137th AES in Review: What Happened in the Return to Los Angeles?
AES in LA rolls off the tongue nicely…and it sounds like the chorus of a breezy hit tune in the making. The Los Angeles Convention Center was the AES mothership for 2014. Anyone want to collaborate on...
View ArticleSoundToys Announces Soundtoys 5 – All 12 PlugIns Together As One Effects Rack
Since their start, CEO and lead designer, Ken Bogdanowicz, has envisioned SoundToys plugins to be able to sculpt audio together as a single unit. The release of SoundToys 5 realizes this plan with all...
View ArticleGear Highlights from the 137th AES: 21 Picks to Power Your Studio
You know how we vibed off of the 137th AES. But what about the new tech that really tickles our fancy? While the massive breakthrough eluded us in 2014, there was plenty of evolutionary elements to...
View ArticleAntelope Audio Launches Satori – Analog Monitoring & Summing System
It’s everything Zen, once again, at Antelope Audio. The Om this time emits from Satori, a true analog monitoring and summing system just launched by Antelope. It builds on what the company started with...
View ArticleNYC Event: Brooklyn StompBox Exhibit – 10/25 & 10/26
Three times a charm – and four is just a little more. We refer to the 4th edition of the Brooklyn Stompbox Exhibit, going down at Williamsburg’s famed Main Drag Music. Brought to you by The Deli,...
View ArticleComposer Cribs: Goodpenny – Chelsea, New York City
In NYC, dream teams are the standard, and Goodpenny is one place you’ll find a full set of composing talent. Featuring David Wolfert, Andrew Hollander, and Lawrence Manchester, Goodpenny has some...
View ArticleBMI Names Michael O’Neill President & CEO
BMI has selected the next in-line to follow Del Bryant.
View Article“Sync Summit Hollywood” Preview – 5 Questions for Founder Mark Frieser
Music supervisors -- and everyone in attendance -- takes center stage at this essential West Coast event.
View ArticleRiptide Music Group Born Out of Riptide / Pigfactory Merger
Riptide Music and Pigfactory — two well-known Los Angeles-based sync licensing and publishing companies — have merged, and will now be doing business under the name Riptide Music Group, LLC. Riptide...
View ArticleThe Ins and Outs of Licensing Recordings and Cover Songs on YouTube
How to ensure your YouTube videos are licensed properly and won't get taken down.
View Article2015 AMP Awards Winners Announced at City Winery in NYC
The Association of Music Producers’ AMP Awards are a music business event like no other. A grand convergence takes place: music producers, ad agency creatives, composers, music supervisors, audio post...
View Article“Sync Summit Hollywood” Preview – 5 Questions for Founder Mark Frieser
What’s the current state of sync? Mark Frieser, founder of the upcoming Sync Summit Hollywood, has two ways to answer that question. Attendees are a big part of the action at SyncSummit. One is with...
View ArticleRiptide Music Group Born Out of Riptide / Pigfactory Merger
Riptide Music and Pigfactory — two well-known Los Angeles-based sync licensing and publishing companies — have merged, and will now be doing business under the name Riptide Music Group, LLC. Riptide...
View ArticleThe Ins and Outs of Licensing Recordings and Cover Songs on YouTube
In past articles, we’ve looked at how to take control of your creative rights online, and how to monetize your music using services like YouTube’s ContentID. But what about when it’s someone else’s...
View Article2015 AMP Awards Winners Announced at City Winery in NYC
The Association of Music Producers’ AMP Awards are a music business event like no other. A grand convergence takes place: music producers, ad agency creatives, composers, music supervisors, audio post...
View ArticleqwireMusic 2.0 Launches — Cloud Platform Adds New Features for Streamlining...
The movement to advance music-to-picture workflow has gone up another level. Bi-coastal company Qwire, which provides cloud-based tools to manage scoring and licensing music to picture, announced that...
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2nd Edition of “The Definitive Guide to Music Supervision” Now Available
Known industrywide as the definitive guide to music supervision – or synching music to visual media – the 2nd edition of the book Music Supervision: The Complete Guide for Selecting Music for Movies,...
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Music Publishing 101: Licensing Your Music for Income
The situation with sync licensing is voluntary and non-statutory. Sync rights are secured and negotiated directly between the licensee and the songwriter or publisher on a case-by-case basis. Because...
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Sampling Will Never Be the Same: Tracklib Has Arrived
What did you discover were the biggest challenges in designing and executing the Tracklib platform? It’s all Mark Twain: “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” Anything new challenges...
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Music Sync Skills: 7 Tips for Creating “Timing Edits” for TV, Film and Video
One caveat here: you don’t want a final hit to come in too early. For example, in a 60 second edit you wouldn’t want your final hit happening at 0:50 and then ringing out for ten seconds. It’s just...
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