Random music news for Saturday, April 8, 2023
Sexy math. It’s worth your while to read this. And it’s also worth your while to browse through music news for April 8, 2023. More music news? Look here. BONUS: This is counterintuitive.
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Recording Studios
Ongoing History Daily: Cool History of Audio Tape, Part 1
Before the 1930s, the only real way to capture music for playback later was on either a rotating cylinder or a rotating disc. The principle was the same: the mechanical energy of sound
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Ongoing History Daily: Perfecting Sound Forever
If you’re looking for some summer reading on music, I must recommend a book called Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music by Greg Milner. This isn’t some dry, dull book
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A behind-the-scenes look at restoring tracks for The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia album
Reels and reels of two-inch multitrack tape were used in the recording of The Hip’s Road Apples in 1990. After the sessions, most of those tapes were lost for years until drummer Johnny
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Why do some songs fade out at the end of a record? Here’s the answer.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There are three ways you can bring a song to a close. The first is known as a “cold end,” an abrupt, very defined
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Random music news for Thursday, May 7, 2020
The giant poop lizard. You’re welcome. Here’s music news for May 7, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: In the UK, nearly half of all commercial recording studios could be shuttered without government help. Meanwhile,
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A fascinating story on the second (or third) lives of famous recording consoles
In the basement of an ultra-high-end villa on the ultra-high-end Caribbean resort island of St. Barts is a recording studio. The centerpiece is the recording console, a big slab of electronics that had
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 876: Studio stories with producer Chris Birkett
Like a lot of music fans, I’m fascinated by what goes on in the kitchen: the recording studio. How is music made and recorded? Who is responsible for doing what? What kind of
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Recommended Reading Week continues: Looking inside the great recording studios
Technology has made it possible for anyone to make an album in their bedroom on their phone. But for decades, artists had to rent time at a fully-equipped recording studio. Temples of Sound:
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 827: More stories about famous recording studios
This may sound weird, but I love the smell of a proper professional recording studio. The air is kept clean and dust-free to protect the equipment. The A/C is usually cranked up to
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7 Important Tips on How to Choose a Recording Studio
[Reader Darren Perkins, who runs Redrum Music Studio, has a few tips for musicians looking to move out of their bedroom and into a proper recording studio. – AC] After doing several gigs
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