'Oka' Features Stunning Music Of Bayaka Pygmies
Robert Siegel interviews filmmaker Lavinia Currier about the music used in her film Oka! , which depicts the journey of Louis Sarno, who traveled to the Central African Republic as an ethnomusicologist to record the music of the Bayaka pygmies. Like Sarno, the Oka! film crew traveled to the Central African Republic with sound engineer Chris Berry, who developed a portable sound studio ...
Music Of Bayaka Pygmies Featured In New Film
Robert Siegel interviews filmmaker Lavinia Currier about the music used in her film Oka! , which depicts the journey of Louis Sarno, who traveled to the Central African Republic as an ethnomusicologist to record the music of the Bayaka pygmies. Like Sarno, the Oka! film crew traveled to the Central African Republic with sound engineer Chris Berry, who developed a portable sound studio ...
TastemakerX Raises $1.8 Million Series A
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TastemakerX , a social mobile platform focused on developing a targeted taste graph, today announced that it has raised $1.8 million in funding from leading ...
Mastering engineer explains why MP3s are inferior to good ol' CDs
David Glasser has seen vinyl give way to CD and CD give way to the fidelity compromised MP3 format. He thinks the trend could change again, and for the better in terms of sound quality, if Apple starts pushing its Lossless files. Apple Lossless is a high-resolution audio file that carries much more information than an MP3.
Mastering engineer David Glasser explains why MP3s are inferior to good ol' CDs
David Glasser doesn't do iPods. He's got an iPhone, but there's no music stored on it. "That's not my world," Glasser said. Forgive the man. He's got the most refined of ears. The MP3 technology most downloadable music employs just doesn't cut it when you're a mastering engineer with a 30-year career that includes two Grammy Awards and time spent mastering 80 Grammy-nominated records.
Vatterott College and Nelly’s ex’Treme Institute Announce Speaker Series
Vatterott College ex’treme Institute by Nelly-St. Louis is sponsoring a speaker series beginning March 1 to help educate aspiring musicians and producers about how to break into today’s music industry.St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 06, 2012 Vatterott College ex’treme Institute by Nelly-St. Louis is sponsoring a speaker series beginning March 1 to help educate aspiring musicians and producers ...
Music Scene Spotters: Tappero’s Studio, Local Band
Getting a knack for music early on, Jeremy Tappero set himself up for a successful career in a not so simple job field. Poised and ready to take the metro music scene by storm, Tappero’s hardworking ethic and keen sense of music puts him a cut above the rest.
Music lovers pursue return to high fidelity
A handful of Music Row businesses are beginning to invest in new products and technologies to increase the fidelity of music at every stage of the recording and listening process.
Bruno Mars heads back to Grammys with Smeezingtons
A whiteboard hangs on the wall of the tiny Hollywood studio used by the Smeezingtons, Bruno Mars' production and songwriting team. It's filled with doodles, including a picture of Alf and a joking note that producer-engineer Ari Levine "hangs out with Jamaican drug lords on the reg."
Bruno Mars and his song-making team the Smeezingtons head into Grammy Awards with momentum
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A whiteboard hangs on the wall of the tiny Hollywood studio used by the Smeezingtons, Bruno Mars' production and songwriting team. It's filled with doodles, including a picture of Alf and a joking note that producer-engineer Ari Levine "hangs out with Jamaican drug lords on the reg."