By Mike Levine, for Delicious Audio
What’s in a name? Don’t ask me. There’s no such thing as a yellow ostrich, but that doesn’t stop Alex Schaaf from insisting it’s alive anyway. And in songs like ‘Whale’ and ‘In The Past I Was an Astronaut’, Yellow Ostrich is making the Read more...
From Delicious Audio, by Howie Statland
Surf Rock experienced a Renaissance in the last few years, influencing a wave of new indie artists. The ultimate surf guitar tone has several elements: a guitar, the amplifier, reverb, tremolo, and vibrato, but the sound starts with the guitar itself.
A Fender Stratocaster, Read more...
By Justin Colletti
Recording can be fun. Sometimes it can be a career. But it’s not for everybody. And today, becoming a working engineer is no easier than becoming a working musician.
Throughout my adult life, I’ve made most of my living recording, mixing, and editing music and sound.
Songtrust, the online rights management solution for independent songwriters created by NYC-based Downtown Music, has partnered with Indaba Music to provide new ways for musicians to better manage the rights and royalties for their creations.
Through the partnership, Songtrust will offer music publishing administration services at a discount to members Read more...
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN: It’s been 12 years since a creative team at Arnold Advertising synchronized Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” on that dreamy Volkswagen commercial and in that time, brands and artists have become good friends.
Now, commercial music is all synch licenses and “inspired by” original compositions ordered to sound Read more...
