Mailbag time! One of our readers writes: I am into urban/dance music. This relies on an artist as well as a producer. I’m a producer. Here is what I am willing to offer the artist: -I am willing to allow unlimited free studio time as it’s in my basement. It’s not a bad setup either [...]
Live Recording Patent Busted
March 16, 2007 By Leave a Comment
With all the internet radio and YouTube stuff happening this week, this news nugget nearly slipped by me: The EFF managed to get a patent revoked that prevented many artists and clubs from offering quick-turnaround CD recordings of live performances. A Clear Channel subsidiary had patented the idea to make quickly-burned CDs of live performances [...]
SellaBand: Fans Pay for Your Recording Sessions
August 16, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Over the last few years, I’ve been talking to clients and members about how to get a core group of your fans to fund your recording sessions by selling pre-order copies and letting folks purchase “executive producer” credits on discs. We’ve even had folks use neat little PayPal donation meters to track their progress. Today, [...]
DIY recording tips and other cool stuff
April 5, 2006 By 1 Comment
REAPER: almost-free recording software
March 16, 2006 By 2 Comments
Although it’s not quite to version 1.0 yet, Reaper looks like it’s going to be killer recording shareware. Windows-only, but lots of the same features you’d expect from a pricier recording suite. I particularly like the VST/DXi support since there’s a ton of great free audio plug-ins floating around out there. (Via Brad.)
Audacity: free recording software
March 7, 2006 By 9 Comments
5 Questions with Ronan Chris Murphy, producer/engineer
March 6, 2006 By 2 Comments
To say Ronan Chris Murphy has had a varied and interesting career would be classic understatement. As a musician, he’s shared stages with The Flaming Lips and the Henry Rollins Band; as a producer and engineer he’s worked with King Crimson, Tony Levin, The California Guitar Trio and members of Tool, Ministry and Weezer. Ronan [...]
WikiRecording Launches
February 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Covers
October 10, 2005 By 1 Comment
Gerd has picked up on an interesting thread… Using the coversproject database as your jumping-off point, you cover a song by someone. Then, someone’s got to cover one of your songs. And so on. As hard as you work on writing your own songs, never underestimate the power you can bring to breathing a different [...]
