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Heil Sound's innovative Proline microphones are the brainchild of industry legend Bob Heil, who has developed a series of affordable, natural-sounding, dynamic microphones that outperform, not only the many cheap condensers flooding the U.S. market but also, industry standard models that cost many times more. The mics are in stock and ready to ship. Formal introduction will be at the 119th AES Convention in NYC, Booth #851. Heil Sound's
professional grade PR 20, PR 30 and PR 40 have been developed for
broadcast, recording and live sound applications over the last couple
of years by Heil, working in close collaboration with his longtime
friend, fellow amateur radio enthusiast and musician, Joe Walsh.
Heil has been manufacturing quality microphones for the communications
and amateur radio markets for over two decades. And has brought
that experience to bear on the new Proline models, which combine
innovative microphone technology and high-quality components to
produce a wide frequency response and excellent transient response
with low intermodulation distortion. Heil attributes
the outstanding performance of his PR microphone line to his years
of ear training as a protégé of renowned St. Louis-based
theater organist Stan Kann, beginning in the 1950s. Heil, who still
performs, subsequently put that training to use with Heil Sound,
a pioneer in the development of quality, multi-kilowatt performance
sound systems during the 1960s. During that period, Heil developed
one of the first multi-channel live mixers with Tomlinson Holman,
toured with the Grateful Dead and The Who, among many, many others,
and, legend has it, supplied Showco with that company's first major
PA system. TransAudio Group's product lines include A-Designs (USA) AEA ribbon microphones (USA), ADT Toolkit, AEA, ATC Loudspeakers (UK), Brauner microphones(Germany), Drawmer (UK), Geoffrey Daking & Co. (USA), George Massenburg Labs (GML) (USA), Heil Sound (USA); Mercury Audio (USA) Mission Audio (UK) Phoenix Audio (UK), PAULY Superscreens, SABRA SOM, Soundelux (USA), SoundField Microphones (UK), Z-Systems (USA) and Weiss Engineering.
The Master
Imagician
Madonna may have not made Hilburn's top 20 Pop Elite list (Sunday Times Calendar 7.24), dominated by Usher and Keys (top music execs interviewed put their bets on today's top entertainers), but she takes the lead when it comes to reinvention and longevity. Her latest magazine cover in the July issue of Ladies Home Journal is probably the least likely place one would expect to see the Queen of Pop. Sexy, Fun, Alluring, Shocking...demure wife and mother living in the countryside a la Martha Stewart?
Back to School
With Train's Drummer Interview by
Susan Gedutis Lindsay
Since their 1994 formation in San Francisco, the group Train has grown steadily as a locomotive force in music. By 2000, their debut, self-titled album had gone Platinum. The band's second album, Drops of Jupiter, appeared in 2001, also going Platinum, with the single "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" spending 53 weeks on the Hot 100 and earning a Grammy as the Best Rock Song of the year. My Private Nation was released in 2003, firmly establishing Train as one of the premiere rock bands of the new millennium. The song "Ordinary" from Spiderman II further burnished the band's impact in the music world. Train is currently
in the writing and pre-production mode for their much anticipated
fourth album. The band's talented drummer/composer Scott Underwood
has been studying online at Berkleemusic.com
and has incorporated his new skills into the interactive Internet
mode of Train's collaborative composition style. In addition, Underwood
has teamed up with Train's bass player Charles Colin (a Berklee
grad) to form the experimental two-man group called Foodpill. "When Train is in the midst of promoting a record, I'm on tour most of the time. It's relentless. I'm a self-taught musician, but I always wanted to learn music properly. I want to be better, every day. Unfortunately, I can't take time off from Train to go to Berklee. Therefore the online courses were perfect. I could just take the school with me all over the country. With just a MIDI keyboard and a laptop, I took three courses-Music Theory, Pro Tools, and Berklee Keyboard Method-in one semester. It was so fulfilling. Sometimes when you're on tour, the days are just really slow. Berkleemusic courses helped me to fill them with meaning. I have absolutely been able to apply the things I've learned online to Train records. The Berklee Keyboard Method was extremely stimulating. I would start out working on simple concepts like chord inversions, and I would skirt away from the assignment, and end up working on a song for a few hours. In the Pro Tools class, we'd have to compose something for every assignment. I'd be working on an assignment and end up writing a piece of music. A lot of the music I've written in the Berkleemusic courses has contributed to the songs on the next Train record. At first, I
was skeptical about whether I was going to learn something online.
