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Thinking Inside the Box, Part Two - Analogue vs. Digital Summing
efore we take a deeper look at what “summing" actually is, let's briefly recap what we looked at last time. You may remember that we looked at how you could set up your DAW to more closely replicate the workflow (and, to a lesser extent, the look and “feel") of a traditional mixing desk. The natural ...
An Artist's Perspective on uPlaya: Part Two
Yesterday we ran the beginning of a rather long interview we did with the Block Scholars' David Bell about uPlaya, to offer a perspective that differed from its founder, David Meredith. Part two is after the jump. Because a computer algorithm determines your uPlaya score, do you think it's even more objective than getting the opinion ...
Is Your E-Mail Open Rate 21.32%?
All the experts will tell you that getting fans' e-mail addresses is a huge deal: the fans that part with that information will spend more money on you than those who don't; they will come out to more of your shows; they tell more of their friends to check out your music, etc. But knowing how ...
An Artist's Perspective on uPlaya: Part One
This week's interview with uPlaya's CEO David Meredith put forth a pretty convincing argument as to why the company's hit song science can help musicians. But while Mr. Meredith made a number of great points, skeptical musicians might be better convinced by one of their own. To that end, I spoke at length with David Bell ...
Thinking Inside the Box, Part One - Replicating a Traditional Mixer Inside Your Daw
Welcome to the latest installment of Production Tips, our new monthly feature offering, well, production tips, hosted by Simon Langford. Mixing “In The Box" (or ITB) is something that has only really become possible in the last few years. But thanks to recent developments in technology, a real paradigm shift has occurred, and more and more ...
Uplaya's David Meredith on How Hit Song Algorithms Can Actually Help Artists
The words “hit song science" tend to set musicians on edge. Rather than inspiring curiosity about a new piece of technology, the idea of a hit predictor, or some kind of perfect pop song analyzer, usually conjures up images of soulless homogeneity, of computers issuing ruthlessly effective and perfectly empty radio hits, of true creativity and ...
The Morning Tabs
Because we're all such busy bees, we finally figured that the easiest thing to do around here would be to assemble some morning links for you. Check 'em out! According to this interview, A2IM CEO Rich Bengloff hates the misuse of the DMCA in Viacom's case against YouTube. Bengloff and his partners will be filing amicus ...
Five Reasons for a Musician to Consider the Creative Commons
If you want to understand the need for a Creative Commons approach to copyright law for musicians, you could do worse than to visit San Francisco. When you get there, take the 1-California Muni bus to the Outer Richmond District, get off at the 22nd Avenue stop, cross the street to the Bazaar Cafe, and ask ...
New Music Seminar Recap, Part Four: Words of Wisdom
As you might have noticed, we were at the New Music Seminar this past week, and we learned a lot. With the week drawing to a close, we thought we'd leave you with some more pearls of wisdom. These didn't fit into our earlier coverage, but they're also too good to leave in our notebooks. In ...
The Complete Guide to Eating Healthily on the Road, Part Two
Earlier today, Amy Klein offered up part one of her tips for eating healthily when you're on tour. Below, you'll find part two. Make It a Picnic Touring means nothing if not going stir crazy during long drives. Because of the sheer contrast it provides to the daily routine, the act of eating outside instantly ...
