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IHR100

IHR 100!!!

In this episode, I'm joined by the three finalists in the IHR Theme Contest: Jason Suko, Jac Mandel and Jordan Reynolds! More »

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Episode 99 – Big Al & Mastering Interview with Ian Shepherd

            In this episode, I’m joined by Allen “Big Al” Wagner: Big Toe Studio Home Studio Guru Turn Me Up! MAILBAG: Messages from Max Eisenbeiss who sets the More »

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We Have A Winner

We have a Winner! Entries have been submitted, the community has voted and now, the judges have endured a week of poking and proding by yours truly. And we’ve decided on a More »

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Episode 98 – Slau and Flanger/Phaser/Chorus

Episode 98 is ready for your consumption. My guest host is Slau and we talk about a number of things! The segment this show is on Delay-based effects: Flanger, Phaser and Chorus More »

Zen and the Art of Strong Stereo Imaging

This is a guest post from mastering engineer Barry Gardner who operates SafeandSound online mastering From time to time I hear a mix that has dubious stereo imaging.  This can ...

Building Song Energy is Usually an “Ebb and Flow” Thing

Musical energy should build and die away several times throughout a song’s length. __________________ Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 e-book bundle. Become the best songwriter you can be! __________________ There arenR...

Care & Feeding: Keeping Gear In Top-Flight Shape

Reduce problems, enhance system performance, and save significant time and money in the long run

Getting Clarity And Width On Guitars [Video]

Do you find yourself layering guitar parts in your sessions only have them wash together, sounding vague and mushy? Today I want to show you a simple way to bring some clarity and width back into your guitars. With nothing more than a little EQ we can ...

“If you’re gonna do it, you might as well do it right.”

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Bon Iver "Holocence" Song Analysis

Here's a song analysis of "Holocene" from the self-titled Bon Iver album, a band that won the Grammy for best new artist earlier in the year. "Holocene" was mentioned as one of the best songs of 2011 by a number of music magazines and was als...

Covers Make Up Music Services Catalogs

These days every music service from iTunes to Spotify is trying to one up each other with a power number - the number of songs in their catalog. iTunes now claims to be up to 20 million songs, Spotify 15 million, Amazon MP3 16 million, and on and on....

the worst mic review

We had a little contest late last week to see who could write a mic review that crosses the fine line between clever and stupid. The funniest contributions, in my opinion, expressed a deep lack of understanding of some common aspect of transducer techn...

The Problem with Free Music

I just began a series of posts involving the concept of "free" in the world of music. This was sparked by a discussion I've been watching on Facebook. This discussion began innocuously enough, by my co-host Anna who was talking about this ar...

Accuracy vs. Realism: Simulating The “Human” Side Of Audio Measurement

Do you want to know what is actually happening, or what is perceived to be happening?