I wondered how you would deal with your professors, and how you
would learn. It seemed like it would be very isolated and weird,
but once I started, I discovered it was a great thing. It's almost
like school's open 24 hours a day. It was surprising how well it
worked out-how convenient it was and applicable to what I'm doing
professionally. My professors were very responsive and the relationship felt personal. Paul Schmeling was really great, and knew my strengths and would encourage me in areas I needed to work on. We correspond by e-mail and it feels like normal dialog. With my Pro Tools professor Dave Franz, after the classes were over, I asked him if he would check out my newest CD with my side project, Foodpill. That recording is really an extension of the work I did on keyboard and synthesizers in the Berkleemusic classes. Foodpill (www.foodpill.net) also came out of learning how to manipulate music using Pro Tools, and all of the great tricks and tools that make music really innovative. Next, I'm taking
the Future of Music and the Producing Music with Reason courses.
With the climate of the music industry right now, Train is looking
for new, interesting ways to get ourselves out there. Even our record
company, Columbia, who's one of the biggest in the world, is struggling
with the same idea. A lot of musicians are finding the rewards of
independent self-promotion. I think Berkleemusic is going to really
help me in that area. I'm really looking forward to that."
In Santa Monica,
another room is being added to renowned film composer James Newton
Howard's facility, which was originally designed by studio bau:ton
in 1996. Meanwhile, high in the Santa Monica Mountains, a residential studio building is being planned for Big Band leader and film/TV composer Chris Walden, whose work is known in the US as well as in his native Germany. Mark Morgan, currently composing music for TV's 'One Tree Hill', has also engaged the bau:ton/nonzero team for the build-out of his personal studio in Malibu, to be completed later this year. And in the East, Dave Matthews Band drummer Carter Beauford is putting the finishing touches to his personal studio, also designed by studio bau:ton. The facility is intended for film and TV scores as well as for music rehearsals and recording. nonzero\architecture and studio bau:ton's expertise with audiovisual facilities and its fresh approach to architectural challenges are key factors in the successful designs for these complex and multifaceted projects. Previous projects for the film music community include the Fox Newman Stage, studios for Patrick Williams, Dieter Meier, David Newman, and screening rooms for Disney and David Lynch among many others.
Hugh Masekela recorded his new album, Almost Like Being in Jazz, in the spacious lounges of Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios. The live album, produced by Stewart Levine, was simultaneously recorded to two-track analog tape and high-resolution 24-bit 96K digital, in much the same way as the great direct-to-disk recordings of the past.
From its penthouse location, the studio has spectacular views over the city. Alongside the signature wood panel finishes from designers, Recording Architecture, the room is dominated by stand-mounted ATC SCM100 three-way studio monitors, continuing a theme from Miles' previous studio in west London, which featured the larger ATC SCM300s. Robert was introduced initially to ATC monitors by Roger D'Arcy of Recording Architecture, who also created the design for the earlier studio. "So many systems sound good when you play the music loud, but not as good when you work at low volume. ATC monitors maintain the quality sound at low levels and don't have any coloration. What you hear is the truth." Although his priority is his solo project, Robert Miles welcomes many collaborators to his studio, including Bill Laswell, Nitin Sawhney, Trilok Gurtu, Jon Thorne and Robert Fripp, with whom he is planning an album, and producing new material for up and coming artists. A 'digital domain' user for eight years, his minimalist studio is designed around a MAC G5 double processor, Digidesign HD192kHz audio interface + Pro Logic Pro 7 system, with copious quantities of plug-ins, "all to simulate the analogue sound. I love the digital domain for its limitless options, and try to get what I want through a combination of digital mixing and processing/mastering with analogue machines to warm up the sound. Today all you need to mix is a powerful computer, an audio/midi interface like Pro Tools/Logic and as many plug-ins as you can get."
