it is official that in October Noel Haggard is coming to our studio to tour the facility and track some new songs. Stay tuned for more information.
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Dew Pendleton Band has been tracking hard creating their latest album release. Check out more info on their website: http://www.dewpendleton.com/
A teaser. Their latest album releases August 29th.
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"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale
You have to first believe in yourself and keep pressing forward. Step by step, challenge by challenge. Day by day and hour by hour. You got this. Keep going!
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Disc Makers’ Partner Program gives you exclusive benefits and rewards every time one of your clients orders disc manufacturing. You won’t find a better value for your customers’ CD or DVD manufacturing needs than Disc Makers, while you enjoy the following rewards:
Guides: Give your clients tips and expert advice written by industry professionals.
Discounts: Give your clients exclusive deals on Disc Makers services as a Gold and Platinum Partner.
Custom commemorative plaques: Both you and your client will get a commemorative plaque for each job they do with us. Our Partners love these plaques and they look just like Gold Record awards. They very nicely show off your work, announce your status as a Disc Makers Partner, and make future referrals and commissions that much easier.
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http://mixonline.com/gear/robair_report/robair_report_give_the_people_what_they_want/
“I’ve never really understood why anybody would want to buy Pro Tools files on vinyl.” — Anonymous
There’s a certain level of artist who doesn’t have to think about flogging their own merch at shows. Then, there’s the rest of us.
For some, these are confusing times because of the many formats available for artists to present their work—streaming, download, USB stick, compact disc, vinyl and, yes, analog cassette. They must consider not only the sound quality, but also the demographics and expectations of their audience and numerous other intangibles.
Vinyl, for example, can be seen more and more at gigs and in stores, and pressing plants have been doing record business to meet the demand. But is the growth just about artists wanting the cachet of a vinyl release, or is there an audience that actually listens to these things?
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A man's favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice;
He can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries;
He therefore decides to bury it alive.
Soil is poured onto the donkey from above.
The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it;
More soil is poured.
It shakes it off and steps up;
The more the load was poured, the higher it rose;
By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures.
After much shaking off (of problems)
And stepping up (learning from them),
One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
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Courtesy 850ME.com
Our friends in New Earth Army are the force behind the cultural event that is RevFest. nea
2014 marked the second year for the event, and we at 850ME have loved being a small part of the event each year. It’s been an absolute joy to watch the event grow as it embraces both the music and art worlds.
2015 is going to be a great year for RevFest, and they have opened up the band application process so you now have a chance to get your group’s name on the bill.
Follow this link, (http://theneweartharmy.net/festivals/revfest-submissions) fill out the form, and see what happens.
Remember to support community events, support your community, and support each other.
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Bands, if you have any needs for promotional products (i.e. - tshirts, swag, stickers, etc.) ask us to give you a FREE quote!
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2014/07/23/five-ways-to-transform-your-email-marketing/
Given how much email has changed over the last decade, are you still making your email marketing work for you?
As you strategically approach your email marketing, consider the fact that 66 percent of consumers have made a purchase as a direct result of an email marketing message. Email is an easy-to-set-up, low-cost and high-return marketing channel. But it’s not all good news. As inboxes fill up with promotional email, it can be hard to make yours stand out. That means email marketers need to work harder and a little bit smarter.
1. Offer a Free Giveaway
2. Provide Multiple Opportunities to Subscribe
3. Link Back to Your Blog
4. Give Your Customers a Reason to Read
5. Make Your Emails Easy to Read
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul99/articles/20tips.htm
The way you use effects and processors can make or break a mix. Paul White offers 20 useful tips to help you get it right first time.
Recording can be fun, but for me, the most rewarding part of any project is doing the final mix. It's at this stage of the proceedings that effects and signal processors can be used to turn a simple recording into a major production -- but it's also easy to overdo things and spoil the end results. This month I've put together 20 easy-to-remember tips that will allow you to control your effects units rather than vice versa. And so, without further ado and in no particular order of importance:
1. Reverb creates the illusion of space, but in doing so it also 'smears' the stereo localisation of the original sound source, just as it does in real life. If you want to maintain a specific stereo placement for one or more sounds in a mix, consider using a mono reverb effect and panning the reverb to the same position as the original dry sound.
2. Reverb is very useful for making vocals sound more musical and for making them sit with the rest of the mix, but adding too much will have the effect of pushing the vocals back, rather than allowing them to take front position. Experiment with pre-delay values of 60-100mS to help counter this, and also try using a reverb patch that has a lot of early reflections, as these help reinforce the dry sound. You can learn a lot from listening carefully to records you like to see how much and what type of reverb is used. Often it's rather less than you think.
3. Bright reverbs can flatter vocals, but may exaggerate sibilance. As an alternative to de-essing the vocals, try instead de-essing the feed to the reverb unit, so that sibilance is removed before the reverb is applied.
4. Reverb is probably the most important effect in the studio, so don't compromise by using a low-quality software reverb plug-in just because you're short of processing power. Use a good external hardware reverb unit if you have one, otherwise choose a more powerful software plug-in to treat the vocal track in non-real time. This may involve off-line processing or doing a real-time 'bounce to disk' of the vocal track in isolation, via the plug-in.
5. Vocals almost always require compression, but rather than doing all the compressing at the recording stage, apply a little less compression than you think you might ultimately need, then add further compression when you come to mix. This dual-stage process ensures you don't record an over-compressed sound, whilst still allowing you to even out the level of the recorded signal.
Reply
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Noel Haggard is coming to Studio-E!
it is official that in October Noel Haggard is coming to our studio to tour the facility and track some new songs. Stay tuned for more information.
