Telling great stories in sound.
For about the cost of a quality studio mic you can reduce hiss, prevent overdriving your mixer preamp and quiet your recording space with a single piece of hardware: the dbx® 286s mic pre-amp processor. I’ve been using one for about six months now, and I recently bought a second one. I’m either very stupid or this is one damn good addition to my studio. Since I have college transcripts to dispute the former, I’m sticking with the latter.
Imagine, if you will, a strange new world in which the only way to hear the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra is to buy their recordings and listen to them in the privacy of your own iPod. Right now, the big boys of radio (and streaming) are grappling with the possibility of just such a future. But one radio broadcaster doesn’t share this vision, and and has revived an…uh…interesting legal theory. When put forth in 2009, the theory was dismissed in a heartbeat. But the modern approach has some legal heft behind it, including accidental support from the record industry. This time, the argument just might work.
They were important enough that during a newspaper strike, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia went on the radio and read them to eager New Yorkers. On Sunday mornings they were the bond between parent and child and grandchild. In Episode 20, Jay Douglas and Out Of My Mind join with newspapers across the country in celebrating comic strips. Listen as Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder, co-producers of the documentary Stripped talk about the past, present and future of the comics.
In Episode 20, Jay Douglas and Out Of My Mind join with newspapers across the country in celebrating comic strips. Listen as Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder, co-producers of the documentary Stripped talk about the past, present and future of the comics.
What can we do to make the podcasting world a better place for us to work and play? That’s what I asked Adam Mulholland, founder of the AM Podcast Network. He’s using his network, and some counter-intuitive thinking, to correct what he sees as shortcomings in the podcasting business. Here are his takes on some topics he’s passionate about.
