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Session Vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven Tells How She Charted Without A Manager Or Label On My Latest Podcast

Darlene Koldenhoven - Episode 631

On this week’s podcast episode, session vocalist Darlene Koldenhoven tells us how her music hit #4 on the Billboard classical crossover chart with no manager or label. The common assumption that a major-label infrastructure is required to chart is exactly what her story dismantles, and she walks through the specific decisions that produced number-one worldwide […]

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What To Do When A Song’s Arrangement Doesn’t Sound Right

Troubleshoot a song

You may have been here before. You’re working on a song but it just isn’t coming together. If you’re experienced you probably know exactly where to start, but even after a couple of steps you might hit a dead end. This excerpt from my Music Producer’s Handbook provides 10 questions to ask in order to troubleshoot a […]

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Erasing Leakage But Keeping The Drummer’s Performance DNA With Dr. Bill Evans On My Latest Podcast

Dr. Bill Evans - Episode 629

On this week’s podcast episode, I speak with Dr. Bill Evans, audio scientist, producer, educator, and inventor of the Performance Restoration methodology. Bill believes that drum recording has always involved a painful tradeoff, but it doesn’t have to. Most engineers accept mic bleed as an unavoidable character of a drum sound, questioning whether removing it […]

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New Music Gear Monday: Klevgrand Altitude Vocal Performance Station Plugin

Klevgrand Altitude plugin

If you’ve ever wished you could replace your pitch corrector, harmony generator, doubler, and vocal modulation tools with a single plugin, Klevgrand may have just answered that wish. The Swedish developer known for creative, well-crafted audio tools has released Altitude, a real-time vocal performance station built for singers, producers, and live performers alike. It’s a […]

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I Was Underwhelmed By This Song That Was Created By A Quantum Computer

Quantum computer music

There is so much controversy and pushback on AI-generated music that there’s no point revisiting that argument again. But would things be any different if generative artificial intelligence was combined with quantum computing? Could a state-of-the-art quantum computer actually improve the music creation process? I’ll let you be the judge when you watch and listen to […]

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