Archive for January, 2008
Oddity of US Copyright Law: Once it’s Ours it’s Not Just Yours Again
January 11, 2008 UncategorizedThis post is going to focus on a peculiar nuance of the US intellectual property law that songwriters and producers should be aware of. Obviously as this post is concerned with intellectual property copyright law it will only really be valid in the United States. More and more people are collaborating on music these days [...]
Read More »Preserving Hearing: What?
January 10, 2008 UncategorizedThis post focuses on the super-important subject of keeping your hearing in tip-top shape. The world around us is getting really loud. Music is blaring everywhere, masters are compressed without dynamics, iPods are being used to drown out crappy coffee shop music and bus noise. As a producer or an engineer, our hearing is our [...]
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Thump and Bump: Balancing the Kick and the Bass
January 9, 2008 UncategorizedThis post is going to focus on getting a solid balance between the two main sources of bass in pop music: the bass and the kick drum. Few things are better than mix that gets the low end right. It can be really tricky to accomplish (or downright impossible if the environment isn’t right). But, [...]
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