HELL’S KITCHEN, MANHATTAN: Avatar Studios announced that it has opened Studio W, a new 160 sq. ft. Pro Tools/Logic writing room. Acoustically designed by renowned Avatar engineer/mixer/producer Roy Hendrickson (Avatar Studio E, Studio G), the second floor studio was launched to provide an inexpensive but functional room for songwriters/artists to Read more...
On September 12, Aaron Albano AKA DJ Ming of Habitat Music will be riding through the streets of NYC as a participant in the 2010 NYC Century Bike Tour. The tour will take Ming and the Habitat Crew through 100 miles and all five boroughs of NYC in a single Read more...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Being an artist has never been a very sound proposition, in New York City or anywhere else. So it follows that an immersion into sound art would be twice as risky.
Fortunately in our day and age, there’s a little infrastructure – grants and friendly facilities Read more...
CMJ has announced the addition of CMJ Play to the lineup of the CMJ Music Marathon. The event, a celebration and exploration of the intersection of music and gaming, will take place Wednesday, October 20, at NYU’s Kimmel Center and is in conjunction with NYU’s Music Video Game Research Project Read more...
Hoboken, NJ-based Wiley Publishing has just released Songwriting for Dummies, 2nd Edition ($21.99). The book helps readers to get in touch with initial inspiration, fine-tune lyrics, and even get songs in front of industry decision-makers.
The hands-on guide includes:
— Songwriting For Dummies, 2nd Edition cheat sheet
— Good reasons Read more...
