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Learn How To Start An Independent Record Label
A General Introduction The do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos is alive and well at IllMuzik.com As a member of this site, I have been cynical many times in my posts to the thought of individuals wishing to partake in owning their own record companies. This comes from experiences with so-called... -
Do you know anyone that had potential (music, education, life...) and pissed it away?
Got a call from a friend of mine about a guy who was the smartest dude in our class in high school. Turned out he went to NYU and started working as a lawyer afterwards. Heard he fell off. Don't know if it was drugs or the dude had a breakdown or burned out. He was a nice cat and REALLY...- God
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Two Japanese caught smuggling $134 BILLION worth of US bonds into Switzerland.
Damn-- and I still feel guilty for borrowing and never giving back one of my friend's Wu-Tang CD's back in 1994. This shit's on a whole 'nother level. 1) LINK TO STORY 1: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/06/12/56978/quantitative-stealing/ 2) LINK TO STORY 2...- God
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Taking stimulants and production.
Coffee, Red Bull, Mountain Dew, Monster... and then that "other stuff". Any of y'all divulge in some serious stimulants to stay up through a long session? I drank approximately 8 Red Bulls in the span of a couple hours. Still was tired. -
How many PT farmcards do YOU have?
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Swine flu
I'm getting more and more concerned everyday. Anyone else freaked out?- God
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Aging and its effect on your musical judgment/tastes.
I'm generally very open to any kind of music and pride myself on having a good ear for things that may potentially have commercial success. Lately, as I've been getting older - I find that touch starting to fade. For example, where I was supposedly looking for the avant-garde and truly...- God
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Example of a "Top 40 hit" instrumental bed, its relevance to production + songwriting
Dear all, I stumbled across a wonderful resource that can be used as a reference for your beats and hit-making. For those not aware of Cheiron Studios in Sweden, it is essentially a "hit factory" where seasoned songwriters are/were apprenticed into learning production essentials among... -
How about THIS for a recording studio?
Pictures are worth a thousand words. I don't think I could get any recording done here - too many distractions. Like living in a casino. http://www.studioatthepalms.com/ -
"Mastered by Muppets": funny as hell!
If you read my frustrations with mastering in Illmuzik's lab section... this is some funny stuff on the same subject. In case you didn't know - Metallica's new album "Death Magnetic" was mastered so loud that you can audibly hear clipping on the new CD. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and...- God
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Fuck compression.
I made two mixes. One with a ton of dynamics. One with heavily compressed tracks. We all liked the dynamic one. But guess which one we ended up using? The one I mixed to extreme compression. Why? Because that's we thought would "sound better" at a promo meeting. Loudness wars... -
Picking the arrangement of songs for an album and the argument I had...
Okay. We all know that when you arrange the song sequence for an album there's a simple BS formula that most label execs or producers know. It kind of goes like this: First song: upbeat/uptempo Second song: kind of the same upbeat song Third song: a little slower... maybe the ballad or... -
Mixing "to compression" and the insanity thereof...
I figured I'd divulge a little bit. Woke up early, went to the studio. On the way there I downed some coffee and food. Got in and started away at mixing. I was doing a mix where the AE had ghetto-"mastered" the track with a soft-comp on the entire song with some ghetto-filtering on... -
Jon Stewart (Daily Show) vs. Jim Cramer (CNBC) - video of Cramer getting destroyed.
Jon Stewart was ruthless and the video of Cramer talking about manipulating the stock market is nuts! Probably destroyed this guy's career like the Jon Stewart and the CNN Crossfire incident in '04. JON STEWART VS. JIM CRAMER (CNBC) Pt. 1 Pt. 2 Pt. 3 JON...- God
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How does healthcare work in other countries? (Europe, Canada?)
Can someone from a country other than the USA tell me how healthcare works in your country? Like: Do you have to wait on a long list for service? Do you think it works properly? Can you pick your doctor? I just want to know. We have a debate on healthcare in the US, and I'm just...- God
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Oasis (the band) for you UK/European heads...
I know they're rock. There are UK or European heads here. Anybody alive while they were in their prime? How big were they in the UK? We're having a debate about this. Basically, the argument is that the US hasn't produced a recent stadium act comparable to Oasis' popularity in the...- God
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Smash Bros. have comp from Smash Bros.?
We love our own Smash Bros. I was checking up on their work and forgot the URL. Then I stumbled across these cats: http://www.myspace.com/smashitmusic Is there going to be a fight by the East River to settle this "naming-rights-thing" once and for all? Place all bets with me. I'll...- God
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THIS IS SCARY: Google offers cel-phone triangulation software to ANYONE!
Article CBS News - Google offers "Latitude" to track people: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/04/earlyshow/leisure/gamesgadgetsgizmos/main4774320.shtml?tag=topHome;topStories Google Link: http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html Text: Google Offers "Latitude" To Track People...- God
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Non-music book recommendation: "Influence-The Psychology of Persuasion"
It's called Influence by Robert Cialdini. Changed my life a while back. Made me understand why we do things the way we do. Link Amazon.com: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion: Robert B. Cialdini: Books Summary http://www.fripp.com/art.of_influence.html Understand what's...- God
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