Competition vs. Validation

In +1/-1, Miraverse, music industry, recording studio by manifold_admin

 When I decided to leave the certainty of multiple steady paychecks to start a new company, everybody I briefed thought there was no possible way it could succeed, and that gave me the confidence that I’d have no competition.  The rest, as they say is history.  But since that time, …

Another sane voice against sheer loudness

In +1/-1, music industry by Michael Tiemann

I came across Jerry Tubb’s website TerraNovaMastering.com, which not only lists an impressive number of 5.1 surround credits, but also an encouraging statement against the Loudness Wars, quoting the full text of  Joe Gross’s Everything Louder than Everything Else. Here’s the excerpt that explains the phenomenon (for those not yet …

Weathervane Music points to a new future

In +1/-1, culture, Miraverse, music industry, npr, recording studio by Michael Tiemann

Weathervane Music is a non-profit, community supported production company, making music and video to support and advance the careers of amazing independent musicians. Unlike traditional for-profit production or record companies, the vast majority of proceeds from the recordings of this music go straight to the artists, which Weathervane Music selects. …

Who (or what) killed rock and roll?

In culture, movie, music industry, npr by Michael Tiemann

Like the old man in Bring Out Your Dead scene in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, rock and roll continues to protest that it’s not dead yet.  But the number of ingrates willing to club it on the head, toss it on the cart, and wheel it out of town is …

Freedoms promised in 1976 may finally be realized

In creative commons, music industry by Michael Tiemann

A posting on the  WIRED magazine property Epicenter has some pretty exciting news about the Copyright Act of 1976, including the fact that a good-sized catalog of music will revert to the control of artists from the control of record labels.  Unfortunately, the title of the article frames the story …