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November 11, 2011 By Graham English

The blog has been asking for some love for a while now. I've had several projects requiring long and intense attention and I'm happy to say that she's back on my list of high priorities. First, here's some of what I've been up to. I completed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Aweber, Berklee, Berklee College of Music, blog, Blogging, Blueprint CSS, Boston Terriers, buttons, calendar, coding, CSS, CSS3, email, Facebook, Field Trip, funk, GigPress, gigs, Google, gradients, guitar, guitar effects, HTML5, HTML5 Boilerplate, iTunes, jazz, keyboards, Logic Studio Training, page speed, programming, Songwriting, Songwriting Master, Stomp Box Guru, Sweden, Twitter, typography, update, YouTube

Open Letter From OK Go, Regarding Non-Embeddable YouTube Videos

January 20, 2010 By Graham English

The catch: the software that pays out those tiny sums doesn't pay if a video is embedded. This means our label doesn't get their hard-won share of the pie if our video is played on your blog, so (surprise, surprise) they won't let us be on your blog. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Prose, Technology Tagged With: bands, EMI, major labels, Music Business, Music Industry, Music Promotion, OK Go, Video, YouTube

Brian Eno On The End Of An Era

January 18, 2010 By Graham English

I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Music Education, Opinion, Prose, Technology Tagged With: Brian Eno, future, future of music, interviews, Music Business, Music Industry

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

Virtual Composer Creates New Music

November 16, 2009 By Graham English

There's a mysterious new composer on the classical music scene. Her name? Emily Howell. But no one's ever seen her in person. The reason? She's a computer program created by David Cope, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Host … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: classical music, composers, composing, composition, computer music, David Cope, Emily Howell, generative music, LISP

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

Celemony Presents Melodyne Editor… Again [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

January 15, 2009 By Graham English

Quite some time ago Celemony made a huge buzz among musicians and non-musicians alike with their Direct Note Access technology. I discovered it in the Delicious Popular Feed of all places. Anyway, I forgot all about it until today. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Celemony, del.icio.us, Direct Note Access, Melodyne, NAMM 2009, Technology

M-Audio Axiom Pro Series [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

January 15, 2009 By Graham English

I've been looking for a 49-key controller to fill the gap between my Korg nanoKEY and Keystation Pro 88. Best feature... HyperControl automatically maps the keyboard's 65 controls to commonly accessed parameters in digital audio workstations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Axiom, Cubase, HyperControl, keyboard controllers, Keystation Pro 88, Korg nanoKey, Logic Pro, M-Audio, M-Audio Axiom, NAMM 2009, Pro Tools, Reason

Native Instruments Maschine [NAMM 2009 Highlights]

January 15, 2009 By Graham English

A brand new hardware/software groove production studio. Covered in depth by Create Digital Music. I'll be picking one up when it drops in April. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prose, Technology Tagged With: Create Digital Music, hardware, Maschine, music software, NAMM 2009, Native Instruments, Native Instruments Maschine, NI Maschine, software

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