Brentwood, Tennessee-based EMI CMG Label Group is comprised of the Forefront, Sparrow and worshiptogether labels and is a division of the EMI Christian Music Group. EMI Christian Music Group is the world's largest Christian music organization and includes EMI CMG Distribution and EMI CMG Publishing in addition to EMI CMG Label Group. It is part of EMI Group, the world's largest independent music company whose other U.S. labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Nashville, EMI Latin, Narada and Virgin Records. Here's few bands contributing to the charts, tour circles and more... R & R’s most played Christian Rock band of 2004, Sanctus Real received four GMA Music nominations and walked away with a Modern Rock Album of the Year win for its current, critically acclaimed album Fight the Tide. With three No. 1 radio hits in just over a year under their belt (“Everything About You,” “The Fight Song,” “Beautiful Day”), Sanctus Real members have become well known for their captivating live performances, even capturing the attention of both the CBS Early Show and MSNBC. The readers of CCM magazine have also voted Sanctus Real “Best New Artist.” More information on the band can be found at www.SanctusReal.com. The energetic, pop-punk band Superchic[k] continues its genre-busting journey with recent release, Beauty From Pain. The album, featuring the No. 1 radio hit, “Pure,” showcases Superchic[k]’s unique, new wave/rock sound coupled with positive, uplifting lyrics. The band has gained further critical acclaim through exposure in various movie, commercial and TV soundtracks, most recently with Disney’s Ice Princes and Stuart Little 3. Superchic[k] is currently traveling the summer festival circuit. New singles, “Anthem” and “We Live,” are at radio now. More information can be found at www.superchickonline.com. Since the band’s Dove Award-winning 2001 debut, Above, Flicker Records artist Pillar has seen unprecedented success in every aspect of its career. With five No. 1 radio singles and seven Top 5 hits to its credit, Pillar has earned an additional two Dove Awards, headlined six national tours, performed for more than two million people, and been featured on the covers of Radio & Records, Rockline Magazine, CCM Magazine, 7ball Magazine, Breakaway Magazine, HM Magazine, and Christian Retailing Magazine. The band has also received print coverage in Rolling Stone, Spin, Bass Player, and Hit Parader. Pillar recently wrapped the “For Those About to Rock Tour” featuring Thousand Foot Krutch and will appear main stage at all major festivals this summer. Its latest project, Where Do We Go From Here: Limited Edition, released May 24 and already claims a Top 10 song, "Bring Me Down (The Underground Mix)," at Rock radio. For additional information on Pillar, the limited edition CD/DVD, and a complete itinerary of upcoming events, visit www.pillarmusic.com or www.flickerrecords.com. GRAMMY Award-winning
Audio Adrenaline kicks into fall, headlining its “Until My
Heart Caves In” 20-plus-city major market tour. The band is
touring in support of their highly anticipated, ninth studio album,
Until My Heart Caves In, releasing on ForeFront Records August 30.
Take a full throttled blast of musical passion, meld it with a compassionate
desire to impact the world at large and add members’ rock-solid
grounding in reality with their vulnerable, no holds barred songwriting
and the results comprise what fans can expect from Audio Adrenaline’s
nucleus. Thanks to earnest performances and undying appreciation
for its fans, the group has sold over three million records and
racked up 18 No. 1 singles. Add in an RIAA Certified Gold sales
award and the prestigious “CCM Song of the Decade” crowning
in the 90s (“Big House”), and Audio Adrenaline has consistently
proved its relevance, artistry and heart. The band is also well
known for its humanitarian aid, launching the Hands and Feet Project
that is dedicated to helping orphans in Haiti. More information
on the band can be found at www.AudioA.com.
Le Mobile is one of the most in-demand remote recording trucks in the country thanks to its long established reputation for offering only the highest quality sound for the past . But while owner Guy Charbonneau has invariably relied on his highly customized classic Neve analog console to provide EQ when necessary, he recently broke with tradition and installed a GML 8200 dual-channel, five-band parametric equalizer alongside his dynamics processors and effects gear. Charbonneau
was familiar with the George Massenburg Labs GML 8200, of course,
as the equalizer has become an industry standard since its release
twenty years ago. "Over the years we would rent it," recollects
Charbonneau, who went into business with the award-winning Le Mobile
more than thirty years ago. "But I think my appreciation for
the GML 8200 came on the first Josh Groban project that we did,
maybe four years ago." The experiences recording with Groban
prompted Charbonneau to try the EQ unit again on another project.
