Well, I just read that "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have." imho, the most Happiest of people are the ones that seem to get everything they want and never have to make do. Nevertheless, getting everything you want may not always make you happy. Happiness ilIudes most of us sometimes, if only the state of happiness were as easy a conscious decision to be happy, then it would be very easy to just think yourself into a state of happiness whenever you like. From past observation, we as a society tend to treasure the things that don't come easy and unconsciously overlook the simple things in life. Happiness is relative and never constant. For example, a modern man wishing for fresh drinking water doesn't think twice about filling his glass with water from a tap - quenching his thirst doesn't make him happy, whilst this very same man stranded on a dessert safari would be over joyed just to get one bottle of water he needs to survive.
Physical stress ie. lack of rest/sleep, or mental stress, the inability to cope with a certain task, or when reality is far from your expectations can lead to being unhappy.
The solution is simple. Rest. Work. And Play in moderation. Balance is the key to achieving a happier life. They are two sides to every one, dark and light, good vs evil - which is why the most evilest of people can do the most heroic of deeds and the trusted most honorable of people can abuse and defile the most sacred of things. Next time you hang out with someone, observe if you bring out the worst or best in them? Are you the cause of someone unhappiness? or are you the source of someone's joy?
I've always searched for a good info on singing techniques. Here's one I found from James Lugo. It's well priced and looks the part. I'll be recommending this to my singers.
I bought my AKG 702 headphones today, and to my surprise Discovery Channel actually did a segment of how they are made! YAY. This is really quite exciting and COOL. I love them BTW. Real Natural, and smooth detailed respose. Give them a go.
Super Producer Ron Rusell gives this tasty piece of advice:
"Don't get hung up on creating a masterpiece from the start, or you'll have difficulty coming up with fresh ideas. Most masterpieces are just highly polished creations based on very basic ideas, with a twist or two to make them interesting".
"I would want for my dream studio are a matched pair of Earthworks QTC1 omnidirectional mics ($2,000) and SR77 cardioid mics ($1,300); a Lawson L47MP ($1,995); a MicroTech Gefell UM 900 tube mic ($3,500); a Neumann M 149 tube mic ($4,850); a vintage Neumann U 47 (about $8,000); a Neumann RSM 191 A-S mid-side stereo mic ($4,550); an AKG C 12 (about $5,000 used); an AKG C 426B stereo mic ($3,395); a pair of Schoeps BLM 3 boundary-mic capsules ($960 each) with CMC 5 amp bodies ($645 each); a Schoeps KFM 6 Stereo Sphere ($6,735); a pair of Royer R-121 ribbon mics ($995 each); a Coles 4038 ribbon mic ($1,195); a vintage Shure 707A crystal mic ($175 to $200); a whole bag of Shure SM 57s . . . but I'd better stop now before I get carried away!"
This is cool. An extensive list of awesome mics in one perfect collection.
From The website of Crowley and Tripp, this philosophy kicks rocks awesomely true
"We believe that there will always be a demand for what is new and better, and that the right combination of technical expertise, artistic vision, dedication to excellence, and business ethics are ingredients for success."
I thought this mic is gorgeous. Gorgeous enough to star in the Main page of Organge Lounge. The mic is a $5k tube condensor from Manley Labs, USA, named Manely Reference Gold.
Check out the difference between Flex Time in Logic 9 and Logic 8 without
Very cool eg of a user in Gear Slutz that used the brand new tools in logic 9 to breathe "Pro"Ness into a pre recorded production. user: olofd Logic 9 vs Logic 8
It's been reported on www.virgostudios.com that Angela Anne from American Idol has been signed to NWM Records this 2009. Congratulations to Angela and NWM Records.
Dave Earl, or Sflogicninja, has a 4 part series of videos outlining how to make dance tracks on loggic, You can see him use Ultrabeat and percussion intruments within logic.
Bruce Swedien, Grammy Awary Winning Engineer, Has just release "In the Studio with Michael Jackon. It's published by Hal Leonard Books. The book is Bruce's own notes and stories about his sessions with Michael Jackson and Famous Producer/Composer Quincy Jones. Sound on Sound featured an intereview with Bruce Swedien about why he wrote this book and the timely manner of it's realease. See the article hear "In the studio with Michael Jackson"
I've been researching for awesome synths an f0und this thread in nother sounds. A senior member of the forum, Per Lictman did a test of over 30 different synths.
"When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!
Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school.
I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologized to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said: 'Baby, I love burned toast.'
Later that night, I went to kiss daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned.
