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My guest on the podcast today is CD Baby’s VP of international development, Heli Del Moral. Before coming to the company Heli worked in television as the international director of marketing for ESPN and Univision where he won 3 Emmy awards, and numerous Telly, Promax and other honors for his creative efforts. In the interview we talked about the strength of CDs worldwide, promotional tools […]
Continue readingAmphion loudspeakers have become a favorite of award-winning mixing engineers the world over, and founder and CEO Anssi Hyvonen is my guest on the podcast today. Anssi spent most of his life as a hi-fi enthusiast, but he got into building speakers sort of by accident. His speakers are very well respected by that community, but acceptance […]
Continue readingBen Mendoza created UK-based Beatchain along with co-founder and musician Steve Jones to accelerate artist growth by using data science and automation. Ben has spent almost 25 years using software to improve decision making and automate time-consuming processes with leading expense management company MDSL, which Beatchain now brings to the music industry. He leads a team that includes behavioral economists, Ph.D. […]
Continue readingPaul Edwards is a Montreal-based engineer who has worked on projects by Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips, Ben Harper, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Bloc Party, Seal and many more. For 3 years Paul was also the lead audio engineer for the online mastering service LANDR. In the interview we talked about getting into mastering, some insights into LANDR, artificial intelligence in audio, and much […]
Continue readingBill Reynolds is a Grammy-nominated producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter and former bass player with Band of Horses. Billâs credits include the Avett Brothers, Band of Horses, Truth and Salvage Co, Tim, Chaisson, Lissie, among others, and his songs have appeared on TV shows like House, Justified and Army Wives. He currently works out of his […]
Continue readingRobert Marshall is a sound designer, mixer and partner of Chicago audio post house SUM1. Robert has spent the last 15 years doing sound design, mixes, and ADR for film, television and radio, including several Superbowl spots. He’s also a founding partner of Source Elements, a company that provides a number of excellent IP-based replacements for the ISDN services […]
Continue readingNEWS Spotify will release hardware for the car this year Researchers have found a way to ease the effects of Tinnitus GUEST Voice-over artist Andrew Peters My guest today is Andrew Peters, who started as popular radio personality and eventually transitioned to television as the host of Australian music shows like Rock Arena, Trax, Simulrock, […]
Continue readingNEWS A quick look at how to copyright your songs for 2019 The history of vocal tuning GUEST Session drummer Denny Seiwell Denny Seiwell went from being one of the top session drummers in New York City, to become a founding member of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band Wings, to playing on television and film scores in Los Angeles. Besides McCartney, […]
Continue readingNEWS Ed Sheeran gets sued for plagiarism by the Marvin Gaye estate Pioneer Electronics is sold GUEST Session guitarist Tim Pierce Tim Pierce, who’s one of the most widely used and respected session guitar players in Los Angeles today. Tim has a client list a mile long that includes superstars like Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Rod Stewart, […]
Continue readingA look ahead at what to expect in 2019 in: the music business the musical instrument business the pro audio business
Continue reading2018 Year End Overview A look back at my predictions for the year What happened in the music business in the last year What happened in music production business in the last year What happened in the MI business in the last year
Continue readingNEWS The “Blurred Lines” lawsuit has finally been settled, and not to the benefit of songwriters A look at isolating home studio windows GUEST Guitar virtuoso Laurence Juber
Continue readingNEWS Universal Music Group is being put up for sale and already has a potential buyer A look at what mastering is, and what it isn’t GUEST Vocalist and educator Darlene Koldenhoven Check out Darlene’s Tune Your Voice course
Continue readingNEWS The IFPI disputes the amount of money YouTube says it’s paid to artists The strict importation restrictions on rosewood that affects stringed instruments may be eased GUEST Music and film producer Frank Fitzpatrick
Continue readingNEWS What is Article 13 and the effect it will have on your videos The Top 20 DAWs according to Music Radar GUEST Conan trumpet player and vocalist Mark Pender
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