Archive for April, 2009
A Call To Recording Artists – Studio 2.0 Is Designed For You!
studio 2.0| 6 Comments »By James Pew
We have been so busy at the studio lately that there has been little time for writing new posts for Studio Manifesto, so today’s post is just a short note about what has been keeping us so busy… Studio 2.0, the most successful recording package offered at Euphonic Sound.
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Producing A New Folk Recording Part 1
Loudness Wars, Music Production, studio 2.0| 13 Comments »By James Pew
Andrea Gauster is a new folk artist who came to me with a desire to record a collection of her original songs. Over the past few weeks I’ve been producing six of them. The music has beautifully arranged melodies supporting sophisticated compelling lyrics, delivered by a soft & smooth but confident vocal [...]
The Loudness War – Why Should You Care?
Loudness Wars, studio 2.0| 14 Comments »By Shawn Daley
Unfamiliar with the term “Loudness War”? Here is a quick rundown:
For the last several years, modern music has been subjected to quality-destroying production methods mostly during the mixing and mastering stages of the recording process. Through the abuse of digital audio compression and limiting, music is given a false sense of loudness, and [...]
Democratizing Analog – The Culture Of DIY Audio
Copyright, Loudness Wars, Music Culture, Music Production| 1 Comment »By James Pew
In the spirit of the recently launched Open Window Project, an Open Music collaboration with artists on Broken Window Records via the Indaba Music Community, I decided to begin a series going more in-depth into another collaborative movement empowering the culture of indie music…DIY audio!
But first let me point to a source which [...]
Voodoo Your Creative Flow: Using Rituals To Maximize Your Creativity
Music Culture, Music Production, studio 2.0| 4 Comments »By Adrian Ellis
You know how a particular smell or perfume, or a song, can bring back a powerful memory of a person, place, or time in your life? Certain stimuli can trigger strong emotional states. For me, if I smell Calvin Klein’s ‘Eternity’, I’m back in grade 9, going out on my first [...]









