Month: August 2012

Sonic TALK 278 – A Big Pile of HUI

A flying visit from the man who made that amazing double Juno 106 – the Juno 2012, and a chat, then we move on to the rather amazing collection of studio shots I found here , I wont name it as it’s rather fruitily titled. Then we discuss the controklerist supergroup Mostly Robot, and Nick…


Pensado’s Place #78 – Producer and Mix Engineer Kevin Augunas

In the 78th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined Producer and Mix Engineer Kevin Augunas. Kevin has worked with such artists as Cold War Kids, Jon Brion, Sinead O’Connor, Panic At The Disco, The Vandals, Richard Swift and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. The trio talk about Kevin’s career, how he…


The Typical Artist Makes More Than 80% of Recording Revenues from Downloads

For all the arguing over streaming income, there’s this. According to stats just shared by CD Baby with Digital Music News, the typical artist makes more than 82 percent of their revenue from paid downloads, with CDs accounting for more than 11 percent.  That leaves streaming revenues – including Spotify – with a scant 6.5…


This Is What Streaming Music Looks Like In 2012

On-demand, video, online radio, whatever: this is who’s serving streaming music to the world right now.  The breakdown is based on the most updated, figures supplied by the companies themselves, then annualized and proportioned (methodology below).   …come geek out with me on methodology: (1) YouTube Music Videos. Estimated 5 billion views per day WW; or…


Soundiron Olympus Micro Choir review

http://soundsandgear.com/soundiron-olympus-micro-choir-review checking out the Olympus Micro Choir library for Kontakt from Soundiron. It’s a single phrase/demo from their full top of the line Olympus men’s and women’s choir library. Part 2 teach you how to create a basic sustained patch. Check it out after the jump!


Friday Forum Live! 10th August 2012 – Pioneer DJM-2000 Tutorial

http://www.pointblankonline.net/sample-a-course/ Welcome to Friday Forum Live! The session will kick off at 1pm (BST). This week we welcome Point Blank DJ tutor Mr Bristow who will be be showing you some tricks and techniques on the Pioneer DJM-2000 mixer. The aim of the sessions is to give you a taste of how our online school…


How to Get Into SXSW

A while I ago, I wrote an article called “How to Book SXSW and Is It Worth It?” Now that the application window for SXSW is open again, I think it’s time to revisit some of these concepts. First of all, if you read the previous article, you’ll know that I spend a lot of…


Birdman & Dj Khaled Talk Big Business

Birdman & Dj Khaled talk about the game and the business relationship between the two superstars.


Rihanna Opens up to Oprah about Chris Brown, Childhood Home

Though she may appear as tough cookie, there’s still one topic that causes Rihanna to break down: her break-up with singer Chris Brown. In a mash-up of teasers for an upcoming episode of “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” the “Where Have You Been” singer can be seen shedding tears when asked questions about Brown — such as…


Streaming Services Attribute to 25% of WMG’s Digital Revenue

Via All Things D [Allindstrom] Streaming services like Spotify and Pandora have made a lot of noise. Now they’re actually generating money for the music labels, too. Warner Music Group says streaming services contributed 25 percent of the digital revenue that its “recorded music” group saw last quarter. That works out to be about $54…