Filmmaking - Five Good Producer Skills.
You may believe a thorough knowledge of filmmaking and the entertainment industry is enough to make you a good movie producer. While it certainly helps to know the nuts and bolts of movie production, and even the details of financing and marketing a movie...
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Filmmaking - What To Do Until The Money Arrives.
If you are not busy making your movie, you should get busy making your movie. “How can I start,” you whine, “when I don’t have any financing?” I know it seems you can’t roll film or tape until you have some money, but your lack of funding isn’t permanent, is it?...
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Filmmaking - What Is A Pro?
The word “Professional” is often bandied about by indy filmmakers, and I’ve heard and read many things I just wouldn’t expect a “Pro” to say, though the person writing or saying them claims to be one. Time for a definition of terms…
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How To Mic An Electric Guitar.
With modern music (especially pop/rock music) production demands are greater than ever. The average listener expects the recording quality of your music to be the equivalent of those amazing productions you often hear on the radio...
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MP3 Encoding Technology.
The MP3 is a complete godsend for anyone who enjoys and appreciates good music. Not only does it afford users the convenience of purchasing music online and ripping from purchased CDs, it also provides the utmost ease in portability. There are more MP3 players on the market than I can name...
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Online Recording Studios - A New Player in the Music Industry.
The World of Drum Recording. Many people today, especially in home studios where you often have only two inputs to record at once, record their songs one track at a time...
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The 'X Factor': What Is It And Do You Have 'It.'
What exactly is the 'X factor?' You hear professionals in the entertainment industry referring to it. You hear artists alluding to it, but you rarely hear anyone defining 'It.' If you are an aspiring music artist or an entertainer…
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What’s Love Got To Do With It? Commentary on the state of the Music Industry.
Everywhere I go there seems to be some sophisticated discussion or debate about what’s wrong with the music industry and what needs to be done to fix it….
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The 6 Rules Of Commercial Music Success.
Over the years I have had many conversations with music artists about commercial music, which usually leads to them disclosing their disdain and hatred of it. Some refer to Pop music (Pop, as in what’s popular now) as commercial music...
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Self Home Recording vs Paying a Recording Studio.
Back in the old days (around 'Nam) recording at home was a new miracle. You could actually hit record on a device and capture sound in your own home. Your eyes would light up just like Thomas Edison did when he first invented audio recording...
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Should I Buy A Powerful Recording Computer?
Back when I started recording at home in 2001, I had a Pentium 3 550 Mhz computer with 384 MB of Ram. I recorded a number of projects on the 9GB hard drive until I eventually added a 40GB hard drive to the equation. ...
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