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Les Paul (6/9/1915 – 8/13/2009)

Michael Hacker — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:38:28 +0000

Les Paul, the man who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, effects including tape delay and phasing, and multitrack recording… is gone.

Rock and Roll would not exist without you, sir. Rest in Peace.

Song-a-Week #33 – Les

McDSP June Specials

Michael Hacker — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:47:16 +0000

McDSP is offering 20% off on their Emerald and Classic Packs this month in TDM, RTAS and AudioSuite formats. Additionally, you can snag Analog Channel LE (the one Charles Dye always talks about on PSN), Chrome Tone LE, CompressorBank LE, FilterBank LE, ML4000 LE, Revolver LE and Synthesizer One LE for $79 (per plugin, not for the whole kit and kaboodle, smart alec)! All are available in RTAS and AudioSuite formats.

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Happy New Year

Michael Hacker — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:08:51 +0000

It’s (almost) 2009… stay tuned for some big news! Related posts:Happy New Year virgin post Related posts:

iTunes Problems

Michael Hacker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:52:49 +0000

According to Apple’s own support forum:

Podcasts which were recently added to the Store, or which recently changed their image, are experiencing delays in the appearance of those images. Once the issue has been resolved, podcasts with valid images will display correctly.

In the meantime, the best action to take is to ensure that the image in the podcast, and the itunes:image tag, are present and valid in the feed. More information is available here:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html#image

Le Sigh.

More NiN News

Michael Hacker — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:39:47 +0000

From Trent Reznor:

Nine Inch Nails is pleased to announce the expansion of the Ghosts project into the visual world. The band has teamed up with YouTube to host a “film festival” around Ghosts. The concept is for you to take whatever tracks you feel inspired by and create what you feel should accompany them visually. You will be able to see all of the submissions, and a team (including Trent) will be sorting through them and setting aside ones they feel are exceptional. Eventually (within a couple of months?) we hope to present a virtual “film festival” with Trent and some special guests presenting selections of your work.

“This isn’t a contest and you don’t win elaborate prizes – it’s meant to be an experiment in collaboration and a chance for us to interact beyond the typical one-way artist-to-fan relationship. We’ve discussed some interesting ways this could go, including multiple installments of the online “film festivals,” to broadcast TV specials, to a one-time live performance of the entire Ghosts record with your visuals involved. It really depends on how this progresses and develops.

We are all very much looking forward to what you come up with, and hope you enjoy the experience. Visit http://www.youtube.com/ninofficial for information on how to participate”.

Reznor Speaks Out

Michael Hacker — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:22:49 +0000

In an article on ARS Technica, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor called Radiohead’s well-publicized internet album-release “insincere.” While he admitted the idea was “shrewd,” he said it amounted to nothing more than tricking fans into paying for low-quality MP3s, while promoting just another traditional record release.

For more details, read the full story on ARS Technica.

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NiN

Michael Hacker — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:20:00 +0000

following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch Nails is a totally
free agent, free of any recording contract with any label. I have
been under recording contracts for 18 years and have watched the
business radically mutate from one thing to something inherently very
different and it gives me great pleasure to be able to finally have a
direct relationship with the audience as I see fit and appropriate.
Look for some announcements in the near future regarding 2008.
Exciting times, indeed." />
Trent Reznor made this announcement on the Nine Inch Nails website yesterday. Could be interesting. Frankly, I still don’t see it helping the small, independent musician to get noticed.

iMusic?

Michael Hacker — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:55:18 +0000

According to RUMINT, music mogul Jay Z and the squeezalicious Beyonce may be preparing to join up with Apple, Inc. to start a new online record label of some sort. Jay Z is currently the CEO of Def Jam Records and Beyonce is, reportedly, nearing the end of her contract.

According to MediaTakeOut.com:

Jay Z will announce he’s leaving his position at Def Jam to create a new “super label” with Beyonce.

In an exclusive interview, MediaTakeOut.com spoke to a key person involved in creating the new label. And according to that insider, the new label will launch early next year. Tells our insider, “It’s a done deal. [Jay Z] already has Beyonce and [Mathew Knowles] on board … She’ll be finishing up her contract [with Sony], and I expect that she’ll sign on to the new label shortly afterwards.”

Regarding Apple’s alleged involvement, MTO had this to say:

It’s not clear yet which major label will house the new super label. But according to our insider, it’s not going to be Island Def Jam. The tipster explains, “Jay Z brought the idea to Def Jam first, but they thought he was asking for too much money.” The insider continues, “Now they’re shopping the deal around to the other majors and to Apple [the creator of iTunes] – who is very interested in doing business.”

Could this signal the beginning of the slow transition from the old guard to the new? Could this indicate a transition of power from the few who control the money, means, and machinery to the many who just want to make a living from their music while keeping their artistic integrity as unskanked as possible?

I’m not ready to put any money on it just yet. At this point, it just looks like yet another step in the further pimpification of the internet. Only time will tell.