A 46-year-old Ozzy tape was found in an attic. What does it sound like?
When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath in 1980, he was adrift for a while, not sure what to do. He did make some recordings, though, but they were lost.
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Why do so many musicians want to record in analogue?
Overwhelmingly, recording studios depend on digital technology, although some still keep their old tape machines on hand just in case they have a client who demand something more old-school. There’s
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Ongoing History Daily: Why do some songs fade out (part 1)
There are two ways to end the recording of a song. First, you can write it so it has a defined ending. Second, you can just keep playing and let
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This indie record label wants to fill a hole in the market by reissuing albums on 8-track.
You know how the whole premise of the Jurassic Park franchise was based on extracting some DNA of an insect caught in a drop of amber? Or the stories where
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Gee, the legal music download era didn’t last that long, did it?
Since the dawn of recorded audio in 1877, we’ve gone through a series of formats, starting with the wax cylinder eventually evolving into today’s streaming services. Of all the formats,
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