Reply
Dew Pendleton Band
Dew Pendleton Band has been tracking hard creating their latest album release. Check out more info on their website: http://www.dewpendleton.com/ A teaser. Their latest album releases August 29th.
Reply
You must believe in yourself!
"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale You have to first believe in yourself and keep pressing forward. Step by step, challenge by challenge. Day by day and hour by hour. You got this. Keep going!
Reply
We are a Discmakers Studio Partner.
Disc Makers’ Partner Program gives you exclusive benefits and rewards every time one of your clients orders disc manufacturing. You won’t find a better value for your customers’ CD or DVD manufacturing needs than Disc Makers, while you enjoy the following rewards: Guides: Give your clients tips and expert advice written by industry professionals. Discounts: Give your clients exclusive deals on Disc Makers services as a Gold and Platinum Partner. Custom commemorative plaques: Both you and your client will get a commemorative plaque for each job they do with us. Our Partners love these plaques and they look just like Gold Record awards. They very nicely show off your work, announce your status as a Disc Makers Partner, and make future referrals and commissions that much easier.
Reply
Give them what they want!
http://mixonline.com/gear/robair_report/robair_report_give_the_people_what_they_want/ “I’ve never really understood why anybody would want to buy Pro Tools files on vinyl.” — Anonymous There’s a certain level of artist who doesn’t have to think about flogging their own merch at shows. Then, there’s the rest of us. For some, these are confusing times because of the many formats available for artists to present their work—streaming, download, USB stick, compact disc, vinyl and, yes, analog cassette. They must consider not only the sound quality, but also the demographics and expectations of their audience and numerous other intangibles. Vinyl, for example, can be seen more and more at gigs and in stores, and pressing plants have been doing record business to meet the demand. But is the growth just about artists wanting the cachet of a vinyl release, or is there an audience that actually listens to these things?
Reply
Shake off your problems!
A man's favorite donkey falls into a deep precipice; He can't pull it out no matter how hard he tries; He therefore decides to bury it alive. Soil is poured onto the donkey from above. The donkey feels the load, shakes it off, and steps on it; More soil is poured. It shakes it off and steps up; The more the load was poured, the higher it rose; By noon, the donkey was grazing in green pastures. After much shaking off (of problems) And stepping up (learning from them), One will graze in GREEN PASTURES.
Reply
RevFest 2015 Application
Courtesy 850ME.com Our friends in New Earth Army are the force behind the cultural event that is RevFest. nea 2014 marked the second year for the event, and we at 850ME have loved being a small part of the event each year. It’s been an absolute joy to watch the event grow as it embraces both the music and art worlds. 2015 is going to be a great year for RevFest, and they have opened up the band application process so you now have a chance to get your group’s name on the bill. Follow this link, (http://theneweartharmy.net/festivals/revfest-submissions) fill out the form, and see what happens. Remember to support community events, support your community, and support each other.
Reply
Promotional Products!
Bands, if you have any needs for promotional products (i.e. - tshirts, swag, stickers, etc.) ask us to give you a FREE quote!
Reply
5 Ways To Transform Your Email Marketing.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2014/07/23/five-ways-to-transform-your-email-marketing/ Given how much email has changed over the last decade, are you still making your email marketing work for you? As you strategically approach your email marketing, consider the fact that 66 percent of consumers have made a purchase as a direct result of an email marketing message. Email is an easy-to-set-up, low-cost and high-return marketing channel. But it’s not all good news. As inboxes fill up with promotional email, it can be hard to make yours stand out. That means email marketers need to work harder and a little bit smarter. 1. Offer a Free Giveaway 2. Provide Multiple Opportunities to Subscribe 3. Link Back to Your Blog 4. Give Your Customers a Reason to Read 5. Make Your Emails Easy to Read
Reply
5 Tips on Using Effects in a Mix!
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul99/articles/20tips.htm The way you use effects and processors can make or break a mix. Paul White offers 20 useful tips to help you get it right first time. Recording can be fun, but for me, the most rewarding part of any project is doing the final mix. It's at this stage of the proceedings that effects and signal processors can be used to turn a simple recording into a major production -- but it's also easy to overdo things and spoil the end results. This month I've put together 20 easy-to-remember tips that will allow you to control your effects units rather than vice versa. And so, without further ado and in no particular order of importance: 1. Reverb creates the illusion of space, but in doing so it also 'smears' the stereo localisation of the original sound source, just as it does in real life. If you want to maintain a specific stereo placement for one or more sounds in a mix, consider using a mono reverb effect and panning the reverb to the same position as the original dry sound. 2. Reverb is very useful for making vocals sound more musical and for making them sit with the rest of the mix, but adding too much will have the effect of pushing the vocals back, rather than allowing them to take front position. Experiment with pre-delay values of 60-100mS to help counter this, and also try using a reverb patch that has a lot of early reflections, as these help reinforce the dry sound. You can learn a lot from listening carefully to records you like to see how much and what type of reverb is used. Often it's rather less than you think. 3. Bright reverbs can flatter vocals, but may exaggerate sibilance. As an alternative to de-essing the vocals, try instead de-essing the feed to the reverb unit, so that sibilance is removed before the reverb is applied. 4. Reverb is probably the most important effect in the studio, so don't compromise by using a low-quality software reverb plug-in just because you're short of processing power. Use a good external hardware reverb unit if you have one, otherwise choose a more powerful software plug-in to treat the vocal track in non-real time. This may involve off-line processing or doing a real-time 'bounce to disk' of the vocal track in isolation, via the plug-in. 5. Vocals almost always require compression, but rather than doing all the compressing at the recording stage, apply a little less compression than you think you might ultimately need, then add further compression when you come to mix. This dual-stage process ensures you don't record an over-compressed sound, whilst still allowing you to even out the level of the recorded signal.
Reply