"I did a show with Shelby Lynn, using the Design FX truck.
I said to Scott [Peets, Design FX recording director], bring me
a GML. I'm going to use it on the overheads. I used it with GML
preamps and a pair of [Neumann] TLM 170 microphones. I liked what
it did." "We ended up buying one," he continues.
"It's in the rack and I'm proud to have it.
Most of us are
familiar with the image of Russian spies in 007 movies or Baryshnikov
on the dance floor, but when it comes to the next female alt/pop
singer/songwriter...say DA (yes) to MarinaV!
Short Cut
To Nirvana
Award-winning
documentary reveals the single act of faith that is believed to
cleanse the sins of a thousand lifetimes and secure release from
the endless cycle of rebirth – literally a shortcut to the
state of purest bliss… nirvana. The Kumbh Mela is the biggest gathering of people in the history of humanity, although few in the West have ever heard of it. More than 70 million pilgrims attend this extraordinary spiritual festival, which has been held every 12 years for over two millennia. Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela provides a sensory entrée to spiritual India in a swirl of color and motion, song and cacophony, the sacred and the surreal. Director Maurizio
Benazzo & Nick Day tell the powerful and uplifting message of
harmony, unity, and peace for all humanity. A photography exhibition
will accompany the film in select cities. For more information,
please visit "Shortcut
to Nirvana" or email
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Entertainment Industry Business Council (a collaborative partnership between the Century City, Los Angeles, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills Chambers of Commerce) & Century City Chamber of Commerce hosted a luncheon on June 30th at the House of Blues. The main dish: Piracy and the plundering of the entertainment industry. Moderated by Hollywood Reporter's Robert Dowling who believes that we haven't personalized piracy, the Panelists included: Glen Ballard, Grammy winning producer/songwriter (best known for his triumphs producing Alanis Morissette's multi-Platinum Jagged Little Pill --more than 28 million sold), Dean C. Garland, VP and Director, Legal Affairs, Worldwide Anti-Piracy, Motion Picture Association of America, Chief George Gascon, Los Angeles Police Department Henry Kupperman, J.D., C.F.E. Senior Managing Director, Kroll and Representative, Recording Industry Association of America Motion Picture Association of America and its international counterpart, the Motion Picture Association, estimate that the U.S. motion picture industry loses in excess of $3 billion annually in potential worldwide revenue due to off-line piracy activities and Internet losses (China mentioned as one of the bigger culprits) are further causing untold additional damages to the industry. Billion dollar losses from other entertainment product piracy are severely impacting creators, producers, investors and distributors of digital music, electronic gaming, entertainment related merchandise and other online entertainment media. Most on the
panel agreed: Piracy is driving up the investment and profitability
risk for entertainment creation and threatening industry job growth.
They discussed the latest anti-piracy policies and technologies
needed to safeguard the entertainment industry from the plundering
of its gold.
What do you
get when you combine a prolific powerhouse percussionist, a legendary
producer/engineer, and a world-class recording studio? MGA Entertainment, the creator of Bratz, is holding a Charity Bratz Auction on Ebay for 35 Celebrity Signed Bratz Dolls beginning on the 24th of March 2005. This Charity Bratz Auction will benefit the victims of the Tsunami disaster through the charity Save The Children: Tsunami Relief Fund. These dolls
will be signed by artists like Alicia Keys, Sheryl Crow, Jennifer
Lopez, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin and a host of other artists. How
did this auction come about? In case you didn't know, MGA Entertainment's
Bratz sponsored this years Grammy Awards Gift Lounge at the Awards
Show in LA. They got these dolls signed by all the celebrities there.
And since Bratz genuinely cares about the world and the children,
it was decided to donate 90% of the auction proceeds off to charity.
Starbucks, already
the world's largest chain of coffee shops, has emerged as an improbably
potent force in the music business, able to resurrect careers, enrage
music retailers, and now the company hopes to create new stars.
