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He's got it.
Simon
Lynge. Solid songs, captivating performance and what producer
Matt
Forger (Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney) calls: Emotiveness.
We are pleased to report that few weeks ago prolific writer and
recording artist, Simon Lynge (studioexpresso gave his album, A
Beautiful Way To Down a big thumbs up) came to Los Angeles to meet
reps from London's Lo-Max Records and was signed to a deal in Hollywood.
"When I listened to this album (A Beautiful Way To Drown) the
second time, I had just lost a close friend...it communicated differently
to me than when I heard it back in March. I became a huge fan of
Simon then, but this time, the songs touched me deeply. It's really
a lovely and timeless oeuvre. My congratulations to Matt, Simon,
Jolene
and Lo-Max. Here's
to a beautiful way to up! Matt you know how to find gems and Simon
is as good as it gets" says studioexpresso's Claris Dodge.
Watch Simon sing
The Recording
Academy Texas
Chapter and the Producers & Engineers Wing presented "In
the Studio" with three-time GRAMMY-winning engineer Joe
Chiccarelli at Luminous Sound in Dallas, Texas, on June 27.
Chiccarelli discussed his work through the years with various artists
such as Caf Tacuba, the Raconteurs, and the White Stripes. The Q&A
was moderated by Todd Pipes, producer/engineer and band member of
Deep Blue Something.
In The Studio
with Terry
Sawchuk Producer, writer,
mixer Terry
Sawchuk who now resides in Nashville via Canada is signed to
Sony ATV and has set up shop at Blackbird Studio's B room. "I
bounce back & forth from the API legacy to the 9k and love the
vibe and staff. John McBride has welcomed me with open arms".
Sawchuk who comes to LA often calls Shangri-la Studios in Malibu
his west coast home. His collaborator Gary Miller is now over seeing
the legendary studio's day to day. Sawchuk produced Universal Canada
artist Matt Dusk' 2nd album in LA 3 years ago. The album featured
a 56 piece big band with Al
Schmitt engineering. It was an experience Sawchuk will never
forget. "Al is the greatest and I am so humbled to have worked
so closely with him".
What the Doctor Ordered: 2 for 1 Session at Priarie Sun Sun's Mooka
Rennick is offering two days in a Prairie
Sun studio for the price of one - $750, all in - definitely
a killer deal. I know what you're thinking: "Hey, that is a
great deal - my band can afford that." But before you're gonna
sign on the dotted line, you're also wondering - is it worth it?
If you're working on an EP or a full-length, you know it's going
to take a lot more than 2 days, and you might not get to do all
those other days at Prairie Sun. The question for you, the prudent
recording musician, is what can two days at Prairie Sun do for your
mostly home-recorded project? Here's few ways you could use two
days to kick your project up to the next level. Consider tracking
drums (using a live chamber) or Keys (on Baldwin 9ft grand, our
real Hammond B3 with Leslie, and Fender Rhodes) Guitars (we all
know about 57s on guitar amps - but wait until you've heard a 57
through a Neve or API pre!) or mixing (find out what multiple speaker
systems and multiple feet of bass-trapping in the walls can do for
sculpting your songs). "Drums are the redheaded stepchildren
of the home studio world. Drums are like wild horses or Dixie Chicks
- they need wide open spaces. You can find some of those at Prairie
Sun, along with the mics and analog gear that have made for good
drum tracks for the last 30 years," says the generous studio
owner, Rennick. The summer special is in no way limited to locally-based
artists. If you're from the Bay Area or beyond and want to take
advantage of this offer, please call the studio and ask about the
availability of affordable on-site guest lodging. Mention studioexpresso
and the espresso is on us!
