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Industry Insider: Q&A: Derek Sivers 

By Mike Levine

When it comes to the independent music scene, few people are more knowledgeable than Derek Sivers (see Fig. 1). He began his music career as a guitarist...

Pro/File: Mystic Voices 

By Bill Murphy

Signal and sample processing have progressed by leaps and bounds since the dawn of computer-based music, and Carl Stone is one of the privileged few who...

Pro/File: Trance Formation 

By Mike Levine

Producer, guitarist, and composer Michael Brook was looking for a follow-up to RockPaperScissors (Canadian Rational, 2006), a world music album that melded...

InSession: My Goodness, I Have Been Here 15 Hours 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Why is it that we work longer hours with fewer breaks than we used to five years ago? Computers were supposed to make our jobs easier and quicker, so...

In Session: Why Do My Headphones Suck? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

In my opinion, few things are as important in the studio as performers' headphones. I can overcome a buzz in the system, and I can overcome bad converters....

Studio Junkie 

By Mike Levine

When Tom Holkenborg was a young musician growing up in Holland, he spent so much time playing music and recording that his friends dubbed him The name...

Pro/File: Making Waves 

By Bill Murphy

Neat categories have never been a hallmark of Ryuichi Sakamoto's music. From bubblegum pop ditties to avant-garde classical fugues, the Japanese-born...

Pro/File: Lounge Fever 

By Bill Murphy

If you're a fan of the meditative side of jazz sometimes known as that Miles Davis pioneered and Nina Simone and Alice Coltrane expanded on, and you're...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Brooke Wentz 

By Mike Levine

The old refrain You ought to be in pictures usually refers to potential actors and actresses, but nowadays it could also apply to independent musicians...

Pro/File: Live and Cinematic 

By Bill Murphy

Richard Linklater's 2006 film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly a jarring, rotoscope-animated view of the drug-addled future depicted by Philip K. Dick in...

Pro/File: Stark Lushness Illuminated 

By Diane Gershuny

Liz Pappademas's solo debut, 11 Songs, is gorgeous and lush in a sparse sort of way. The uncluttered arrangements and production allow her songwriting,...

In Session: Convenience Vs. Quality 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

I was recently at the CES show in Las Vegas participating in a panel titled Convenience vs. Quality. Panel moderator Bob Ludwig opened the discussion...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Amanda Cagan 

By Mike Levine

The Internet has empowered today's musician like never before. Career advancement is no longer exclusively predicated on having a record deal. If you...

In Session: What Are We Going to Do? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

It's a new year, and with it come new music, new opportunities, and new uncertainties. Whether you make electronic music or record only acoustic instruments,...

Metalocalypse Now 

By Gino Robair

As the band kicks into overdrive and the guitarists do hair windmills, hot coffee and cream spill out over the audience, injuring even more fans. It's...

Metalocalypse Now (Bonus) 

By Gino Robair

Metalocalypse co-creator Brendon Small creates all of the music of the fictional band Dethklok in his home studio. In this interview, he talks about scoring the show. ...

Music Business Insider: Q&A: Tim Westergren 

By Mike Levine

If you haven't yet been to Pandora.com, get ready to be impressed....

Pro/File: Cut, Paste, and Process 

By Bill Murphy

There's something beautifully off-kilter about the music of David P. Madson, aka Odd Nosdam. ...

Music Business Insider: Q&A: Jeff Price 

By Mike Levine

The Web offers independent musicians the ability to self-distribute, allowing them to bypass record labels, distributors, and other gatekeepers...

Without Missing A Beat 

By Mike Levine

As one of the world's elite drummers, Omar Hakim has worked with everyone from Sting to Michael Jackson to Weather Report to Miles Davis....

Pro/File: Modular Odyssey 

By Bill Murphy

In this era of digitally manipulated sound, pure electronic music that is, music based totally on analog synthesis could be considered a lost art. But...

Thomas Dolby Goes Remote 

Mike Levine

Among the musicians involved with online collaboration is synth-pop and music-technology icon Thomas Dolby. This fall Dolby is touring the U.S. and U.K.,...

Music Without Borders 

By Debbie Galante Block

The music on Balkan Beat Box's (BBB) latest CD, Nu Med (JDub, 2007), is an original blend of Middle Eastern folk influences and electronica. The band...

PRO/FILE: Without Shoes 

By Debbie Galante Block

When Jeff Murphy describes his new solo album, Cantilever (Black Vinyl, 2007), he says it's all about the music and about being human. Murphy, who has...

Renaissance Man 

By Mike Levine

Producing, engineering, mixing, remixing, playing keyboards, programming you name it, Carmen Rizzo does it. What's more, the genres that the multitalented...