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How Much Do Musicians Really Make From Record Deals?

By Big Al on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 | 5 Comments

This is a great breakdown of the current record deal math done by Cord Jefferson at The Root. By the math in the article, the average “signed” musician makes $23.40 for every $1,000 of revenue earned by the label. Think about it in terms of downloads. Get signed to a label, and sell 1,000 downloads [...]

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Ronan C. Murphy’s Aphorisms On Recording

By Big Al on Monday, February 15th, 2010 | No Comments

If you don’t know Ronan C. Murphy, GET TO KNOW HIM! He’s a great engineer/producer and has a great video podcast, Ronan’s Recording Show. He also conducts the famous Home Recording Bootcamp all over the globe. I found Ronan’s list of Aphorisms Of Recording, and immediately thought to myself, “What the @$&* is an ‘aphorism’? [...]

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“I Wear No Pants” – PSN Listener Gets Song On During Super Bowl XLIV

By Big Al on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Stu Venable, a long time listener to the Project Studio Network podcast, has had a song picked up by the Dockers clothing company for a commercial during this years big game, Super Bowl XLIV. The song is called I Wear No Pants. I asked Stu if he wouldn’t mind telling us all a little bit [...]

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ASCAP Now Demanding License From Venues That Let People Play Guitar Hero

By Big Al on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Wait…what? Breaking news from Tech Dirt: from the can’t-listen-without-paying-up dept… We’ve been detailing how the various collection societies around the globe have been trotting out all sorts of dubious reasoning to try to get more people to pay up for a license. In the US, ASCAP has been particularly ridiculous, seeking public performance licenses for [...]

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Why Not Spend a Few Moments With Legendary Producer and Engineer Ken Scott?

By Big Al on Friday, December 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Ken Scott’s discography reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ from the recording industry, just look at these credits: Engineered: America – America The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour – White Album Jeff Beck – Truth David Bowie – Man Of Words, Man of Music (Space Oddity) – The Man Who Sold The World Duran Duran – [...]

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