AES Executive Director Roger Furness has announced the completion of the second volume of Audio Engineering Society DVD Oral History Project interviews. Conceived in 1997 by long-time AES member Irv Joel, the project was initiated as a critical opportunity for preserving the creative and technical thought process of the originators of professional audio as related by them personally. In 2007, Irv Joel brought Pro Audio Industry veteran Harry Hirsch on board to glean through a voluminous amount of video, photographic and related material, carefully organized by Technical Director John Chester in preparation for the transfer to individual DVDs. Working with Final Cut Pro, Hirsch, devoted hundreds of hours to the massive editorial project. Among the innovators featured in the new set of twenty DVDs are: Bruce Martin: (1944-2004) Founder, Martin Audio; Bill Hanley: The "father of festival sound," recipient of nineteen Primetime Emmy Awards Ed Green, David Hewitt (Neil Young, Yes, ELP), Frank Abbey, Les Paul, John Meyer and Frank Laiko, to name a few. The entire (current) series of forty compelling AES Oral History Project DVDs is available now at www.aes.org $15.00 each for AES members, $20.00 for non-members. Vampire Sessions At Avatar
Vampire Weekend mixed in Big Apple's Avatar Studio E with producer Rostam Batmangli and engineer / mixer Justin Gerrish. Sadao Watanabe recorded in Studio C. The session was produced by Sadao Watanabe with engineer James Farber assisted by Bob Mallory
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driver cone, but the unavoidable tradeoff was a poor off-axis frequency
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Simon
Lynge Congrats Simon...A beautiful Way to Up!
When mixing engineer and record producer Erwin Musper (left) built The Bamboo Room Studio in his home, he seized the opportunity to upgrade some of the equipment he'd grown accustomed to using in other studios. This included the addition of an Aviom A-16II Personal Mixing system as part of his cue setup. Musper recently called upon his Aviom system during production of the most recent CD for Dutch alternative rock band The [New] Shining with excellent results. The [New] Shining's album, entitled Leap of Faith, is set to be released in the fall of 2009.
3OH!3 recorded in Studio A for iTunes Originals. Produced by Kim Monroe Bass with engineer Mike Butler assisted by Justin Gerrish Joshua Bell and guests recorded in Studio A with producer Steven Epstein, engineer Richard King assisted by Fernando Lodeiro Dee Dee Bridgewater recorded in Studio A. The session was produced by Dee Dee Bridgewater with engineer Al Schmitt assisted by Justin Gerrish
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the premier US importer/distributor and/or US sales and marketing
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Recording
Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Sr. Executive Director Maureen
Droney, three-time GRAMMY-winning engineer Joe Chiccarelli and Recording
Academy Texas Chapter Executive Director Theresa Jenkins. Photo
Courtesy of The Recording Academy / Wireimage.com 2009. Photographer:
Peter Larsen.
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Five-time Grammy award winning engineer Bruce Swedien’s long-awaited In The Studio With Michael Jackson (left - from Amazon) has just been published by Hal Leonard Books. "Though the book was in production for many years we did not anticipate its release coinciding with the events of the last few weeks," says the publisher. Swedien and producer Quincy Jones are the creative partners and architects of Jackson’s sound. The book is part anecdotal memoir, part technical reference, and paints a vivid portrayal of Michael Jackson as an artist. Swedien's memoir Make Mine Music was published by Hal Leonard earlier this year. Swedien provides the perspective that only an insider can, sharing recollections from personal experience of what it was like to ride shotgun alongside one of music’s most celebrated icons. In The Studio With Michael Jackson includes over 100 photos—many of them candid and intimate shots of Jackson at work in the studio—as well as numerous other artists and collaborators that worked on these amazing records. Additionally there are scores of Jackson’s handwritten notes and other never-before-seen ephemera pictured throughout.
studioexpresso caught up with Joe this month with a brief interveiw. SE: How
have client(s) --label, artist mgr, etc-- changed over the years?
SE: What
was your big 1st break in the industry?
SE: What’s
the hottest news of this year for music and how does that help/hinder
what you do? SE: What
new trends, if any, can you report from your daily negotiation or
contractual work for your clients. What would you like to see in
client Agreements?
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a new home - they've splashed out a reported $7 million on Farrah Fawcett's former mansion (studio owner, Allen Sides had previously purchased it from Fawcett). The mansion was initially put on the market with an asking price of $9.5 million. Mariah and Nick have been hunting for the perfect California estate for the last few months, and they reportedly put in an offer to buy one of Los Angeles' most prestigious homes, the Holmby Hills estate (right) in March. Experts priced the Holmby Hills estate at $125 million. It sits in five acres of grounds, has 15 bedrooms, and comes with a library, two kitchens, and a screening room. The couple has now settled on a smaller property - a five bedroom, eight bathroom home in Bel Air. Oscar party sans theater, but who says small can't be beautiful!
