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How Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska Sparked a Home Recording Revolution
Independents Day: Bruce Springteen’s Nebraska Opens Up A World Of Home Recording In January of 1982, Bruce Springsteen recorded a group of fifteen demos in the bedroom of his house in Colts Neck,...
The Myth of High-Resolution Audio & Why It Matters For YOUR Recordings
The Myth of High-Resolution Audio And Why It Matters For YOUR Recordings Have you seen the new gold and brown "Hi-Res Audio" logo on a website or a new piece of high-end audio hardware? Maybe you...
How to Target Radio Stations That Will Actually Play Your Music
If you've been following the Sonicbids blog, you already know the three things you need to be "radio ready." But after you've met those prerequisites, how do you determine which stations or music...
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio
A Complete Guide to Plug-Ins For Your Home Studio In the May issue of Performer, I wrote about analog tape machine plug-ins. This month we’re going to focus on plug ins for home studio owners. A...
Why You Need a Control Surface For Your Home Studio
Do You Need a Control Surface for Your Home Studio? In the good old days of analog recording, when something needed adjustment on the mix you reached out for a fader or knob and not the mouse....
Exposing The Top 5 Myths of Home Recording
WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT HAVING A HOME STUDIO “If only we could record whenever we wanted, didn't have to pay outrageous studio fees and we could try all our ideas without someone holding us...
8 Bits of Advice From A Home Recording Veteran
Lessons Learned & Advice From A Home Recording Veteran FIND A MENTOR (WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT) The Internet is so rich with archival footage and interviews that researching an artist that...
7 Apps That Will Make a Musician’s Life a Million Times Easier
We live in the age of convenience and efficiency, and our smartphones and tablets are probably the greatest manifestations of this cultural truth. Chatting with our friends, uploading pictures and...
Step-By-Step Guide to Soundproofing Your Home Studio
This brief article is designed to give some basic ideas about soundproofing your home studio. I personally have built three studios from the ground up and learned a lot as I have done so. There is a...
How to Plan A Home Studio Budget
How to Plan A Home Studio Budget And Learn The Hierarchy to Your New Purchases I've been involved in the music industry for ten years, and it all started with the dangerous combination of being in...