Alliance, Softube, Arturia, Leapwing Audio, Pulsar Audio and others. […]
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With so many artists complaining about streaming royalty rates, you’d think that the only people making money online are superstar artists. According to Luminate’s Mid-year report that’s not the case though, as the music middle class appears to be growing. Yes, It’s Really There I bet you’re surprised that there even is a middle class, […]
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My guest on my latest podcast episode is mastering engineer Howie Weinberg, who has 20 Grammy Awards and 76 Grammy nominations, 4 TEC awards, 2 Juno awards, 1 Mercury Prize award, 200+ gold and platinum records, an unbelievable 19,000 total credits, and 25 billion streams. Howie started working in the mail room at Masterdisk in […]
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Just about everyone runs into this scenario. You click on a link on a page or post only to get a “404 Not Found” message on the other side instead of the info that you were hoping for. In some cases this is just a typing mistake made during link creation, but if the page […]
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You’ve probably wondered how musicians get hired to play on film and television sessions, and who takes care of all the paperwork. My guest on my latest podcast episode is Deb Chase, who’s a contractor for musicians playing on movies and television scores, and even acting in them as well, and she’ll tell us how […]
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We live in a world where so much of our entertainment is consumed via online streaming, but exactly how much? I’m glad you asked, because you’ll be surprised. Forbes recently ran an article that cited these exact streaming stats. Ready? Here we go. Music Streaming Stats General Streaming Stats Video Streaming Stats Gaming Stats No […]
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Artificial intelligence is really remarkable in so many ways, especially when it comes imitating someone. It’s not very hard to simulate someone’s image, likeness, and even voice and music these days, and in most cases that’s a really problem. It’s true that imitation is a form of flattery, but not if it’s causing you reputational […]
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The latest episode of my Inner Circle Podcast features Marek Stycos, who’s company Audio Alchemist acts as a brand manager for a wide range of pro audio manufacturers. He’s also the president of high end pro audio creators Dangerous Music and Chameleon Labs. Prior to starting Audio Alchemist Marek worked as Director of Pro Audio […]
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The latest episode of my Inner Circle Podcast features 5 time MPG mastering engineer of the year Katie Tavini, who’s work includes Rudimental, Bloc Party, Ash, We Are Scientists, Nadine Shah, Arlo Parks, Los Bitchos and many more. Katie is also a founding member of Weird Jungle, a collective of independent mastering engineers in the […]
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