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Becoming a Recording Engineer

Featured on Oprah a big risk?

April 26, 2007

Now, here’s something completely different!
Eileen Gravelle has just published an excellent article on the huge impact that getting featured on Oprah can make to previously unknown brands. Although Eileen specializes in anti-aging skin care issues, the principles apply equally to the world of music recording.
And what are the principles?

Oprah often selects relative “unknowns” to [...]

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Making Your Own Music For Your Movies

February 6, 2007

In this article by Fred Ost, the author introduces a versatile multi-track music recording package – Sony Acid – which has become highly popular, especially for loops in any genre…
So you’ve got some great scenes on tape and the only thing that could make them better would be some music.
The bad news is of course [...]

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Recording Studio Equipment – Immortalize Your Music

January 30, 2007

Getting great results from recording studio equipment needs highly skilled craftsmanship that combines the art of music with the science of audio production technology.
This requires knowledge, understanding how to apply it, and a well-honed ability to listen critically to the sounds as they are recorded.
Developing your technical skills along with your creativity will enable you [...]

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Audio Engineering Student Challenge

January 20, 2007

This is the last in a series of articles aimed to help you in your consideration of a career in the Music Recording Industry by discussing the questions a prospective sound engineer should ask.

Recap:
In Part 1, we looked at changes in the music recording industry, how this affected career opportunities for the Audio Recording Engineer.
Part [...]

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Essential Skills of an Audio Recording Engineer

January 19, 2007

This is part 2 of a series of 3 articles on getting started as in music recording. In this article we’ll look at what skill set a recording engineer needs, and the education and training options available in audio engineering and music production to help you build them.

Recap:
As we discussed in part 1 , change [...]

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Sound Recording Careers – Opportunity or Dead End?

January 19, 2007

A sound recording career?
When considering any career decision, it’s a good idea to review what’s going on in your industry. What long term opportunities could it offer you? Is there more opportunity than last year, or is the recording industry declining? Or changing significantly?

Where can I get advice I can trust?

The answer to this question [...]

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