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Blue Room is Spot-On
Producer/DJ Chris Gargani and composer/producer Brian Aumueller (aka Craven Moorhaus) bring their spot music careers under one roof: Blue Room Music in the Flatiron...
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Sony Pictures Buys Sonic Foundry Software
Sony Pictures Digital has reached an agreement to purchase all of Sonic Foundry's desktop software products and related assets for $18 million cash and
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RealNetworks Buys Rhapsody Service
Provided that a California Fairness Hearing approves the acquisition, RealNetworks has bought Listen.com for a proposed $36 million. The purchase will
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Lo-Pro Infused With En-Er-Gee
Lo-Pro locked out NRG's Studio B to record their debut album with producer Don Gilmore. The Southern California band is the first signed by...
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Welcome to the Jungle
Oakland, Calif.-based Studio 880 recently unveiled its 880 Entertainment Complex, which features 20 executive suites (some built with reinforced sound walls to be used...
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The Number Game
$47.6 billion Overall value of music industry in 2001 (source: Music Week) 45 million Number of viewers for the 45th annual Grammy Awards 24%...
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Apple May Buy UMG
If you need more proof that the computer and music industries are converging, sources told The L.A. Times and The New York Times that...
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AES Conference Focuses on Signal Processing
The AES 23rd International Conference (May 23-25, 2003, in Copenhagen, Denmark) will feature a technical program, including paper sessions on signal conversion
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Crazy From Studio Time
At Bernie Grundman Mastering, David Lee Roth recently mastered his new album Diamond Dave, which was recorded at Henson Recording and is scheduled for...
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Sometimes a Job Is Child’s Play
Hothead engineer Roy Harter recently composed and produced all of the original music for the redesign of Noggin, a children's network.
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Eighth Annual Mix L.A. Open
The Mix L.A. Open charity golf tournament, presented by the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, will take place Monday, June 9, 2003, at...
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PAMA Makes Pro Audio Debut
The nonprofit Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance, organized by veteran industry executive Paul Gallo, intends to be the collective voice and forum for the senior...
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Rourketown Studios Hosts Fletcher
Chris Pelonis-designed Rourketown Studios (Northridge, Calif.) recently hosted Fletcher vocalist John Bennett, who was in working on his Demonstrations
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Todd-AO Revamps Post Stages
Todd-AO (Los Angeles) has completely renovated its two identical stages at the Burbank and Santa Monica media centers. Pro Tools/Focusrite Control 24s
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From the Creative Sound Files
Senior audio engineer Holly McEllroy (pictured) and Creative Sound Studios (Orefield, Pa.) owner Helena Schwoyer have been doing audio post for Forensic
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Donald L. Kliewer, 1937-2003
Donald L. Kliewer, 66, died on January 9. Kliewer, who holds more than 30 U.S. patents for acoustical products, began his career at Telex...
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Mix Foundation Updates Website
The TEC Awards recently updated its Website and changed the Web address to www.mixfoundation.org. Complete information about the Mix Foundation for Excellence
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Peavey A Highway Man
Meridian, Miss., has renamed a portion of Mississippi Highway 493 to be Hartley Peavey Drive in honor of the founder and CEO of Peavey...
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Retail Companies Forge Alliance
Best Buy, Hastings Entertainment, Tower Records, Trans World Entertainment, Virgin Entertainment and Wherehouse Music have banded together to become the
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Speedy Delivery of “American Idol”
Fox Broadcasting has chosen Speedera Networks Inc. for its SpeedSuite (pictured), an on-demand streaming, content delivery and analytical service. The
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Wal-Mart Buys Liquid Audio
Wal-Mart has agreed to purchase some of Liquid Audio's assets. Anderson Merchandisers, a privately owned company and magazine wholesaler, is buying Liquid's
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This is Me Behind the Board
Independent producer/engineer Bruce Swedien recently stopped in at Hit Factory New York and Philadelphia-based The Studio to work with recording artist
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LA Audio Joins Audient
Audient plc and LA Audio have merged their operations under the Audient name. The merger is expected to be completed by June, when Audient...
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B1 Goes B5.1
Design and production studio B1 (Burbank, Calif.) has added a 5.1-capable suite for sound design, mixing and mastering clients, as well as for its...
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TEC Awards Benefit Hearing
Karen Dunn (left), president of the Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, and Hillel Resner (right), executive director of the TEC Awards, present a
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Long-Awaited Policy Principles
Representatives from the recording and technology industries issued a core set of seven principles to guide future legal policy actions for distribution
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DibS on EngineRoom Audio
Mixer/tracking engineer David Shackney has opened the doors to DibS Reaction, an independent Pro Tools-based mixing suite inside New York City-based EngineRoom
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Sirius About Production
SIRIUS satellite radio service has formed WAGS Recordings (Working Artist Group at SIRIUS), a program designed to gather unsigned artists and expose them
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I Come to Bless the Shed
Twelve-year-old Honey Chile was recently in The Shed (New Orleans) working on her first album, I Come to Bless Hip Hop (Prototype). Mark Chatters...
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A Toybox on Wheels
Colorado Sound Studios (www.coloradosound.com) and Audio Consultant Services have brought their studio expertise and experience inside a truck: toybox
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Sanken Mikes an American Dream
On the set of NBC's American Dreams, production sound mixer Stephen Halbert fixes Sanken's CUB-01 boundary mics on the vintage broadcast console or in
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Sound on Sound on Key
Sound on Sound's (New York City) Studio C hosted Alicia Keys, who tracked voice-over for the soundtrack to the TV show The Proud Family....
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Sun Capital Infuses Mackie
Mackie Designs announced that it has agreed to an equity investment by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, a Boca Raton, Fla.,-based private investment
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When Audio Met Video
NEW POST-PRODUCTION FACILITY OPENS IN L.A. Award-winning video editor David Troy (co-founder/creative director of Synchroneon Digital Pictures) and Glen
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Korg Struts Down Rockwalk
On January 15, 2003, Korg chairman and founder Tsutomu Katoh was inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk, celebrating the electronic musical instrument pioneer's
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Skyline Studios Reopens
Skyline Recording Studios (New York City) which has churned out hits for Eric Clapton, Madonna, Chic, David Bowie, Mariah Carey, LL Cool J and...
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Top Surround Projects in the Spotlight
Hosted by Al Schmitt and Ed Cherney, the first Surround Music Awards (SMAs), held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel on December 13, 2002,...
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Tisch School Creates Recorded Music Department
The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (www.nyu.edu/tisch/) received a $5 million donation from J Records founder/chairman/CEO Clive Davis
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Robert Rodriguez Upgrades Facility
Acoustic Spaces (Austin, Texas; www.acousticspaces.com) recently finished the design and sound system upgrade for film director/producer Robert Rodriguez's
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Bearsville Swings
Robinella and The CC String Band recently recorded their forthcoming Sony/Legacy debut at Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, N.Y.). Grammy-winning producer
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A Storybook Session
Fred Story (of Concentrix Music and Sound Design; www.concentrixmusic.com) recently composed and supervised the recording of a score for a Charlotte,