Grand Rapids-based
singer-songwriter Ralston
Bowles is recovering. He was just coming off the European tour
and a well-received show at Frederik Meijer Gardens when he started
feeling pains in his lower abdomen. Doctors detected colon cancer
and operated soon after. Benefit concert has raised over $7,000
to assist Bowles with medical and insurance costs. Hosted by One
Trick Pony owner Dan Verhil and his wife, Lisa, and organized by
former WYCE-FM station manager Michael Packer, more than 120 people
attended each of two Sunday shows by Mulvey and Speace, longtime
pals of Bowles. Summer Is
Fireworks at the Bowl With Memorable Mancini Music!
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Webcasters
Agree to Pay. Earlier in July it was reported that labels, SoundExchange
and "pureplay" webcasters (those whose sole business activity
is streaming music online) reached an agreement on royalty rates.
The agreement covers 2006-2015 and includes a "discount"
from the rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board for large webcasters.
The agreement divides pureplay webcasters into "large,"
"small" and "those with bundled, syndicated or subscription
services." Large webcasters (those with over $1.25 million
in revenues annually) pay a per-performance rate that is minimally
$25,000/year. Small webcasters (any with less than $1.25 million
in annual revenues) pay a percentage of total revenues or a percentage
of total expenses. Those falling into the third category pay the
same rates previously agreed upon between SoundExchange and the
NAB. That
rate will increase until reaching 0.14 cent in 2015. "This
is good for music," said Dennis Wharton, the executive vice
president of the National Association of Broadcasters. "It
sets a rate where artists will receive royalities for the music
they produce." Wharton said although these "pureplay"
webcasts are popular, he doesn't see this decision affecting local
radio stations. He said the 235,000,000 people who listen to the
radio every day will probably stick with it. "It's hard to
beat a free and local option," he said.
Pandora, the poster child for the idea that the new rate could kill
businesses, is pretty pleased even though founder Tim Westergren
says the rates are “quite high” and that the free service’s
top listeners face limits. Pandora creates personal radio stations
for users built around what it knows about their tastes. The agreement
calls for large ad-supported radio services, such as Pandora, to
either share 25 percent of revenue with the music industry or pay
a per-stream rate of 0.08 cent retroactive to 2006, whichever is
greater. That rate will increase until reaching 0.14 cent in 2015.
Lower rates were vital to the survival of Internet radio stations,
Tim Westergren (photo above), Pandora's founder, said in September.
The Copyright Royalty Board set a performance rate at 0.19 cent
but Webcasters argued that the rates would drive them out of business.
Paul Krasinski, chief executive of Ando Media, which provides audience
measurement and online advertising services to several of the companies
affected by the agreement, said it could herald "dramatic"
audience growth. "With
that comes the ability for advertisers to access that audience,
and the long tail of [niche] broadcasting becomes a reality,"
he added.
Leslie
Ann Jones, President of the Board of Directors of the Society of
Professional Audio Recording Services (
United
Breaks Guitars! United Airlines passenger Dave Carroll had
his Taylor guitar destroyed by the airline's baggage handlers during
a flight last year. After United repeatedly declined to reimburse
him for the damage, he wrote a now-famous song decrying their customer
service and their brand. It was funny, justified and smart. The
damage to United's brand was undeniable. But perhaps the craziest
claim to come surface during the the entire United Breaks Guitars
episode comes from Chris Ayres of The Times Online in the U.K. In
a column earlier this week, Ayres claimed the Carroll mishap actually
cost United $180 million, or 10 percent of its market cap: "..within
four days of the song going online, the gathering thunderclouds
of bad PR caused United Airlines' stock price to suffer a mid-flight
stall, and it plunged by 10 per cent, costing shareholders $180
million. Which, incidentally, would have bought Carroll more than
51,000 replacement guitars." 4,084,746 views on 
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had stained wooden bodies, the Champion’s was covered in pearloid.
A year later, Fender made history with the introduction of the electric
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The
Festival Racket 
Woodstock
was initiated through the efforts of Michael Lang, John Roberts,
Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld. It was Roberts and Rosenman who
had the finances. They placed the following advertisement in the
New York Times and Wall Street Journal under the name of Challenge
International, Ltd.: “Young men with unlimited capital looking
for interesting, legitimate investment opportunities and business
propositions." Lang
and Kornfeld noticed the ad, and the four men got together originally
to discuss a retreat-like recording studio in Woodstock, but the
idea evolved into an outdoor music and arts festival. Woodstock
was designed as a profit-making venture, aptly titled "Woodstock
Ventures". It famously became a "free concert" only
after it became obvious that the event was drawing hundreds of thousands
more people than the organizers had prepared for
