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Interview: Music Flies High with SoundOrbit
Sat, 10 Mar 2007 – 22:22:59 -0800 PST | No Comment
Interview: Music Flies High with SoundOrbit

INTERVIEW: Bringing indie artists together with fans is just the start for SoundOrbit. Their goals include creating a synergistic relationship between artists, agents, managers, record companies, distributors, producers, radio, film, advertising, and venues for live …

Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 4 – Final Steps
Sun, 04 Mar 2007 – 22:06:00 -0800 PST | No Comment
Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 4 – Final Steps

INTERVIEW: Plug-ins, dynamics, compression, the use of maximizers, and so-called home mastering are all part of the aural landscape dealt with by mastering engineer Art Sayecki. In the conclusion of this interview with Scott G, …

Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 3 – Getting Technical
Fri, 02 Mar 2007 – 21:28:34 -0800 PST | One Comment
Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 3 – Getting Technical

INTERVIEW: Are you recording on the right frequency? Mastering engineer Art Sayecki talks with Scott G about EQ, mixing, samples, wavetable synthesis, dithering, encoding, and what you may hear on sessions using 192 kHz. Yes, …

Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 2 – Recording & EQ
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 – 23:22:27 -0800 PST | One Comment

INTERVIEW: Getting superb sounding vocals, drums, and bass involves good recording techniques and proper use of equalization according to mastering engineer Art Sayecki. In an interview with Scott G, he freely provides advice to artists …

Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 1 – Getting Started
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 – 21:22:35 -0800 PST | No Comment
Audio Mastering: Top Ten Tips for Sonic Excellence – Part 1 – Getting Started

INTERVIEW: An audio mastering engineer can be a secret sonic weapon for every artist and producer. Scott G interviews Art Sayecki of Art Mastering and the result is 9,000+ words in a four-part article that …

Music in the Super Bowl, Part 2
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 – 03:40:36 -0800 PST | No Comment
Music in the Super Bowl, Part 2

Scott G often moves fastCOLUMN: The marketing ideas behind many of the commercials may have lacked brilliance, but the music in the spots was frequently outstanding. Scott G gets into the sweeping orchestral scores, the pounding rock rhythms and the ‘moderne’ sound of lounge.

Music in the Super Bowl, Part 1
Tue, 06 Feb 2007 – 03:30:30 -0800 PST | No Comment
Music in the Super Bowl, Part 1

Scott G with Minarik SamhainCOLUMN: There were approximately 9,000 minutes of advertising during the 2007 Super Bowl and a great many of them had very well-crafted music. Sure, some were awful, but most sounded very good. Scott G tries to ignore the marketing message and concentrate on the sonics.

Attack of the Sonic People
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 – 03:53:44 -0800 PST | No Comment
Attack of the Sonic People

Scott G in the studioNAMM REPORT: The developers, inventors, creators and programmers found at NAMM (formerly the National Association of Music Merchants) are a fascinating bunch of people. Some are geniuses. Some are certifiable. Some are both. And we must face the fact that some are electronic device zealots with an expensive hobby instead of a 401(k).

Gear Lust
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 – 03:46:40 -0800 PST | No Comment
Gear Lust

Scott G with Minarik guitarNAMM REPORT: The National Association of Music Merchants, now known simply as NAMM, held a lovely little party for four days in January. With displays of gear from 1,500 manufacturers and the hallways packed with 85,000 attendees, it was a show that was a sonic circus of electronic innovation.

Songs You Love to Love: The Top Ten Romantic Tunes of All Time
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 – 21:39:45 -0800 PST | No Comment

COLUMN: There are deep, dark secrets in all of the heart-pounding and soul-melting music enjoyed by Valentine’s Day lovers and they are revealed by recording artist and commercial music composer Scott G (The G-Man). So …

12 Songs of Christmas: Surprising Secrets of the Season’s Most Popular Tunes
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 – 18:51:56 -0800 PST | One Comment
12 Songs of Christmas: Surprising Secrets of the Season’s Most Popular Tunes

Awww, a little Santa GCOLUMN: From chestnuts to carols, games to sleigh races, and loose translations to loose women, there are some interesting facts about the sounds of the season. Recording artist and commercial music composer Scott G presents some eyebrow-raising information about the most familiar and famous holiday music of all time.

Platinum Hits and Indie Dreams
Tue, 21 Nov 2006 – 23:29:29 -0800 PST | No Comment
Platinum Hits and Indie Dreams

COLUMN: Matt Forger. Michael C. Ross. Eddie Kramer. Elliot Scheiner. Joe Chiccarelli. Each one is a huge star in the world of recording. Scott G points out that you probably own albums with their names listed in the credits as engineer, producer, or mixer. Studio Expresso is what they all have in common.

Hitting the Manic Circuit
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 – 19:22:20 -0800 PST | No Comment

REVIEW: Some music soothes you. Some seduces you. And some swaggers up to you and hits you over the head with a box of skateboard parts. Scott G (The G-Man) writes about an upstart new band called Manic Circuit that slams its way into your skull with songs of raw power combined with progressive structure.

