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How Producer George Martin Changed The Finances Of The Record Business
When iconic record producer George Martin passed away in 2016 it brought effusive thoughts, memories and well-deserved accolades from all quarters of the music business. Most dwelled on Sir George’s creative accomplishments, and truly there were many. Just his work with The Beatles alone changed the way we make music forever, not to mention his work with other top selling artists […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Waves Space Rider Effects Plugin
If you look at mix templates from any good mixer you’ll always find a few modulators, delays and reverbs, but the real magic happens when all three are combined. This takes some routing to do, and the setup isn’t always straightforward, which is why it’s all committed to a template so you don’t have to […]
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Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Collection Auction Makes A Fortune
Vintage guitars are still very much in demand, and if you don’t believe it, just check out the recent Mark Knopfler guitar collection auction at Christies. Not only did 100% of the items sell, but they sold for way more than the baseline asking price. The total revenue from the auction was over $11 million […]
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Here’s Why Recording Reggae In Jamaica Is Different From Anywhere Else In The World
There are a lot of musicians that think they can play reggae, but unless you’ve actually been to Jamaica and exposed to the culture, it’s usually just a hollow rendition. Although known more recently as a music publisher with his Artist First Music as well as being the former president of the American Independent Music Publishers association, my good buddy […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Winter NAMM Show 2024 Overview
Another Winter NAMM show is in the books, and although there were no big surprises, there were a few new gear releases worth checking out. You can listen to my full overview on my podcast on Tuesday, but for now here are the highlights. Just about every manufacturer and developer had new updates or versions […]
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A Tour Of The Universal Music Vault At Iron Mountain
It used to be that record label tape vaults were simply a room in a building where the space was sometimes considered more valuable than the contents. Hence, we’ve all heard the horror stories about labels just ditching valuable masters in the trash when another office was needed. That’s not the case today as labels […]
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SymphonyOS CEO Megh Vakharia, Best Months To Release Music, And How Much Producers Make On My Latest Podcast
On my latest podcast episode: Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the show!
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New Music Gear Monday: Kali Audio LP-UNF Desktop Monitor Speakers
Built-in computer speakers have come a long way but they’re still no match for a dedicated set of speakers. That said, it’s difficult to find high-quality monitors that sound good, don’t take up too much space, and don’t cost a fortune. The new LP-UNF desktop monitor system from Kali Audio checks all these boxes and […]
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When 88 Keys Aren’t Enough, How About This 478 Key Moog?
We’re all pretty used to the Western 12 note scale, and it’s hard to hear anything else these days that isn’t considered extremely experimental. What would happen if you broke these 12 tones per octave into 31? That was actually an experiment by mathematician and early Ai theorist David Rothenberg back in 1968. David hired […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Kemper Profiler Player Pedal
I think anyone would agree that amp modelers are so good these days that the need for using a tube guitar amp is greatly diminished. What convinced me that modelers were here to stay is when I heard that metal gods Metallica stopped taking their beloved tube amp rigs on the road in favor of […]
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45 Million Tracks With Zero Plays. If You Build It Will They Come?
The prevailing wisdom over the last decade or so has been that any artist should get their songs online early and often. It didn’t cost that much, and at least your chances of being discovered is greater than zero. But are they? According to music data company Luminate, 45.6 million music tracks online received zero […]
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A Peak Behind Tesla’s Awesome Audio System
I’ve owned a Tesla Model 3 for a few years now and it’s far and away the best car I’ve ever owned, and I’ve owned a lot of nice cars before this. I could gush over all the things I love about the auto, but near the top of the list is the audio system. […]
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Check Out My Appearance On The Your Morning Coffee Podcast
Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart recently asked me to appear on a special edition of their Your Morning Coffee podcast to speak about Ai in music production and marketing. If you’re not familiar with their podcast, it’s one of the best around on the business of music, and they ask super-insightful questions. Please join me […]
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My 2024 Music Business and Production Predictions On My Latest Podcast
On the latest episode of my Inner Circle Podcast, I’ll be taking a look back at how my predictions for 2023 fared, as well as my predictions for 2024. Yep, I’m going out on a limb this year! Listen to it at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Happy New Year, and […]
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Some Reasons Why Engineer Tom Dowd Is A Legend
There are a few “godfathers” of the modern recording industry – Bruce Swedien, Al Schmitt and Bill Putnam all immediately come to mind as they transcended different eras of music. Engineer/producer Tom Dowd certainly falls into this category as well, with the added gravitas of being one of the physicists that actually worked on the […]
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