Session Notes.: 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Rest - The Lady Vanishes on Vimeo

The Rest - The Lady Vanishes on Vimeo

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Showing Bill Majoros How to post utube vids on a Blog!

My good friend Bill Majoros of The Foreign Films is getting ready to release some tunes.
Ive suggested he start a blog. How the fuck do i do this he asks.

Step 1. Learn to post Youtube videos and say something about them.
Like how come the vid we posted sounds and looks so bad? No matter.
Its just an example of what not to do. LOL.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Recording World Loses Musical Giant and Inventor: Les Paul

Guitar great and originator of the multitrack recording dies at the age of 94. Les Paul has been widely credited with the invention of sound on sound recording which is the originator of multitrack recording which is the standard method of recording each musical part on a separt track for control and manipulation of the sound.

Apart from his continual weekly club performances well into his 90's this giant of the instrument was know for his innovative musical style as well as his inovations in recording techinique.

Paul even built his own disc-cutter assembly, based on auto parts. He favored the flywheel from a Cadillac for its weight and flatness. Even in these early days, he used the acetate disk setup to record parts at different speeds and with delay, resulting in his signature sound with echoes and birdsong-like guitar riffs. When he later began using magnetic tape, the major change was that he could take his recording rig on tour with him, even making episodes for his 15-minute radio show in his hotel room.

Here is a great example his unique performance that demonstrates both his wonderful guitar playing and technical inovation as he plays along with pre-recorded takes of himself and Mary Ford in an arrangement of the Jazz standart "How Hight the Moon". His talented wife Mary Ford was a well known and respected Jazz and Pop singer of the 1940's.

Les Paul's need for multiple non-destructive tracks was obvious and his re-invention of the Ampex 200 inspired Ampex to develop two-track and three-track recorders. These machines were the backbone of professional recording, radio and television studios in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1954, Paul continued to develop this technology by commissioning Ampex to build the first eight track tape recorder, at his expense. The machine took three years to get working properly, and Paul said that by the time it was functional his music was out of favor and so he never had a hit record using it. His design became known as "Sel-Sync," (Selective Synchronization) in which a specially modified electronics could either record or playback from the Record Head, which was not optimized for playback but was acceptable for the purposes of recording an "overdub" (OD) in sync with the original recording. This is the core technology behind multi-track recording.

Like Bing Crosby, Paul and Ford also used the now-ubiquitous recording technique known as close miking, where the microphone is less than six inches from the singer's mouth. This produces a more intimate, less reverberant sound than is heard when a singer is a foot or more from the microphone. When implemented using a cardioid-patterned microphone, it emphasizes low-frequency sounds in the voice due to a cardioid microphone's proximity effect and can give a more relaxed feel because the performer isn't working so hard.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

News Release - Vibewrangler to Host Online Music Biz Consultant Andrew Dubber

Andrew Dubber, international music consultant and author of New Music Strategies, to lead online music biz workshop
Hamilton’s Vibewrangler Recording Studio to host this special event

JULY 9, 2009 – HAMILTON, ONTARIO – On Saturday, August 1, Hamilton’s Vibewrangler Recording Studio will host an all-day workshop for DIY musicians and music professionals alike with international new music strategies guru and lecturer, Andrew Dubber. Seating is limited to ensure opportunities for discussion and dialogue between participants and Dubber. Contact Michael at 905 308 6896 to participate.

An online music consultant, a co-founder of Music Think Tank and the author of New Music Strategies, Dubber is one of the world’s leading experts on the topic of practical online business models for the music business. New Music Strategies attempts to unpick and explain what’s going on in the online music environment – and from that, develop strategies to help independent musicians and music businesses cope and thrive in a changing media environment.

“The new (music) model is about starting an ongoing economic relationship with a community of enthusiasts,” explains Dubber. “It's about attention and repeat engagement. It's about letting go of the idea of the individual transaction and the 'lost sale' of a pirate download. CDs and mp3s are increasingly souvenirs of an engagement with a musical experience, rather than the occasion for the experience itself.”

Worldwide, CD sales have suffered due to the inflexibility of the medium (and the greed imbedded in the industry). Music fans have spoken and they want to be able to get at least one free song as an mp3 music file and they want to be able to share the file across various media, iPods etc, as well as with their friends. Musicians and labels need to embrace their customers – music fans, who have made it abundantly clear how they'd prefer to access music.

"We've had incredible success's with the ideas gleaned from Andrews Ebook and his blog and were really pumped about working with him in person."
Glen Marshall,
Producer + Partner Vibewrangler Studio.

The respect and regard for Dubber is stellar and consistent throughout the old and new music world. “Andrew Dubber is one of the only people whose opinion I respect,” says Derek Sivers, founder of CD Baby, an online music store specializing in the sale of physical compact discs and digital music downloads from independent musicians directly to consumers. “Dubber is all about no hype, no selling instant success – just great insight on the ever changing world of digital music,” says David Rose, founder of KnowTheMusicBiz.com, an online community and resource center for independent artists and musicians.

With a background in both the radio and the music industries, and with an academic record that includes numerous articles, book chapters, and conference presentations about digital media, the music business and media ecology, Dubber has quickly become one of the UK’s (and world’s) leading experts in the field. His research includes a project on online fandom within the BBC’s Audio and Music Interactive division; explorations into jazz and other specialist music consumption online; the social impact of iPods; and post-graduate work on digital radio and deregulation. He currently consults for over thirty music and radio businesses in the UK and Europe – from established record labels and retailers to entrepreneurial online music start-ups – and is on the advisory boards of Bandcamp (US), Meetsound (France) and Un-Convention (UK).

Dubber has written articles for Computer Music Magazine and chapters on blogging and podcasting for the Alternative Media Handbook (Routledge, 2008). He is currently co-authoring an undergraduate textbook on the Music Industries, and is the co-author of a book about new technologies for broadcasters in developing nations, commissioned by UNESCO.

For more information or to discuss possible interviews or private consultations with Andrew, contact:

Glen Marshall | Michael Keire
Vibewrangler Recording Studio 905-308-6896

Jeff Martin | Quorum Communications Inc.
905-929-9397 or jeffmartin@quorumpr.com

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Event Details
Vibewrangler Recording Studio
468 Cumberland Avenue @ Gage Avenue
Saturday, August 1, 2009
11:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Tel: 905-308-6896
vibewrangler@gmail.com