JANUARY 21, 2010
How people use Nielsen to hurt musicians.

I read an article today at Digital Music News about comments by Tommy Silverman - founder of Tommy Boy and the New Music Seminar.

With all due respect, his information is wrong. But worse, the conclusions he reaches from this faulty information could be damaging to artists.

Some highlights include statements like:

Silverman counted 105,575 n… Continue

JANUARY 20, 2010

DIY Acoustics Part 2: Modal Frequencies and Diffusers by Jake Hartsfield



Jake Hartsfield is a songwriter, producer, touring sound engineer and a member of the TuneCore Marketing Team.

As we further explore acoustics and how to treat your listening/mixing room, we get into room modes, resonant absorbers, and diffusers. Every room has resonant frequenc… Continue

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The Misunderstood Part of the Record Process

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Tom Kenny, Editorial Director


The Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing put on yet another dynamite panel in October, its 26th with the Audio Engineering Society. Titled “Mixing With Attitude,” it featured Tony Maserati, Chris Lord-Alge and Chuck Ainlay, moderated by Nile Rodgers — all engineers and producers at the top of their games. The conversation was lively, spirited, chock full of contrasting styl… Continue