C’mon Rufus, This Act Could Be A Single

2019-10-04 ezzy

Hahaha stupid commercial from 1985 for the Casio SK-1 keyboard. This thing was legendary – one of the coolest toy keyboards ever.

In fact, I recorded one on some 2MERICA tracks.

In fact, I have a new song coming out … Read the rest

Way Down Inside

2018-09-122018-09-11 ezzy

Rick Beato with a great dissection of the Zep classic Whole Lotta Love:

I like when he picks up the guitar and plays along with the solo.

Pretty sick!

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Streaming Royalty Rates

2018-07-02 ezzy

Here’s some current streaming rates per service. Your rates might vary.

If you stream from…

Spotify – between $0.0005 and $0.007
Google Play – $0.0107
YouTube Music – between $0.0013 and $0.0105
Tidal – $0.0171
Apple Music iTunes Match (US)

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The Great Analog Archives

2018-06-272018-06-27 ezzy

Since the early 20th century millions of talented people have recorded music. Record labels stored these archives whether the artist sold well or not.

Some archives were lost to fire or flood, and many changed ownership over the years, but … Read the rest

Fake Hi-End Audio

2018-06-25 ezzy

Apple and others continue to push the lie that lossy music is high quality.

They claim they will soon be shipping studio quality airpods and over-the-ear headphones. Please.

Nothing lossy is studio quality.

Nothing wireless is studio quality*.

#SaveTheAudio… Read the rest

Tom Petty Song Breakdown

2018-06-06 ezzy

Cool breakdown of a classic Tom Petty song, from the arrangement, the performances, and the mix.

Good stuff.

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Mastering The Equalizer

2018-05-18 ezzy

The most important thing in recording and mixing – the equalizer.

Learn to master it. Your music and mixes will come to life.

Here’s 2 great videos giving you the basics of how to EQ:

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The Problem With Experts Indeed

2016-12-012016-12-01 ezzy

Interesting take over on RealHDAudio taking shots at a music producer.

I read and replied to his post but it’s not publishing over there, so here is:

Timing, timbre, and room sound.
Timing, timbre, and room sound.
Timing, timbre, and … Read the rest

Humanity Becoming Pixelated

2016-07-19 ezzy

The tech takeover is something we’ve been watching for decades now, and with regards to audio production and socializing I get preachy about how much we’ve lost.

Here’s a great article sowing the same seeds but covering the movie industry. … Read the rest

Many Are Brainless

2016-05-12 ezzy

Sick album, great stuff. All time classic in my library:

Get a taste then buy the lossless version here.

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The Art of Recorded Music

2016-04-302018-09-05 ezzy

A canvas. A monitor.

A block of clay.

Human imagination is more fertile and expansive than all of them.

Human imagination is where the soundstage of recorded music is rendered.

Creating sound for a recording takes planning. Even a simple … Read the rest

Youkill Audio Youtube

2016-04-182016-04-18 ezzy

Deets on Youtube’s audio handling:

Audio is streamed at either 128k or 320k mp3.

Everything defaults to 128k. You can only get the 320k audio stream by selecting the HD video quality. Some videos start in HD but most don’t. … Read the rest

Magical 2nd Track

2016-03-22 ezzy

When you have your first certified hit as track #1 on your first album, track #2 becomes really important. Track 2 = What else can this band do?

If track 2 sounds like track 1 – probably a 1-trick pony. … Read the rest

Streaming’s Shortcomings

2016-02-042017-03-02 ezzy

If everyone got their music from streaming? That’s a big problem.

Streaming…

has no cross promotion with local events or the local economy.
has no cross promotion with local unsigned bands.
has no direct connection back to the artist.
completely

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A Tale Of Two Setups

2015-10-26 ezzy

I was in my new all-analog studio last night with a simple task – dump from the 4-track tape machine to something digital so I could share the tracks just recorded with the artists.

First I needed to do … Read the rest

Room Acoustics 101

2015-09-25 ezzy

Here’s a simple to understand, visual version of basic room acoustic properties. People argue about gear and formats and often times forget to deal with the most important aspect of what they are hearing – the room.