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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

Top Music Technology Articles for 2006

December 26, 2006 By Graham English

Music technology is bound to make leaps and jumps in 2007. Just have a look at the new music technologies we got to play with in 2006. Find New Music With Musicovery - And Songwriting Ideas Too If You Haven't Checked Out Splice Yet, You Don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: music software, music technology

Bob Dylan Thinks Technology Sucks

August 23, 2006 By Graham English

The iconic rocker says the music industry has no right to bitch about piracy when its modern recording technology only screws up good music anyway. Dylan's pretty tough on the current state of recording. He's got good points too. We've lost almost … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Bob Dylan, Music Industry, music technology, piracy, recording technology, Technology, Wired

Conventional Instruments To Make Unconventional Sounds

August 8, 2006 By Graham English

These performers fit into a wider group of people in the self-made instrument scene, which is particularly vibrant in the San Francisco Bay Area. "It is one of the main centers for people who make their own instruments and create their setups," says … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: experimental music, Instruments, music technology

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