When Concord Records Inc President Glen Barros was considering to
sign an Italian pop singer Zucchero, the licensing commitment from
starbucks help seal the deal. This was not the first time Borros
had worked with the java giant. Last summer, his independent jazz
label joined with Starbucks to produce and distribute "Genius
Loves Company," a collection of duets between the late Ray
Charles and performers such as Norah Jones. Helped by the biographical
film, "Ray," and attention about Charles' death, the record
sold nearly three million copies - about a quarter at Starbucks
stores - and in February won eight Grammys. That performance grabbed
the attention of a music industry that has seen sales sink by 13%
since 2000. The latest albums by Coldplay and Carole King are now
in Starbucks. Two disc by Bob Dylan are due in stores next month.
In music, the company has been careful to cultivate what its execs call "the Starbucks Sound" - an aesthetic that's recognizable and appeals to mostly adult customers: moderately eclectic, often jazzy, and never noisy enough to disrupt a quiet cup of coffee! It isn't clear how much money, if any, Starbucks makes from music. Estimates are that music will account for less than 2% of Starbuck's US retail sales of $4.5 billion during fiscal year 2005. EMI's Mr Quartararo says every time one of his company's releases has been sold at Starbucks, the coffee chain has been among the top four retailers selling it. In some weeks, the chain was responsible for almost 50% of newcomer Amos Lee's total sales, but only 6% of the 1.5 million US sales of Coldplay's new "X&Y." Why do record companies like doing business with the coffee company? For one thing, Starbucks says it shifts unsold CDs to other stores or keeps them in a warehouse if it thinks they can be sold at a later date. For that reason, a well as the scale of its operation, Starbucks often receives favorable wholesale pricing terms. In some cases, Starbucks pays the record company half the suggested retail price, which can mean the equivalent of $3 less than the wholesale price. In a sales environment in which retailers from Amazon to Target routinely discount CD's Starbucks often charges customers close to and in some instances more than the full retail price. Beck's "Guero" album carried a list price of $13.98, while Starbucks sold it for $15.95. But, Starbucks customers who spend an average of $4 per visit to the store on drinks and food, have proved themselves willing to pay full freight for a CD. Starbucks bought
Hear
Music for $8million from Don MacKinnon, a young music wonk who
had spent hours in his Williams College dorm room mixing tapes of
his favorite songs. He later opened stores in San Francisco, Chicago
and other cities to sell compilation CDs. Point Click
& Connect Want the latest
ringtone from your favorite artist? Take pix of the CD or poster
with your cell phone and voila! Or how about entering to win tix
to VANS Wraped Tour? These 6-foot
stand-up displays are the focal point for the "Get Your Hands
On The Bands" sweepstakes powered by Mobot,
a leader in visual search and recognition technology. Customers
visiting Tower Records stores can enter to win by taking a picture
with their mobile camera phone of the official "Get Your Hands
on the Bands" logo located on the retail displays. Mobot's
visual search and recognition technology recognizes the image and,
within seconds, sends back a message to the phone confirming entry
into the sweepstakes. "The Mobot sweepstakes is a brilliant idea! It's easy to understand and a fun way for fans to participate. We expect it to drive a tremendous amount of foot traffic into our stores." says Tower Records head of National Audio Advertising, Joe Andrules. "The Mobot sweepstakes makes our in-store, print advertisement and marketing campaigns more interactive for consumers," said Adam Mirabella, Senior Vice President, e-Commerce, WEA Corp. "We are thrilled to work with Tower Records for this offering as a new and exciting way to enhance our fan's experience." "With the Mobot technology we help make print ads, CD cases and retail displays interactive. We can easily incorporate artist information and gameplay like scavenger hunts that makes it fun for customers and puts the focus on products," said Russ Gocht, CEO of Mobot, Inc For a retailer
or advertiser Mobot is easy to deploy because it doesn't require
any changes to the visual - no URLs, short codes, or product codes
are necessary for Mobot to recognize an image. To ensure the widest
user adoption, Mobot is available on all national U.S. wireless
carriers and works with all camera phones.
The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, presenters of the Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards, has announced the 2005 inductees to the TECnology Hall of Fame.
