Duke’s Note: Speaking as one with something of a “vested interest” in artists’ embracing of the web, I’d like to apologize on behalf of aspiring producers everywhere. Admittedly I’m a bit of a noob to the new music industry, and I appreciate deeply the reiteration of basic truths that have been taken for granted [...]

For the purpose of providing context for my book STM: Exploring the Possibilities of Indie, here are some McLuhan montages found on youtube. I’ve replayed them many times an I’m always shocked at the depth of McLuhan’s understanding of the “total pervasive effect of media.” – James

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By James Pew
Here’s the deal with my new “book” Studio Manifesto: Exploring the Possibilities of Indie. If you haven’t read them the first two sections are The power of visualization in a new age of indie music and Reject the Woodshed: De-construct with criticism.
I don’t want to write a traditional book, or be confined to [...]

By James Pew
Yesterday I posted an excerpt from my new book, Studio Manifesto: Exploring the Possibilities of Indie, called The power of visualization in a new age of indie music. As I explained yesterday the book is one part “reconsideration” of Marshall McLuhan’s ground breaking media theory in the context of today’s social media movement, [...]

By James Pew

I’ve been away from writing posts on Studio Manifesto for a little awhile. And I have really enjoyed the coverage of new music happenings by Duke, Phil, Connor, and Skeleton – (all brilliant new music interns at Euphonic Sound) Check out our authors page to read posts from these new music bad asses.. [...]