The Sound of No Music
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 – 20:06:12 -0800 PST | 2 Comments

COLUMN: Ever notice that some music artists suck? Sure you have. Ever thought it would be helpful to label these artists so we could avoid wasting time with them? Of course you have. In an interview with Brian Forest, Scott G explains how these worthless performers should all be lumped into a new genre of music that he calls “nada.”

Pink Powder Problems
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 – 23:11:30 -0800 PST | One Comment
Pink Powder Problems

COLUMN: Non-stop rock and roll, aerialists, pole dancing, costumes, wild props and cavorting with hoops are just some of the entertaining things in the current EU tour by Pink. The theatrical presentation is great. I know because I have been seeing it at Powder shows for the past few years.

Art of the Recording Engineer: Matt Forger
Sat, 30 Sep 2006 – 16:11:22 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Art of the Recording Engineer: Matt Forger

INTERVIEW: Matt Forger speaks out on everything from working with Michael Jackson to producing new artists like Mutant Radio.
G-Man: When people think of Matt Forger, they usually think of your work with Michael Jackson, Quincy …

Music Business Connections You Cannot Afford to Miss
Sun, 17 Sep 2006 – 22:54:02 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Music Business Connections You Cannot Afford to Miss

Scott G logo by Phil Hatten DesignCOLUMN: With the “A&R Registry,” “Music Publisher Registry,” “Music Business Attorney Registry,” “Producer Registry,” and the “Film and Television Music Guide,” Ritch Esra and Stephen Trumbull provide vital connections in a rapidly-changing business. Scott G likes ‘em and uses ‘em.

Indie Artist Management: Economic Realities & Insightful Strategies
Fri, 08 Sep 2006 – 23:39:01 -0700 PDT | No Comment

COLUMN: Three personal managers of independent artists outline pathways for success in an increasingly competitive marketplace “An artist’s music must be something I love,” stated Jennifer Yeko of True Talent Management. “It has to be …

Money for Your Music: The Cold-Cash Facts About Music Licensing
Mon, 04 Sep 2006 – 00:44:48 -0700 PDT | No Comment

A Special Report by Scott G (The G-Man): Where music meets licensing, there’s money to be made. How much money? “I have synched quite a few thousand songs into productions over the years,” states Peter Jansson of CRC Jianian Co., “and have charged anywhere between US$1.00 and US$250,000 for each one.”

Pat Wilkins Creates a Masterpiece Guitar
Sun, 27 Aug 2006 – 22:25:35 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Pat Wilkins Creates a Masterpiece Guitar

Scott G photo by SnookGEAR REVIEW: Gleaming, smooth, player-friendly and finely-crafted guitars are a labor of love for Pat Wilkins, but that’s not how he makes his living. Instead, he’s the master of something that is on every guitar: the finish.

$30 Music School
Sat, 12 Aug 2006 – 21:41:24 -0700 PDT | No Comment
$30 Music School

COLUMN: From songwriting to band politics, from rehearsals to touring, and from recording to making money, the Michael W. Dean book $30 MUSIC SCHOOL is superb, succinct and often subversively funny. Scott G thinks it’s worth about a hundred times what you pay for it.

Online Marketing: Math or Myth?
Sat, 01 Jul 2006 – 01:00:45 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Making money from music online: NARIP and the Hype Council help the advertising, marketing, and recording industries face the facts and expose the fiction – a report by The G-Man.

Indie Artists Book Their Own Tours
Mon, 20 Mar 2006 – 02:44:38 -0800 PST | No Comment
Indie Artists Book Their Own Tours

COLUMN: Jay Flanzbaum wants to change the way every indie band handles touring, promotion, booking, and the management of their careers. His creation is called OnlineGigs and it has the potential to shift the balance in favor of artists who want to do things for themselves.

Masters of Audio Mastering
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 – 19:54:30 -0800 PST | No Comment
Masters of Audio Mastering

Scott G in photo by SnookCOLUMN: Audio mastering is widely misunderstood, often mangled, and sometimes mistaken for mixing. It’s the audio step that comes just before manufacturing a CD, and some people would even say it’s a crucial step.

Online Record Company, Almost
Sat, 11 Feb 2006 – 01:32:34 -0800 PST | No Comment
Online Record Company, Almost

Scott G in photo by SnookCOLUMN: WireonFire is not exactly a record label, but to Earth, Wind & Fire and more than a dozen other artists, it’s not only the next-best-thing, it may be even better. Why? Because WireonFire provides almost all of the same services as a record company, but without the 70-page contracts and the penny-rate royalties.

A&R Think Tank: New Realities of Finding New Recording Artists
Mon, 28 Mar 2005 – 01:40:55 -0800 PST | No Comment

COLUMN: Sat Bisla, Jeff Blue, Ritch Esra and Perry Watts-Russell have worked with and/or signed artists such as Radiohead, Meredith Brooks, Secret Machines, The Thompson Twins, Linkin Park, Macy Gray, Korn, Dido, Damien Rice and …