This will be my most open blog to the viewers. Just coming down from my 20 year high school reunion this past weekend; my heart has been moved.
I also read an article in the July 2007 Pro Sound News about New York City's Sear Sound Studios. Two things are unique in this article about the 44 years that Walter Sear has operated it. One, it operates on vintage equipment heavily using vacum tubes. The other was Sear's statement that he never used interns (challenge to me) and believed in paying his engineers a good wage. Quote, "If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
Walter Sear has produced some big recordings such as Norah Jones, Sean Lennon, Sonic Youth and various jazz guys. A few years ago he was going to kiss it goodbye because of the "infiltration" of 3 or 4 bad recording engineers in a row. The "frauds... are debasing the profession," Sear commented.
My own college studies in the commercial music field is a very different reunion, but I would love to see some of those peoples having heard of their own success in the music industry. From the Main Stage Alive Concerts in Canal Fulton, Ohio to touring with Jars of Klay over the summer. Many other found memories that I would love to...
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I opened this site with the goal of maintaining a portal that can be used to enhance the goals of songwriters and performing musician's. Returning to the fundamental vision and focus of creating, prunning has been necessary and welcomed. Things in this life pass away and all things become new. Never has that been so manifest as it has been this past decade. Music is turning on digital media, but what of the sales that actually get generated? Unless yiou go national bands are going to need a vitality to rival the Rolling Stones. I for one would like to see Hollywood invaded and Nashville invaded with the most enriching music the world has ever known. That is why I want to focus more resource on making available original music that can land a publishing deal that pays residual royalties. Rather than making someone famous, I want to produce bread & butter for the working class musician that desires to make a difference in their life because of music. Peace and Love and Kutoes to Ben DeMolder a songwriter from my home town who is anointed to compose and has composed some great material. I've been out for some time and renevations to Creation Groans have...
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Structure for internships will span business, commericial music, performance and ministry. This will fill in the basic structure.
Talent- voicing musical composition
Ministry - oversee spiritual developments and prayer meetings
Business - create semi-anual budget and book accounts
Commercial music - engineering project work and distribution
Happy Cinco de Mayo
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