http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs design + new media for music Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en More is more when it comes to audio data. But what sounds better? Clever coding can actually make something sound “better” (but different) from the source. Whether this is good or bad is a matter of perspective (a CD can be measurably “closer” to a source mix ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/42 After our fun (and full-up!) Spring workshop, we've recharged our batteries and can finally announce Version 2.0, our Fall 2007 Music Recording Workshop. This time around we're going with a smaller group, starting around September 4, 2007. Click the link in this story for details and a sign up ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/39 It's hard to imagine a worse disaster for the media world than the proposed XM/Sirius merger. In spite of the hoopla, assurances, and analysis, on every level, this deal stinks by definition. While we firmly reject "zero-sum" economic models, we recognize real benefits in competition. There's plenty ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/38 ...is that they require both literacy and time to consume. While email and the web certainly enhance basic literacy, they actively consume free time. Ruthlessly Darwinian decisions are constantly made about what to read, view and consider. In many (most?) cases the rawest sensationalism will beat depth ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/37 We've sorted out the details and can finally announce our Spring 2007 Music Recording Workshop will be happening, starting March 22, 2007. Click the link in this story for details and sign up. -d- http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/35 The Case for Reconstruction Traditional labels are like prospectors or sports franchises. Their model requires them to pick “winners” and encourages them to dump “losers”. Contracts are based on the (false) assumption that the labels deliver some sort of economy of scale, and technical know-how when it comes ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/9 Over the past few years at panel meetings, bars, in sessions and in email, I've been asked whether I teach or give lessons in audio production and new media techniques locally. In fact I've do things like this all the time, at least seminar-like events at Midpoint Music Festival ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/6 Just because there are no modern media labels, doesn’t mean we don’t know what one looks like. In this column, we’ll look at the big picture. Today a successful label requires expertise in selling music, and some objective means of connecting artists to fans. To this end, ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/5 Every new media is resisted by the established “old” media. When old business models begin to fail, the law or precedent is used to manipulate and control new ones. While underlying concepts of intellectual property, and the basic constitutional framework our laws are based upon are as relevant ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/4 What a way to start a blog, eh? Our concern here is looking forward however, and here in 2007, the blog is more about today than tomorrow. Since the turn of the 21st Century, the text journal, or blog, has been a popular format for discussion and even ... http://musicmediadesign.com/blogs/archives/3