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The best music and post production tips, tricks and news on the web, brought to you by the Production Expert team. We support users of Pro Tools, Logic Pro and Studio One and those who work in music and post production.
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Who Are The New Industry Gatekeepers?
In this week's edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Steve DeMott, where they discuss the music industry Gatekeepers of today, who are they and are they worse?
Talking Points:
Social Media age and the “democratization” of the industry.Labels vs the new A.I/Digital gatekeepersYoutube, Google and artist revenue
Finds of the week:
Julian: High Strung/Nashville Strings
Ashea: MCenter
Steve: Pulsar 1178 -
Is AI Finally Coming For Our Jobs?
In this week’s edition Julian and Ashea are joined by Reid Caulfield, where they discuss a recent article from the LA Times and ask ‘Is AI coming for our jobs, and should we be worried?’
Talking Points:
LA Times Article:
https://www.latimes.com/.../ai-artificial-intelligence...
From the article:
"In the music and sound-recording industry, the tasks most likely to be affected by AI are voice generation and cloning, music generation and recording and lyrics composition, followed by mastering, mixing and tools programming, according to the study.
More than 50% of survey participants anticipated that AI would displace sound designers in the next three years, while more than 40% saw AI coming for music editors, audio technicians and sound engineers. Roughly a third of respondents predicted a similar fate for songwriters, composers and studio engineers."
Our thoughts on the survey
Bearing this in mind how should audio professional go about keeping themselves valuable (better than A.I)?
How can we use A.I to our advantage?
Finds of the week:
Julian: PSI Audio A17-M
Ashea: Landscape With Invisible Hand
Reid: Altiverb 8, Arrival -
The Truth About Making A Living In The Audio Industry
On request of our listeners. In this week's episode Ashea is joined by Russ Hughes and Paul Maunder where they give tried and tested advice on how to make a living in today's audio industry.
Talking Points:
What was your first pro gig and how did that come about?Getting work in a traditional studio settingFreelancingTypes of clients and how to deal with themBalancing a day jobWhen/how to transition into full time
Finds of the week:
Ashea: All You Need To Know About The Music Business
Russ: Criminal Record Show , i73 Pro
Paul: Deity Theos digital radio mics -
The Secret Sauce Behind The Legendary PMC Speakers
In this week’s edition Julian & Ashea are joined by Oliver Thomas and Maurice Patist from PMC.
Talking Points:
PMC & its history - background of company
Relationship with UGM/Dolby
PMC and suitability for Immersive - any particular features which you think make them particularly suitable?
How does an ATL differ from a ported or band pass cabinet in performance?
PMC and DSP, Network Control
What, if anything, can you share about future developments at PMC?
Finds of the week:
Julian: Focusrite Vocaster Two
Ashea: Crumple Pop Plosive Remover
Maurice: Voyage Audio Spatial Mic, Julia Holter Something In The Room She Moves
Oliver: Audient Oria -
The UK Government Women In Music Report: Can We Agree On How To Tackle These Issues?
Talking Points:
In this episode Ashea is joined by Russ Hughes & Lexie Morgan of HHB London and formerly iZotope, to give three different perspectives on the recent UK government report about the obstacles women are met with while pursuing a career in the music industry.
Summary of the UK Government report:
The Report:
Production Expert Article:
Let’s briefly discuss how we feel about this report and how our experiences correspond with the data from the report.
Sexual Harassment & Safety Issues:
What safety & other measures do studios and workplaces need to put into place? What desperately needs changing?
Dismantling The Bias:
Change needs to take place from within. As well as the wonderful work that women (and men) are already doing to improve things, we also need to get more help from our male colleagues, bosses, fellow artists etc. What can men do to be better ‘allies’?
Mentioned In This Podcast:
https://www.production-expert.com/home-page/2017/7/31/pro-tools-expert-podcast-episode-280
Finds of the week:
Ashea: Quickbooks App
Russ: Billy Joel - Turn The Lights Back On
Lexie: Poor Things Movie -
NAMM 2024
In this week’s edition Julian & Ashea are joined by Eli Krantzberg where they discuss some of the stand out gear and plugins from NAMM 2024.
Talking Points:
Wolff Audio Console
Heritage Audio i73
SSL 360
Blue Cat Audio
Yamaha- Seq track
Raven MTi2
Beyerdynamic -DT-770-pro
ACE Studio - AI vocal synthesizer
Finds Of The Week:
Julian: Kii SEVEN
Ashea: Solodome
Eli: The red plastic water flask my wife got me for NAMM