Mixing in Pro Tools

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In my last post I talked about the workflow I use in Pro Tools. I talked about the way I setup my session and how I route my audio tracks. In the post today, I will be talking about mixing in Pro Tools and different techniques I personally use when mixing. (For my ‘Workflow in Pro Tools’ post, click here). Before I get into my post I just want to reiterate that there is no one right way of mixing music, so bear in mind, I am just sharing with you my personal techniques I use when mixing.

My Workflow in Pro Tools

As many of you may know, Pro Tools is the industry standard for music production in professional recording studios and is also my DAW (digital audio workstation) of choice. The most current version of Pro Tools is Pro Tools 11, which comes out sometime this summer. To find out more information about Pro Tools and the new additions in Pro Tools 11, check out my review here. In today’s post I will be talking about the workflow I use in Pro Tools.

Business Plan Development

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In my previous post I talked about online streaming and whether it is the death of physical mediums. I highlighted some online streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify and the benefits of using them. You can check out that post here and let me know what you guys think about it.

In today’s post however, I will be talking about a business related topic, Business Plan Development. I will examine and summarize the views of two recognized experts in the field of writing/reviewing business plans in terms of what they believe to be critical and key to include in a business plan.

Online Streaming: 'The Death of Physical Mediums'?

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Online Streaming is the process of starting a progressive download of a file, where the file isn’t downloaded to your computer, but is stored as data and streamed from a server. The decoder is a stand-alone player or a plugin that works as part of a Web browser. The server, information stream and decoder work together to let people watch live or prerecorded broadcasts. In a simpler version, anything that is not physically stored on your device (phone, laptop, etc.) that you are accessing via the Internet is probably streaming from a server. 

Pro Tools 11 Review

In today’s post, I will be reviewing a new version of the software Pro Tools 11.  For those of you who may not be familiar with this product or have not read any of my previous blogs, Pro Tools is the next generation of the best sounding, most widely used audio production software in the industry.  The software enables you to record, compose, edit and mix with great speed and ease. Pro Tools is the industry’s standard for recording studios and is the best software, in my opinion, for tracking/recording and mixing vocals. Pro Tools is created by Avid and sells for around $300 - $600, depending on the version purchased.

Self-Publishing: 'Ways to get your music published yourself'

In my previous post I talked about what publishing is and highlighted some of the big named music publishers in the industry, and today I want to continue on this topic by showing you ways of how you can publish your music yourself through “self-publishing”. In this technologically run world new platforms and mediums exists that enables us to do, by ourselves, what we never could before, such as recording and producing a complete song on our laptops and self-publishing without the help of a record label or major publisher.

Top Music Publishers

In my previous post I talked about famous artists and their managers and the responsibilities that fall under the scope of being a "manager". In this post I will be talking about another big part of the industry, ‘publishing’. This topic will be split into two posts, and in this post I will discuss who some of the major music publishers are and explain what publishing really means.

Before the print media and Internet revolution took place, music publishers made their money selling sheet music. “Today, music publishers are concerned with administering copyrights, licensing songs to record companies and others, and collecting royalties on behalf of the songwriter,” (Korn). One big thing to remember about music publishers is that they are not as concerned with the sound or quality of the work as they are with the money that could potentially be made from selling it.