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On The Launch of “Art & Science,” Alan Parsons Talks Classic Techniques, Modern Apps, Concept Albums & Eye In The Sky

March 3rd, 2010 by Janice Brown

With his new web-based and DVD video series, The Art & Science of Sound Recording, acclaimed engineer, producer and musician Alan Parsons (Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Alan Parsons Project) has created an enormous resource for recording musicians and both budding and experienced engineer/producers. In separate segments on essential topics Read more...

Review: Bongiovi’s Digital Power Station Plug-in Optimizes Mac Sound

March 3rd, 2010 by Craig Williams

I recently had the chance to check out the Digital Power Station iTunes plug-in from Bongiovi Acoustics. It claimed to “dramatically enhance the sound of any Mac computer, as well as its connected speakers, headphones and other auxiliary accessories.”

Upon first glance I thought there was NO WAY this small, Read more...

Winger On Using Propellerhead Record + ReWire to Pro Tools

March 2nd, 2010 by admin

Propellerhead, the Swedish software manufacturer, has released the first in a series of video tutorials on the coupling of their Reason and Record software with various DAWs using ReWire.

For the first tutorial, producer/engineer Michael Winger (Alanis Morissette, Regina Spektor, The Von Bondies) shows how/why he uses ReWire to link Read more...

Vocal Yokels: Mr. Fantastic On Seducing Charice, California Connecting

March 1st, 2010 by David Weiss

MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN: How do you resist a music powerhouse with the effervescent name of Mr. Fantastic? You don’t. Peter Habib and Adam Nierow prove that personality, persistence and pop vocal prowess pay off (say THAT five times fast), representing with infectious energy from the word “Go”.

Formed in 2006, this Read more...

Spectrasonics’ Omni Live iPhone App

February 26th, 2010 by Janice Brown

Spectrasonics’ new (free) iPhone app, Omni Live, turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless remote control of the “Live Mode” of Spectrasonics soft synth, Omnisphere. “Omni Live” is available now as a free download from the Apple App store.

Spectrasonics has also released free updates for Omnisphere & Read more...

ImGiggin.com: A Microcosmic Music Industry, Online

February 24th, 2010 by Janice Brown

Can effective, even practical, music industry networking — traditionally sparked by “who you know” or being in the “right-place-at-the-right-time” — actually happen online? NYC-based professional musicians and music directors Onree Gill and Ralph Rolle say it not only can work, but that it’s actually needed to improve on an outdated Read more...

Rick Slater’s Deconstructing the Project — Pre-Pre-Production

February 24th, 2010 by David Weiss

First in a series of in-studio tutorials by Rick Slater, NYC Producer/Engineer/Warrior.

MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: If you keep an open mind, the music will tell you what to do. That’s been my philosophy in the studio, one of the many hard-learned lessons I’ve learned over many years of engineering records. I’ve Read more...

Dirty Little Rabbits Dream Big At Bowery Electric

February 24th, 2010 by Daniel Sieling

EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: “I feel like my whole life has been leading up to this,” exclaims Shawn “Clown” Crahan, best known for his work in the multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning metal band Slipknot. But it’s not Slipknot he’s talking about here; he’s ecstatic about rejoining his other musical endeavor, Dirty Little Read more...

Fred Schneider: Visiting Outer Limits with The Superions

February 23rd, 2010 by David Weiss

SOMEWHERE ON LONG ISLAND: The word “inimitable” gets thrown around a lot in music, but when the subject is Fred Schneider, things get a little fuzzy — fact is, just about everyone thinks they can sound just like the B-52’s legendary lead male honker. Wanna practice? Get ready: His vocals Read more...

Emanuel and the Fear: Out of ishlab, Onto the World Stage

February 18th, 2010 by Janice Brown

DUMBO, BROOKLYN: It’s such an exciting time in music. Challenging too, yes. But “exciting” because we live and work in a time when bands like Emanuel and the Fear will start as an idea in the studio and become real because there’s nothing standing in their way.

An 11-piece Read more...

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