Have a quick read over here at an essay by Dave Winer about podcasting economics. Dave claims, and I wholeheartedly agree that the music and media industries are basically slave labor industries (my words), designed to make corporate executives rich, and leave the artists/writers with nothing, if not in debt. This has been my personal… Continue reading

The link to Dallas Live Recording has been sitting on the sidebar of this site for some time, but I haven’t really said anything about it yet. DLR is a mobile recording studio — a little moonlighting project I’ve been working on for some time. While I don’t expect it to pay the bills, it’s been… Continue reading

Now this is cool as shit!: Harmony Central: Nine Inch Nails Single Released in GarageBand Format: “This is the actual multi-track audio session in GarageBand format sourced from the Pro Tools session file it was originally recorded into. The intention is to enable anyone to experiment freely with the track in an accessible format. A… Continue reading

Over the last week or two, I’ve been listening off-and-on to the 752(!) songs that the South By Southwest folks so kindly made available via BitTorrent. It really is fantastic that they did this. I love hearing new music from new bands. Mind you some of it is crap, but in general I’ve been very… Continue reading

Well, I’ve taken the plunge. I’m now Podcast-capable on this blog. You can see it in action in my last post. (PS: Now in this post too. Couldn’t help myself with the new toys!) Is it a fad? I don’t think so. The name Podcasting may be a fad, and the predominance of audio files… Continue reading

I finished a recording project tonight that was started in October of last year. Aaron Burton is an acoustic blues guitarist/singer here in Dallas, and I had an opportunity to record an hour-long performance last October at a benefit. I’d already mixed one of the songs down, as part of a compliation CD that I… Continue reading

I went to a jam session on Friday here in Dallas, and I thought I’d share a couple of tunes with you that were recorded there… First is I’ll Play The Blues For You, by Albert King. It’s not the best take I’ve done, but respectable, and includes a short bass solo by yours truly.… Continue reading

Cindy and I went to see Jill Scott tonight at the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie. Man — what a great show. Not only is she an amazingly talented and spirited singer, but her band is one of the tightest around. Jill’s lyrics are at times funny and uplifting, and at others, brooding and self-conscious.… Continue reading

From the picture, it looks like Apple’s new $130 audio I/O has eight inputs, but Todd Maffin says it’s only got two mic inputs. Having only two mic inputs would be a monumental mistake. To record a real garage band using GarageBand, you need at least four microphone inputs (XLR or otherwise), and ideally you… Continue reading

Among the more interesting revelations in the Audion story is this bit: “… if it wasn’t for Audion 2 and the new ‘Speed’ effect plugin, we never would have heard the mind-shattering, ear-haunting experience of what the Chipmunks really sounded like.” Warning: Don’t click the above link if you ever want to listen to the… Continue reading