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Atomic Tom: The Moment

February 19, 2011

Among the influences listed on Atomic Tom’s Facebook page are The Cure, The Smiths, and New Order (twice). The UK Pop/Rock sound of the 80′s comes through on many of the cuts from their first full-length record, The Moment. Recorded not in a home studio, but in an apartment studio in Brooklyn, The Moment explores [...]

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15 Must-Have iPad Music Apps for the Professional Musician

January 13, 2011

This guest post is by Chris Taylor (@miccontrolchris) of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians and music bloggers. The holiday season is officially over and one gadget that seemed to be on top of the world’s holiday list was the iPad. Rightfully so; after the operating system update in November [...]

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2010 Music Sales: CDs Cave and Digital Drags as Vinyl gains Velocity

January 12, 2011

Billboard reported that US Album sales dropped 12.8% to 326.2 million units for the 52 weeks ending January 2nd. That compares to 373.9 million units sold in 2009. Digging into the numbers: CD Sales > Down nearly 20% for the fourth year in a row Digital Tracks > 1% increase to 1.17 billion units Digital [...]

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The Musician’s Guide To Audio Mastering

January 5, 2011

An Interview with Brian Hazard This guest post is by Jon Ostrow (@miccontrol) of MicControl, a music blogging community that bridges the gap between musicians and music bloggers. Whether you record from the comfort of your own home or pay for some studio time, mastering your music is a critical part of the music recording [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide for Musicians and Music Lovers #2

November 22, 2010

Check the How-to-Buy guides if you’re interested in gifting drums, keyboards, a guitar or bass. #2: Gifts Under $500 Zen Tambour or Hapi Drum – $345 to $435 The Zen Tambour and HAPI drum are tuned, steel tongue hand drums that are easy to learn and fun to play. Inspired by the hang, they are [...]

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AmpliTube 2 for iPhone – Now with Portable Recording Studio

November 1, 2010

Play > Practice > Record: Add a 4-Track Studio with Effects for $9.99 The new free version of AmpliTube for iPhone includes a single-track recorder, but make no mistake, the reason you want to install this is to get a portable recording studio for $9.99. We introduced the iRig about six months ago, and AmpliTube [...]

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FMC #7: Best of Future of Music Summit 2010 – The Fammys

October 28, 2010

As October spins down, MMT wraps up our first-ever Future of Music Month with the Fammy Awards, recognizing the best of the 2010 Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit. Best Reverb: T Bone Burnett – for his conversation with Greg Kot, which echoed throughout the Summit and blogosphere long after he left the stage. Best [...]

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FMC #6: T Bone Burnett – The Complete Conversation

October 15, 2010

Great, high-quality video of T Bone’s conversation with Greg Kot, courtesy of the Future Of Music Coalition and our friends at web.illish.us/.

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Free Friday: Erin McKeown Distillation 10th Anniversary Edition

October 14, 2010

I had the good fortune of hearing Erin McKeown at the Dear New Orleans Benefit Concert last week. Bonerama was the house band for the evening, and Erin joined them to play “Blackbirds” from her debut album Distillation. The concert also functioned as a Brown University reunion of sorts, with alums Erin, Damian Kulash (OK [...]

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