He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and
she's real tired. And besides-a little burnt toast never hurt anyone!' You know,
Life is full of imperfect things......
and imperfect people.
I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'
What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to
celebrate each other's differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of GOD. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where burnt toast isn't a deal-breaker! We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!! "
"Don't put the key to your happiness
in someone else's pocket
but into your own."
See through God's eyes and feel through God's heart
Here's an article on Sound on Sound that features hit mixing engineer, Jason Goldstein who mixed Beyonce's Bday album.
Jason Goldstein, mixes 100% In the box.
a very insightful article. and also shows the trend in the industry to embrace 100% in the box mixing in recording studios. A worthwhile read, do check it out. here.
www.groove-quantize.com designs sounds and music arrangement for hi-end media campaigns. Their folio of past works show creative and excitement. Real Stunning. do check them out. They're based in Sydney, Australia. A duo composing team Dave Smith, and Alison Cole.
I typed in "secrets of mastering" in google and found this great site about the laws of attraction. It was a great reminder about what positive thinking and focus can attract like minded people.
Music Xray is a site about networking musicians, it offers many ways for people in the music industry to gain a better leverage and make it big. do check it out here. music xray
"In trance we trust, and in Dance we are free..." - Josef Horhay, www.acoosticzoo.com 21 July 2009
I wanna escape beyond the troubles and gloom. I want to feel lifted into the clouds where melody feels me with Happiness.- believe it. it will set you free.
Radio Stations MP3 players Radio TV shows Advertising Agencies Microphone Companies Software Companies eg. protools, waves , apple etc Churches Dance Clubs Rave Parties Concerts Instrument Makers
Without music and fans of music, there wouldn't be a need for a mp3 player. We wouldn't have music to enhance our favourite blockbuster movies. We would have music radio stations.
If music can make money for so many companies, why is it that Artist, Musicians, Record Producers etc get so little?
Music is the equivalent of a raw product. It's worth very little, but is the foundation that supports commerce and big multinational companies. Just look how much IPOD makes for apple!!!
Musicians/Artist are like our Farmers. They invest much resources into their crops and get very little back from it. The Giant grocery supermarket chains on the otherhand are exploiting Farmers by dictating lower prices for higher quality.
In the 21 century with the accessibility of recording gear and Digital Audio work stations to the masses, music can be produced for very little cost. You see social music networking sites like myspace, soundclick with MILLIONS of artist all with their own beats and songs produced at home. The competition is greater now then 10 years ago.
The law of economy states that with greater competition comes a reduction in price. So you only have to look at the younger generation download from the internet to realise that Music Recordings can be acquired for ZERO dollars. Their is virtually no way incentive for people to pay for downloads.
Free vs $0.99
Music isn't a career anymore, however, exploiting music to sell other products is a very lucritive way to amass WEALTH. eg. MP3 player, Radio Station, Lawyers, Hi-FI systems, Microphones, Recording Equipment.
Here's my scores out of 10 for the blind test on reverbs. I listened to it once through. I did only the first half. since I can't read german. I don't know what they correspond to. Hope someone can shed some light on this one. Would really like to know which is which.
Amongst One of the first Engineers to embrace digital, Frank Filipetti credits include no.1 hits by Foreigner's "I want to know what love is". Read more here. Mix Ariticle on Frank Filipetti.
Christmas has come early this year. Thanks to the research waves did with emulating SSL, Pultecs, Fairchild etc, they are now able to create a Hybrid "color" compressor that re-creates the harmonic distortions of tubes, transformers etc, The newest addition to the waves plugin range. Do check it out! H-Comp
They claim to be the cheapest best priced in Australia.
What do you think?
On that note, have you seen the latest Mac Pro realease this March 2009? Two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processors, a total of eight processor cores for the ultimate in power and performance - but the catch here is the price. Oh boy. The minimum you'll have to pay for an 8 core with Nehalem processors will be
A$ 5,899.00 GST (8 x 2.26GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)
I remembered my Mac Pro 8 x 2.8 GHz (previous model) costing only around $3999, that's like a jump of around $1.9k!!!
The next model up is: A$ 8,649.00 GST (8 x 2.66GHz and it comes standard with 6GB of memory)
Based in Brisbane Australia. Acoostic Zoo - recording studios brisbane. Hi-End Mixing and recording, Music Production, Backing Tracks, Voice overs. Passionate about composing and great music. The Joy of recording and mixing with high quality audio tools. Cranesong, Earthworks, Manley Labs, AcoosticZoo has the gear to give clients a big sound.