Category Archives for "Production"
Livestreaming has been the big buzzword over the last year as it’s the only way for creators to safely get their wares out in front of the public. That said, there’s a bit more to it than signing on to Facebook, YouTube, or Instagram (pick your platform). If you want your stream to look and […]
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We’ve all heard the stories about a modern sturdy bridge being brought down due to oscillation from wind or pedestrians walking at just the right frequency that weakens it. That’s known as resonance, and it’s something that occurs across the scientific world. One of the coolest resonance experiments has to do with sound and something […]
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One of the great things about deconstructing classic hits is that you can clearly hear not only how they were put together, but how production techniques have changed through the years. A video that does this nicely is the one below, where you follow Motown historian Harry Weinger and Questlove of The Roots as they […]
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Every musician today has a their own home studio. While that makes recording yourself easier than ever before, most find that it’s a lot easier to start a self-produced project than finish one. Here’s an excerpt from the 2nd edition of my Music Producer’s Handbook that provides a way to finish those self-produced projects by remembering 2 simple words. […]
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Happy New Year everyone! Let’s put 2020 behind us to find a much more prosperous and safer 2021. As always, I’m very grateful and thankful for your continued support! Image by Anja🤗#helpinghands #solidarity#stays healthy🙏 from Pixabay
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No guest on the podcast this week, but you’ll find plenty to listen to as I give my top predictions for what will happen next year in the music industry. We’ll look at a wide variety of topics including: How music venues adapt to the new world Live streaming The many facets of the TikTok story Facebook getting […]
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There were so many great plugins released this, and many more that weren’t new that I only recently discovered. In this post we’ll just look at the new ones though, and there are a few that have found their way into my personal toolbox. Here we go with my top 6 plugins for 2020. Korneff […]
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My buddy Otis Thick reminded me of a post that I wrote a couple of years ago that I thought I’d revisit with an updated spin. It’s based on an excellent article on the Sweetwater blog about 10 music products that haven’t changed in a long time, and it got me to thinking about the […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Mark Plati, who worked with a wide range of major artists including Prince, David Bowie, Janet Jackson, Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, the Bee Gees, The Cure and many others. In Part 1, which was Episode #338, we talked about we talked about working with Prince and Bowie, music for theater, following […]
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Many musicians and artists believe that music production is just acting like a director of a movie in order to achieve a great recording, but it’s so much more than that. Music producers have a complex job where they have to be part politician, diplomat, casting director, creative director, financier and product manager. That’s a […]
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We haven’t done an isolated track for a while but this one popped up and it’s a good one, especially if you’re a Rolling Stones fan. It’s the isolated guitar solo track by Keith Richards on the classic “Sympathy For The Devil.” The song was recorded for the Beggars Banquet album in early June of […]
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In the highly social online world that we live in, one thing’s for sure – at some point we’re going to receive negative comments on something. It’s bad enough when it’s about something we’ve posted but especially hurtful when it’s about our music. How you address those comments is extremely important if you don’t want […]
Continue readingGet ready for some great behind-the-scenes music business stories as my guest on the podcast this week is Miles Copeland, who formerly managed The Police and created IRS Records. IRS was at the forefront of punk and New Wave as the home of bands like REM, The Bangles, Dead Kennedys, The Go Gos, and many others. He also […]
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Every now and then someone asks about getting that vintage sound that bands like The Beatles got way back in the 60’s. There’s no mystery to how that was done in terms of microphones, but the other gear that was used makes all the difference in the end. This video by Boulevard Recording shows you […]
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Russ Hughes has had a successful career in multiple areas of the music business, but started a small blog dedicated to helping Pro Tools users that has grown into a group of sites (Pro-Tools-Expert.com, Logic-pro-expert.com, Ableton-Live-Expert.com and Studio-One-Expert.com) that may be the most influential in the digital audio world today. Here’s an excerpt from my […]
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