Mike B: Peter is right that there were some fantastic major labels during the album oriented rock and adult contemporary period (ie Geffen, A&M and GRP). Unfortunately those labels were either bought out or crushed by numbers-driven, multinational corporations during the 1980’s. I would still argue that the landscapewas better[…]
Mike B cont..However, it makes me sad as a songwriter, musician and recording engineer, that the average listener is far less interested in posessing a high quality recording of their favorite songwriter/artist than they are in downloading a billion songs to their crappy MP3 player or iPhone in low resolution.[…]
jeff Deen Congrats on starting this dialouge, Vicki. I was speaking with Mike Blaty the other day about it, and I observed that we went from having everything being dictated by the big record companies and radio stations to now, having so much access to music that we cannot filter[…]
I posted this….How do you buy music? Let me know if you are in the 25-35, 35-45, 45-55, 60 + up age group if you don’t mind. Or not….. just how online, iTUnes or CD Baby, Rhapsody, Amazon, other…physical CD, download whole albums, 99cent songs…Thanks much I trade CDs with[…]
What has happened in the past 15, 10 , 5 years to musicians and the music they create? an audio engineers view.
When looking for an audio engineer…. it’s hard to pick an audio engineer, even with recommendations. So far, I’ve spoken with 2 engineers…basically now I’m longing for the comfort and familiarity of my engineer in FL. It’s like you’ve got to do the musical introductions all over again, then you[…]
Just had a new recording come out that was in progress for 3 years. It’s Jorge Alfano’s “Nectar”. There a couple of very sweet cuts, plus all the musical diversity & artistry in playing and producing he brings in. Jeff Deen brings tabla, set, Hapi and much much more. Title[…]
Ever think about the tune you are humming? Subconscious notes and melodies. Where do they come from and where do they lodge? Ever play recorded music, different genres and notice how you begin to view the world? Or feel it? It’s like color was just introduced to B & W[…]
Music Permeating the Space Ever think about the tune you are humming? Subconscious notes and melodies. Where do they come from and where do they lodge? Ever play recorded music, different genres and notice how you begin to view the world? Or feel it? It’s like color was just introduced[…]
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