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Alan Parsons’ Art & Science Of Sound Recording – Now Available!

By Big Al on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

It’s been awhile coming, but the first six chapters of Alan Parsons’ Art & Science Of Sound Recording DVD are now available online. It was written by Julian Colbeck and Alan Parsons, produced by Julian Colbeck for KEYFAX NewMedia Inc. and narrated by Billy Bob Thornton. I just got mine and I’m enjoying them very [...]

Abbey Road And Native Instruments Team Up

By Big Al on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Abbey Road plugins that have been on the market already are some of my favorite plugins, And now it looks like they are expanding the Abbey Road experience via a partnership with Native Instruments. Apparently they’ll be producing software instruments based on the sound of the famous studio. Abbey Road is known as one [...]

Stephen Colbert Rocks The House With Alicia Keys On Jay-Z’s Hit “Empire State of Mind”

By Big Al on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Check out Stephen Colbert’s pinstripe suit jacket hoodie…OH SNAP! Last night he had Alicia Keys on the Colbert Report, where the two of them performed a special rendition of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” (Upper Middle Class Remix). Check it out. Full lyrics from Stephen’s rap are right below the video. Yeah, yeah, yeah I [...]

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 [...]

The Venerable Hammond B3 Organ – What’s The Big Deal Anyway?

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

If you didn’t already know, I’m a keyboard player by trade. More specifically, I’m an organ player. It’s my “axe” if you will. I play piano and synths, but organ is what I was formally trained to play beginning at age five. Actually, let me backtrack a little bit… The town we were living in [...]