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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

The Decade In Music: How Musicians Create

December 3, 2009 By Graham English

How has technology changed the relationship between musicians and their fans? While major record labels still struggle to grasp the power of the MP3, artists, including Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, have embraced and even found creative solutions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: bloggers, Blogging, David Rawlings, digital music, Facebook, fans, file sharing, free, Gillian Welch, imeem, John Mayer, Julie Greenwald, Kevin Barnes, major labels, mp3, music distribution, Music Industry, music technology, musicians, MySpace, Napster, NPR, Of Montreal, P2P, Steve Albini, Technology, Twitter

From The Notebook 12-7-08

December 8, 2008 By Graham English

Chris Brogan's article, How Alltop Powers Bloggers, has a tip to get more traffic by getting added to an Alltop topic. Go here to sign up. Maybe if enough of us submit the topic, independentmusicians, it will be recognized. Here's a pair of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Alltop, Apple, Blogging, bookmarking, bookmarks, Chris Brogan, contracts, del.icio.us, dropbox, Google, independent musicians, indie music, Mac, mp3, music contracts, music licensing, Music Publishing, musicians, OSX, Rumblefish, scripting, scripts, SoundCloud, traffic, YouTube

How To Get Lyrics For Your MP3s And Learn To Write Songs Like The Masters

March 1, 2007 By Graham English

If you plan on being a great lyricist, you need to spend considerable time studying the master songwriters who came before you. Think about it. Who's going to make a better Chef? Someone who has only tasted his own cooking or someone who has eaten at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: iPod, iTunes, lyric writing, lyrics, mp3, Songwriting, songwriting tips

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

What is RSS and Why Do I Care?

January 30, 2006 By Graham English

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to syndicate or subscribe to the feed of a website, blog or almost any media content online (not just articles, it can be music, video or almost any digital media). So instead of having to go visit each and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: AdSense, Blogging, blogs, digital-age, feeds, Google, mp3, Music Promotion, musicians, podcasting, podcasts, RSS, syndication, Technology, Web 2.0

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