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In this tutorial, Scott Wiggins explains how to record songs like a Professional from your home studio. He discusses the different items that are important to have when setting up a home studio. His six things he talks in detail about are Computer, DAW, Audio Interface, Mic stand and Mic, Pop filter, and Headphones. For the computer, he says as long as you are not trying to do an “eight-piece band with a live accompanying orchestra” a normal Mac or PC with the highest RAM possible should be fine…

Over the year, the continuing decline of CD sales along with the rapid growth of music downloads signals a new era in music. In the same way they started selling CDs in 1982 to replace vinyl records because they were too big, and CDs were more portable. Now people start to download music online, and they stop buying and using CDs. Although, some people think that buy CDs help to artist or the music listening experience is more enjoyable, but equally they buy music for internet and do use CDs for…

“How has the music industry been affected by the internet and digital downloading?” Although some believe the music industry has been hurt by the internet, the internet has helped it because the internet allows more people to hear and share music, it has given people whose voice may not have been heard a chance and the internet has opened opportunities for anyone to make it in the music industry. The internet has done amazing things for music, being and independent artist is no longer a…

seemingly unbeatable Adele to win Best British Single (for their song ‘What Makes You Beautiful’), a prize determined by fan votes.” Even as popular as Adele is, she still couldn’t beat One Direction. Along with their multiple nominations at the British Record Industry Trust Awards, they were also nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards (Best Pop Video and Best New Artist) (Dunne 27). When their debut album, Up All Night, landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, One Direction made history for a…

start! If you look at the music industry as a whole across the world, it’s been on a large decline in the past 14 years or so. It’s gone from a 40 billion dollar industry to just 16 billion. Record sales are generally on a decline due to piracy and other easy access methods of obtaining music freely. As record companies fold and merge, a new method brought…

side of the city checking in on his three recording studios and the artist signed to his music label the “Sling Shot Movement Group.” When you break it down Yaves Ellis is a Christian rapper. He started at the age of seven and was signed to a major record label by the time he was 12. It was a passion that started after he’d seen the rap duo of Kriss-Kross and has remained a passion for a man now in his thirties. To this point he has release two studio albums with his latest “In Autumn’s Ear,”…

Author James D. Torr states that leaked albums mean “More sales for musicians that might otherwise never have been heard of” (Torr 5). Record companies still worry, as they don’t notice the extra sales. Torr also states that “the real gripe for these record companies and some artists is the fictional “lost sales,” but the sharing is cheap publicity” (Torr 5 ). The record companies may fret, but they secretly love the publicity. Writer Jason Koebler found that “A new study by a researcher at…

After watching the three videos for this week’s discussion post, I have a better understanding of the difference between a normal press kit and an EPK. In dealing with the artist that I have been working with through out this class I feel that a more creative video like the Neko Case video would be more suiting to the artist. They too are indie and artsy, maybe without the animated colleges but this style of video would get their story across and still promote the new album. Her video is a short…

use of new techniques and technology. The archaeologists at Sagalassos have used the available technology and workforce to discover the answers to their questions. In past excavations, archaeologists were trying to simply document the archaeological record for the site, however the excavation project conducted by the University of Leuven from Belgium is discovering…

The first principle is one that is based Mutual Respect, patients information is often collected through various methods, patient interviews, assessment, reviewed of patient medical records, family or patient’s agent interviewed. This information is vital in designing the patient plan of treatment, therefore each member of the health care needs to have respect and regards to each other in respect what they are able to contribute since…