This month, I’m going to give some advice that some will find VERY difficult to follow. It’s not earth-shattering advice that will make or break a career. It might end up knocking you off your path a little, if you take it too far. What I am hoping is that you can read through and perhaps adjust your attitude, just a little. The end game here is about the attitude. Bear that in mind as I tell you a couple stories.
I suppose music was my gateway drug to audio production. As a pre-teen in the ‘60s I loved every strange, garbled effect that musicians were filling their songs with, and was always trying to figure out how they achieved the latest bizarre audio experience. It’s little wonder that most of my early commercial production was swimming in reverb and tape delay (thank God for bulk tape erasers…).
Production demo from interview subject, Sheldon Hovde, 100.3 The Q/The Zone, Victoria, BC; plus commercials, promos and imaging from Rich Conway, WCCC/WBOQ, Hartford, CT; Andy Stone, Common Heard Productions, Poole, UK; Robin J. Egerton, The Goat/CKLM-FM, Lloydminster, AB; Ron Tarrant, Tiessen Media, Airdrie, AB; CJ Goodearl, Clear Channel, Orlando, FL; Steve Franzman, Zimmer Radio, Joplin, MO and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Ty Ford, TyFord.com, Baltimore, MD; plus promos, commercials and imaging from Trevor Henselwood, Newcap Radio, AB; Ric Gonzalez, Cox Radio, San Antonio, TX; Brendan Tacey, Triple M, Melbourne, Australia; Mingo Marrero, Spanish Broadcasting System, Los Angeles, CA; Elisabeth Hart, Energy 99.3/Country 105, Peterborough, ON; Nick Tozzi, WCPN-FM, Cleveland, OH and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Rachel McGrath, Clear Channel/PlayOnPlanetNominal, Atlanta, GA; plus commercials, promos and imaging from Dave Foxx, Z100, New York, NY; Ben Malcolm, Rogers Radio, Vancouver, BC; Lindsay Johnson, Primedia Broadcasting, Johannesburg, South Africa; Royce Stevenson, KDGS, Wichita, KS; Elisabeth Bowers, CHUM Radio, Peterborough, ON; Joel Moss, WEBN-FM, Cincinnati, OH and more!
Promos, commercials and imaging from Dave Foxx, Z100, New York, NY; Dave Cockram, Rogers Radio, Vancouver, BC; Ian Fish, Heart 100.7, Birmingham, UK; Anthony McNutt, Imagingwork.com, Kentville, NS; Andrew Frame, BAFSoundworks, Lehigh Acres, FL; Jon Carter, Megahertz Studios, Charlotte, NC; Chadd Pierce, Krash Creative Solutions, Raleigh, NC; Jerry Rohira, Sirius XM Satellite Radio, New York, NY and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Terry Phillips, CBS Radio, Detroit, MI; plust more commercials, promos and more from Cal Bierman, Saga Communications, Des Moines, IA; Heikki Puttonen, NRJ, Helsinki, Finland; Scott Chasty, Dougall Media, Thunder Bay, ON; Sean Galbraith, Z103.5, Toronto, ON; Chris Nicoll, ZM Network, Auckland, New Zealand; Brad Lane, KSTP-AM, Minneapolis, MN; Rich Boerner, KLSX, Los Angeles, CA and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Anthony McNutt, NewCap Radio/Atlantic Media, Halifax, NS; plust more promos, commercials and imaging from Lee Rugen, Moody Broadcasting, Chicago, IL; Sean Bell, seanbell.co.uk, New Yorkshire, UK; Ian Horne, VerStandig Broadcasting, Harrisonburg, VA; Steve Thompson, Kool-FM, Kitchener, ON; Ben Marks, GWR, Bristol, UK; Jerimiah Busniak, Radio West/Hot FM Networks, Bunbury, Australia and more!
This year’s 145th AES Convention will host a series of events in partnership with the Audio Builders Workshop. These presentations and hands-on demonstrations will offer attendees the chance to learn more about audio device design and construction, as well as the opportunity to build their own circuit to take home, while exploring a showcase of projects from other DIY audio enthusiasts and professionals.
RadioPromoHub is proud to announce the launch of their Texting Platform; built into their All-In-One Promotions/Creative Tool. Text-Enable your existing studio line and interact with listeners! It is more convenient for listeners to make song requests, ask questions to in-studio guests, enter contests, and request information using text rather than phone.
With its DAB+ software library, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS offers a software defined radio solution that enables the implementation of digital radios with DAB+ (Digital Audio Broadcasting) functionality. Available now, the update to the established library uses efficient spur suppression technology to significantly improve the quality of digital radio reception. It moreover enhances the reception sensitivity of the radio receivers. In turn, this extends the range of coverage for broadcasters and increases the number of channels that can be received in vehicles.
Continuing to reflect its goal of offering monitoring solutions for all room sizes and applications, Genelec announces the global launch of two new high-SPL Smart Active Monitors™ – the two-way S360A, and the 7382A subwoofer.
Pro Sound Effects has released Beautiful Bugs - the fourth exclusive library from their partnership with renowned recordist and film sound pioneer, Ann Kroeber. Beautiful Bugs features an expressive collection of natural and designed insect sound effects including rhythmic cicada swells, dense locust drones, mosquito cries, isolated fly buzzes and more.
EastWest has released SPACES II, the highly-anticipated sequel to their best-selling SPACES I Convolution Reverb plug-in. Produced by Doug Rogers and Nick Phoenix, SPACES II includes all of the reverbs from SPACES I plus hundreds more new reverbs recorded in churches, concert halls, opera houses, catacombs, train stations, recording studios, and warehouses. It boasts a new streamlined user interface, new control features, and a vastly expanded collection of instrument specific reverbs, making SPACES II the most powerful and versatile convolution reverb engine on the market.
by Jerry Vigil
Some of you may remember an amazing interview several years ago with Marice Tobias, the Voice-over Coach of the Pros [December 1991 RAP]. While Marice gets the most out of a talent's voice, Peter Cutler is the man who puts the ...
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