15 Inventions
That Have Shaped Audio History
1913 Edwin Armstrong—Regenerative
feedback circuit; superheterodyne (1918) and FM (1933) circuits;
1925 Electrical recording process—Western Electric/Bell Labs;
The 2005 inductees
will be honored at a champagne reception on Friday evening, October
7 in New York City at TEC Award-winning studio, Right Track Recording.
Established in 2004, the TECnology Hall of Fame recognizes products and innovations that have made a significant, lasting contribution to the advancement of audio technology. Inductees are chosen by a panel of more than 50 audio experts, including authors, educators, engineers, facility owners and other professionals. Products or innovations must be at least 10 years old to be eligible for induction. For more information, contact Karen Dunn at (925) 939-6149 or [email protected]
Rabito Signs with American Royalties Collector Canto Novo Music
Christian artist and composer, Juan Carlos Fernandez, affectionately known by his fans as “Rabito” has signed an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with Canto Novo Music, the leading copyright royalty collection agency for the international Spanish music industry in the USA. Born in Argentina, Rabito settled in America before the release of his 1999 album Sinceridad. Rabito has composed and recorded dozens of successful songs including his hit single “Vivir Sin Ti” from his album Viva la Vida, the first ever Christian release to cross over to the top of the pop charts in the U.S. Spanish music market. He is known and loved throughout Latin America and the U.S. performing in front of sold out audiences. Canto Novo Music founder, entertainment attorney, Cheryl Hodgson, said in announcing the signing, “We are honored and thrilled to represent one of the finest Latin composers and artists alive today since he is a source of inspiration both to his fans as well as other composers throughout Latin America and the U.S.” Hodgson added, “Canto Novo will work hard to protect his licensing rights and ensure that the entertainment industry recognizes and compensates Rabito for all the music he has written that is used in America." For more info contact CNM 310-449-1070
John Feldmann,
frontman for the L.A.-based pop-punk-ska band Goldfinger is also
a producer, engineer, songwriter, A&R man, guitarist and vocalist
who recently outfitted his home-based production facility with TRUE
Systems Precision 8 mic preamps. A longtime vegan, who somehow also finds the time in his busy schedule to be an ardent animal rights activist, Feldmann admits that he had no idea that Sennheiser distributed microphone preamplifiers. "I was looking to add some color to the guitar and not have it sound too spongy and warm, but still have that good upper mid-range grit to it. TRUE was perfect and exactly what I needed," says Feldmann. The need to add another mic preamp to his collection came about when he changed his work methods last year, explains Feldmann, who has recorded and produced four albums in his private studio and is about to begin a fifth. "I ditched my Digidesign Control 24, because I don't mix with faders any more. I mix with the mouse in my computer. So I needed something to replace the Control 24's low-end Focusrite mic pres, which were fine for when I was doing demos, and being able to set everyone up and rehearse." The Precision 8 certainly fit the bill for guitars, but its qualities have also made it perfect for room mics and drum overheads, he says. "I have a couple of Royer mics that I use for room sound and I use the TRUE mic pres for that, and for all the high-end, like the hi-hats and the ride cymbal. I'm using it a little bit on the toms, as well, and I really like it." Goldfinger's fifth album, "Disconnection Notice," was released on Maverick in February 2005. Playing to an enormous fan base worldwide, Goldfinger racked up 385 shows and a Guinness Book world record in 1996, performing on the Vans Warped Tour and with bands such as the Sex Pistols, No Doubt and Reel Big Fish. Working with
Maverick Records, Feldmann has signed and produced The Used, Goldfinger,
Showoff, Unloco, Story of the Year and Mest, also producing Good
Charlotte and No Motiv. He has additionally written songs with many
of those acts, as well as Ashlee Simpson, and co-wrote Good Charlotte's
chart hit, "Anthem." Golden Republic’s
self-titled full-length debut, produced by Peter Katis (Interpol)
in early 2005
Farewell Legendary R&B
artist Luther Vandross, whose smooth, silky voice gave soul to songs
about life, love and relationships, died at 54. Speaking of the
song "Dance With My Father," he once said "It's not
just about losing one's father, but about missing someone who is
gone -- for whatever reason -- and the longing you feel for that
moment in the past when you were together." He'll be missed.
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