Posts tagged with "Pro Tools"
Video & Web Exclusive Interview Boney James
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: BONEY JAMES
Video: “Honestly” featuring Avery*Sunshine
SAXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER BONEY JAMES’ HONESTLY REFLECTS MUSIC’S POWER TO TRANSPORT
Four-time Grammy Nominee Celebrates 25 Years with September 1, 2017 Release Featuring Vocalists Avery*Sunshine and Eric Roberson
Boney James released his 16th album on September 1, 2017, titled Honestly—25 years after his debut recording, Trust....
Song Premiere and Exclusive Interview Sarah McGowan
SONG PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: SARAH McGOWAN
Exclusive Song Premiere: “Riding in Cars with Men”
Women’s Safety and Vulnerability Are the Focus of Sarah McGowan’s Dark Dream Pop Track “Riding in Cars With Men”
A Potentially Dangerous Encounter Inspires a Compelling Song, as a Young Artist Hopes to Spark a Conversation About Consent
Indie pop/rock artist Sarah McGowan is no stranger to praise. Over the last...
MINDY SMITH VIDEO PREMIERE
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Artist: MINDY SMITH
Song: “Starting Over Again”
Songwriters: Mindy Smith & Cliff Goldmacher
Producer: Cliff Goldmacher
Animation: Paul and Sandra Fierlinger
Mmusicmag.com has the exclusive online world premiere of the new video, “Starting Over Again.” This is the third song Mindy Smith has contributed to the Shelter Me project. AllMusic.com describes Smith as a singer-songwriter who “blends...
VIDEO & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BILL REICHENBACH
VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Musician: BILL REICHENBACH
Music Video: “Carols From the Bells”
Musicians: Trombones-L.A.
Non-profit Benefit: Hearts of Music Fund
“My idea,” says Bill Reichenbach, “was to create this non-profit fund called the Hearts of Music Fund—for musicians who don’t have insurance. Back then, there were a lot of musicians who didn’t have insurance. And sadly there’s a good possibility starting...
Avid’s Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt
Avid’s Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt
DITCH THE TOWER
When Avid announced Pro Tools HD Native in the fall of 2010, they made huge waves in the recording world. For the first time it was possible to get the near-zero latency of Pro Tools HD, but without the added expense of DSP acceleration. The trouble was musicians still needed a tower-format computer with PCIe slots to run it. With Avid’s Pro Tools HD Native Thunderbolt, you can get the...
REC ROOM
REC ROOM
An insider’s guide to creating a home studio that’s right for you
Not so long ago, recording in a studio was a pricey ordeal. A musician or band had to select a studio, ensure it had a quality engineer—and because the meter was running, hope to capture the necessary tracks without breaking the bank. Enter the digital age: Now nearly anyone can set up a quality studio right in his or her home. Sure, there’s gear to acquire,...
DAW DEAL
DAW DEAL
Digital Audio Workstations can help you make a masterpiece—if you use them correctly
For decades making a record meant big studios, big budgets and countless feet of analog tape—but all that has changed. Today nearly any musician can get access to a computer and the necessary software required to craft an entire album in the comfort of his or her own home. So what exactly is this powerful software that makes the magic happen? The...
HOWARD BENSON
HOWARD BENSON
From aircraft to songcraft and from aerospace to star power
By Michael Gallant
For multiplatinum, Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson, the crucial skill that led to success in the music business was … aerospace engineering? “Music has a math component to me,” Benson explains. “It’s complicated and fun, and I’m blessed to do it every day. Plus the same organizational skills apply. Just instead of making...
Al Schmitt
Al Schmitt
Five decades of sterling productions and still going strong
“Legendary” is a term that is often bandied about too freely. But what other word could you use to describe a man whose first recording session was for the Duke Ellington Orchestra and whose work continues to dominate the charts to this very day?
After more than five decades behind the board, Al Schmitt is universally acknowledged as one of the absolute masters of his trade....
GEAR – MASTERING THE ART
Inside one of the most crucial and mysterious steps
of the recording process
MASTERING ENGINEERS HAVE ONE of the most specialized and hard-to-define roles in the music business. They sit in finely tuned rooms surrounded by boutique and vintage equipment, often finishing a record a day. But what does it mean to master a completed mix? Especially in this age of affordable digital home recording, asking five experts might elicit five different...