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The Decade In Loudness

December 31, 2009 By Graham English

Robert Siegel talks with two guests about how recorded music has changed in the past decade. First, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig explains how recordings have gotten louder and worse. Then Robert talks Andrew Oxenham, a professor in the Psychology … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: absolute peak level, Andrew Oxenham, Audio, Bob Ludwig, capitalism, CD, Christopher Clark, compression, decade, dynamics, engineering, high frequency peaks, loudness, loudness wars, low frequency peaks, mastering, mastering engineers, mid frequency peaks, mp3, music producing, music production, music technology, NPR, peak level, peak levels, producing, Psychology, recorded audio, recording, recording technology, RMS, RMS levels, Robert Siegel, Technology, University of Minnesota, volume, white noise

27 Live Recordings From The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival

November 17, 2009 By Graham English

Here's a few of the musicians you can listen to: Count Basie & His Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Oscar Peterson Trio and Thelonious Monk. Registration is required but it's oh so worth it. The New York Times has the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: 1959, Audio, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz, live music, live recordings, music, Newport Jazz Festival, Oscar Peterson, recordings, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Wolfgang's Vault

Logic Studio Training Beginner Series

May 24, 2009 By Graham English

If you're a brand new Logic Studio user or If you're thinking about buying it and want to see how easy it is to begin making music, these videos will help you hit the tape hot. Watch the entire series on YouTube: Logic Studio Training Beginner … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Apple, Audio, DAW, Logic Pro, Logic Pro 8, Logic Studio, Mac, music software, software, tutorials, YouTube

My Favorite Audio Sites

February 9, 2009 By Graham English

A friend recently asked me for the list of feeds I read to keep up with the audio world because I'm always sending him the coolest stuff. Until now, I've kept it a closely guarded secret. But I figured we could collaborate and you could share some of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: aggregation, aggregators, Audio, bookmarks, digital music, electronic music, feed reader, feeds, future music, Google Reader, information, information-management, lists, Logic, Logic Pro, Logic Pro 8, Logic Studio, music production, news, recording, synth, synths, tips, tutorials

Who Else Wants To Record Like The Beatles?

February 24, 2007 By Graham English

Recording The Beatles is a 540-page book that details all of The Beatles recordings. It's been reviewed by Wired and looks awesome. It's not cheap at $100 but it looks worth it just to learn the mics, mixers, effects, and instruments they used to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Audio, recording, The Beatles

The Sound of Stars (Audio)

August 21, 2006 By Graham English

Like musical instruments, stars can produce notes through their vibrations. Here you can listen to some of the ghostly whistling, drumming, humming, and rumbling sounds that stars make. Have a listen to the hypnotic drone of HR3831 or the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: Audio, sound

Best Music of 1900s-1920s as MP3s

July 5, 2006 By Graham English

From Best music of 1900s-1920s as MP3s: FoldedSpace has ripped and posted a rare collection of the best music from 1901-1920s and posted it, along with commentary. These public domain songs are delightful, and feature some of my favorite artists, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: artists, Audio, download, mp3, public domain, songs

List of Opensource Music Software

March 8, 2006 By Graham English

Please don't let your financial situation stop you from writing and recording great music. Here's a list of opensource music software for capturing and recording audio. I've used Audacity for a couple of projects and it works great. There's even free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Audio, MIDI, music software, opensource, Writing Music

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