Using Kickstarter to Fund Your Projects
Many artists I know have used Kickstarter to fund the creation of their EPs and albums. For those of you who haven’t heard of Kickstarter, here’s a quick lesson on how it works: You submit your project to Kickstarter, and if it is accepted, your page is setup where anyone can give money to help [...]
Vimeo Announces Music Store
Vimeo is now licensing music for their users directly from their website. But what does this mean for your music? Well, instead of using standard stock music, they are licensing from Audiosocket.
5 Books Every Indie Artist Should Read
As an independent artist or band you know how much work goes into making your music career work. You have to deal with every piece of the business, and sometimes it gets overwhelming. Over the years I’ve poured through just about every book on the music industry, from understanding contracts to management and have made [...]
Your Band Doesn’t Have a Website? The Top 5 Reasons You Need One
This is a problem I see with many young bands. They believe that with the wide world of social media available for free that they don’t need a dedicated website for their band. I cannot stress how wrong that thought is. Not only that, but it can and will have a negative effect on your [...]
Sell Your Music on Facebook
Facebook has over 800 million active users, with 50% of those users visiting on any given day. This means that 400 million people are on Facebook every day! The average user has 163 friends, so there is no argument that you need to be using Facebook to not only find new fans, but to sell [...]
Mark Wilder Mastering Video
November 16th, 2011 
admin Mark Wilder of Battery Studios in NYC gives us a top down view of his mastering process. It’s a wonderful video, check it out!
Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2 – Review
November 14th, 2011 admin I’ve been very interested in the Presonus StudioLive series since the release of the 16.4.2 a few years ago. I got a chance to work with the newer 24.4.2 on a recent live recording for a Christmas music program.
The setup was simple, my trusty Mac Mini (2.26GHz Intel Core2 Duo, 8GB of Ram) with my G-Tech 2TB Firewire 800 connected direct, and the StudioLive console plugged into the drive. I was worried about sharing the firewire bus, but ran into no problems. The DAW was Pro Tools 9.0.2. Read more »
Brainworx | Vertigo VSC-2 Compressor Plugin
November 12th, 2011 admin Brainworx has worked closely with Vertigo to model and emulate their $6,000 VSC-2 compressor. They are running a 14-day free trial now, and the plugin will be available as AAX and 64-bit in January.
Using Kickstarter to Fund Your Projects
November 10th, 2011 admin Many artists I know have used Kickstarter to fund the creation of their EPs and albums. For those of you who haven’t heard of Kickstarter, here’s a quick lesson on how it works:
You submit your project to Kickstarter, and if it is accepted, your page is setup where anyone can give money to help you fund your project. To entice people to pledge money, you must give packages for each level. Read more »
Some of My Work – The Barows EP
November 7th, 2011 admin I mastered this wonderful EP in September. This is the lead track, for more information please visit their website here.
The Barows – Cold Are You by joshcaryaudio
This record was recorded and mixed by my friend Austin Marti, you can visit his website here.
New Free Windows VST Plugin
November 6th, 2011 admin Variety of Sound have released a new VST (Windows only, sorry guys) eq. It is based on the Baxandall shelving frequencies and is called the BaxterEQ.
You can find more information, and download the plugin here.
Massey Plugins Update
November 3rd, 2011 admin I told you about the new plugins that Massey was showing at AES 2011, and now it looks like we have some more information. The plugins as listed before are the CT5 compressor and the MQ2 equalizer. Along with these, Massey has updated his DRT plugin to include the ability to place drum samples into your session directly. Read more »
Waves Webinars
November 3rd, 2011 admin Waves, the maker of many wonderful plugins, has announced two new webinars.
The first is, EQ Basics and Beyond (November 9th), given by Barry Wood (author of Waves Workshop: Mixing by the Bundle). The second is, Music Production for TV and Film (November 21st), given by composer Steve Booke (Real World, Oprah).
Check here for more information.
Soundworks Collection: Pearl Jam 20
November 2nd, 2011 admin 
