Random music news for Wednesday, August 2, 2023
A new study suggests that humans are getting uglier. Chew on that before hitting music news for August 2, 2023. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This.
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Ongoing History Daily: Rick Rubin facts
Rick Rubin is one of the most successful record producers in the world today. He’s made records with everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Audioslave to Johnny Cash and Shakira. Here
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Barbie (the doll) is now a record producer
Here’s a sad stat: Less than 3% of record producers are women. Various efforts are being made to increase that number, but it’s been a hard slog. Mattel thinks that part of the
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, May 27, 2021
That is one valuable motorcycle. Now get your motor runnin’ (sorry) with music news for May 27, 2021. Marilyn Manson is now wanted in New Hampshire on charges of “shooting snot.” An Australian
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Studio stories with producer Chris Birkett
[Let’s call this reading week. New episodes resume in seven days. – AC] Like a lot of music fans, I’m fascinated by what goes on in the kitchen: the recording studio. How is
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Where are all the women producers? This organization wants to fix that.
Outside of Sylvia Massey and Kim Gordon (ex-Sonic Youth), I can’t name any female record producers. Why don’t more women get into this line of work? An organization called Women’s Audio Mission wants
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Here’s a Great Question: Why Aren’t There More Female Record Producers?
This thought has crossed my mind many times. The only woman producer of any renown I can name is Sylvia Massy. Why is this position so dominated by dudes? The Fade seeks to
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The First Modern Record Producers: Joe Meek and Phil Spector
Here’s a fine article from Medium on Joe Meek and Phil Spector, arguably the first modern record producers. If rock ’n’ roll’s initial blithe cacophony (1955–58) had liberated teenagers, then the period immediately
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