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Why Vocals Are The Most Important Track In A Song – By Brian Virtue

Grammy-nominated producer, engineer and mixer Brian Virtue breaks down why vocals are the most important track in a song.

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How to Stream a Music Performance on Twitch

Learn how to live stream music performances on Twitch and make up for lost revenue from cancelled gigs through subscriptions, tips, merch sales and more.

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NPR Tiny Desk Winner Quinn Christopherson On Creativity, Inspiration, and Finding Your Voice

An interview with Quinn Christopherson, winner of the 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

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Has Modern Recording Lost Its Soul?

Has modern recording technology taken the “soul” out of music? In the pursuit of the cleanest, most perfect productions, have we displaced some of the character that made classic recordings so great? And if so, how can we put it back?

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NPR Tiny Desk: How To Mic A Drumkit

NPR Tiny Desk Concert engineer Josh Rogosin demonstrates some of his favorite techniques for miking drums.

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15 Tips For Better Home Recordings

We’ve put together a list of 15 pointers to get studio quality results in your own home studio.

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Creation at the Epicenter

Today, cultural commentary can come from anyone—musicians, podcasters, graphic artists…

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Filter’s Richard Patrick Talks Recording with Bottle

Richard Patrick is a world-renown musician and vocalist, best known as the frontman for the legendary rock band Filter. We’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Richard over the last year or so.

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What’s the Deal with Phase?

Something doesn’t sound quite right, or maybe the mix sounds thin? That’s phase cancellation at work.

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Film Review: Muscle Shoals—The Story of the Sound

A place where spirited young talent became immortalized in vinyl. A place often heard, but seldom heard of—Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

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5 Must Watch Tiny Desk Concerts

These five performances were chosen because I felt that they represented the beauty, rawness, intimacy and authenticity of this series as a whole.

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Playlist: Five Songs that Changed the Sonic Landscape

If you Google “Best Sounding Albums of All Time”, you’ll find endless lists of albums compiled by audiophiles who will argue about their choices until blue in the face. And while I love meticulously recorded albums as much as the next guy, that isn’t what this article is about.

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Three Essential Mics for Mobile Recording

More artists, engineers and producers are recording music on the go than ever before. And while traditional studio setups still have their place, the next generation of music makers are hungry for sleek, powerful and lightweight mobile recording equipment that allows them to capture studio-quality audio anytime, anywhere.

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Playlist: Gear Up for Summer with Our Festival Favorites

It’s almost time to pack the cooler, the tent, and plenty of sunscreen. Summer music festival season is right around the corner!

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Let it Bleed: How to Record a Band in One Room

Throughout the entire history of recording, musicians and producers have been forced to deal with microphone bleed.

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Kiwi on the Radio: Recording Vocals at Sirius XM

If you ask his peers, Michael Taylor has every audio engineer’s dream job. As the house recording engineer for Sirius XM Radio, Taylor regularly records with industry luminaries like Paul McCartney, The Allman Brothers, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Ben Folds, Mary J. Blige, Seal, Ryan Adams, Cheap Trick, and the list goes on.