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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Paul Laurence 02/15/12 07:12 AM,Tom Dowd has participated in as much recording history as maybe anyone around today. During his 28 years in the business, he has recorded and/or produced, among others;, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Herbie Mann, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, The Young Rascals, The Allman Brothers, Stephen Stills, and Joe Walsh This is the second part in a multipart series. If you’ve not yet read part one, it comes highly recommended. PL:… View this story
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Bruce Swedien 01/26/12 06:32 AM,This excerpt is the first in a series from Bruce Swedien’s book Make Mine Music by Hal Leonard Microphone Design Technology And Microphone Technique Along with this development of a more live sound and hi-fi in the popular recorded music of the early 1950’s, a great deal of experimentation and improvement in microphone placement and technique was going on at the same time. Much energy and effort were put into the development of innovative microphone design. American microphone design technology… View this story
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Ken DeLoria 10/10/11 02:55 PM, 3 CommentsChange is the only constant. (“Well, it used to be.” “Oh, what happened?” “It changed.”) I got a call last month to mix front of house for Uriah Heep on a mini-tour of the U.S. I hadn’t mixed a headliner rock band in a long time. Years back, fate took me down the path of product design and manufacturing, and later, I became a specialist in sound system alignment (a.k.a. “room tuning”) for major events and installations. So I’ve stayed… View this story
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011Paul Laurence 09/27/11 03:07 PM, 0 CommentsTom Dowd has participated in as much recording history as maybe anyone around today. During his 28 years in the business, he has recorded and/or produced, among others;, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Herbie Mann, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, The Young Rascals, The Allman Brothers, Stephen Stills, and Joe Walsh He is probably most noted, though, for his longstanding association with guitarist Eric Clapton. Originally Cream’s engineer, and in recent years,… View this story
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 09/08/11 10:59 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Here are some interesting facts about the recording methods of the Beatles and the innovations that they (mostly engineer Geoff Emerick) introduced that are commonplace today. —Multi-miking drums. Until Emerick began to experiment, the drum kit was picked up by a maximum of two mics - one on kick drum and the other as an overhead above the snare. In order to get a bigger drum sound, Emerick introduced a mic on… View this story
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 08/31/11 05:46 PM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. This video (below) has made the rounds with my Facebook friends (I’m not sure exactly where it started, but thank you to whomever is responsible) and when you give it a watch you’ll know why. It’s a 1965 Frank Sinatra live record date, complete with a full orchestra, of his hit “It Was A Very Good Year.” There’s a lot to like in this video. Check out: —the small size of the… View this story
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Friday, April 08, 2011
Tom Lubin 04/08/11 07:15 AM, 2 CommentsThe sound of popular music can be clearly compared to other forms of seasonal commodities such as clothing fashion and hairstyles. Much as bell-bottoms, the hula-hoop, and whitewall tires have become fashion statements associated with certain times past, “the sound” of most records will in later times provide a key identifier in time stamping that music. Like fashion, some of these sounds periodically re-emerge; some become an ongoing fabric of music production, while others are never heard of again. We… View this story
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Thursday, November 11, 2010Paul Laurence 11/11/10 01:30 PM, 1 CommentTom Dowd has participated in as much recording history as maybe anyone around today. During his 28 years in the business, he has recorded and/or produced, among others;, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Herbie Mann, Ray Charles, The Coasters, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, King Curtis, Otis Redding, Dusty Springfield, The Young Rascals, The Allman Brothers, Stephen Stills, and Joe Walsh This is the third and final segment in a multipart series. If you’ve not yet read part one, it comes highly… View this story
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Friday, April 30, 2010
PSW Staff 04/30/10 06:11 AM, 0 CommentsFounded in 1925, Shure Incorporated celebrates its 85th year in the Professional Audio industry this week. Used by some of the largest names in history including Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King Jr., and every U.S. President since Lyndon Johnson, Shure Incorporated has enjoyed a long history. Today, the company offers a wide product portfolio that puts professional-grade audio products into the hands of performers, system designers, and content creators at all levels of experience and in a wide variety of… View this story
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Keith Clark 08/10/09 09:04 AM, 0 CommentsThe Sun (the daily tabloid newspaper and website published in the United Kingdom) offers a report today that officials want to move the iconic “zebra crossing” featured on the cover of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album. The article explains, “Councillors say tourists flocking to be snapped on the road are causing crashes, with the accident rate on the rise,” with the councillor for the Abbey Road ward stating that there have been 22 accidents at the location since 2000. You… View this story
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