Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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David Byrne Journal
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Creative Commons
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Lefsetz Letter
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Wired Listening Post
One of our favorite places to stay on top of what's happening in the music industry. -
Create Digital Music
Fairly relevant to Indaba :) -
Underrated Magazine
Our favorite NYC music-scene blog from our favorite CMJer. -
StereoGum.com
Super-hip music blog. A must for anyone serious about the NYC scene. -
The Daily Swarm
ll the news that fit to print ... about music, that is. -
Idolator
Gawker Media's music blog. Perfect if you like a little snark with your music news. -
That's What Matt Said
Shameless promotion, we know, but this is Matt's (Indaba Co-Founder) non-Indaba blog and he wants people to read it.
Thursday January 31, 2008 at 06:00 PM |
From JoLynn Seaman's Blog
I am in such a FUN mood, tonight! I finally had some time to "play" with my friends here at Indaba. I'm feeling so good I thought I'd post a little something, but first an update:
Thanks to Indaba's recent contest, I'm enjoying my generous prize at Berklee. I'm taking "Advanced Mixing & Mastering with ProTools" (what the heck?!)... So far, so good. ;-) Anyway, with engineering fresh on my mind, I recalled an article in EQ Magazine a while ago that just made me giggle my socks off! I'm betting some of you can relate to this poor guy:
Spence Peppard (no realation to George), engineer at Encore Studios in the Nacogdoches (Willie Nelson fame), mostly records country and hard rock. He's had his share of fits and was kind enough to compile a little "tip" list for us. So here is Spence's five cents worth from "a hell of an angry guy":
1. One of us is not talented, and it's not me.
2. Pro Tools will allow me to build a decent-sounding guitar solo for you, even though you can only play three notes of it at a time. Your "Frankenstein" solo will sound good on the CD, but you will still suck live. One of us is supposed to have lightning-fast fingers, and it's not me.
3. If you want to use the studio as a $125-an-hour rehearsal space, fine. Bands used to come to the studio ready to record, but whatever. I can fix all sorts of mistakes with Pro Tools. One of us is totally unprepared, and it's not me.
4. You planned to do the entire rhythm section of your recording with loops. Now you don't like that it sounds canned? One of us is an idiot. That would be the part of US that doesn't include me.
5. A little compression makes music sound better. A lot of compression can make a CD sound better when played in a loud environment. I would like to produce just one recording where the client doesn't insist on every meter being a solid bar, where there are some dynamics, and where everything isn't compressed into a big, fat crap-cake. One of us will do that every time they're given the chance. Can you guess which one of us that would be?
....Whew! I just made my own day! :) [insert hysterical laughter link here] I hope it made yours too. -Stay beautiful! :)
**Cudos to my girl, Lauren, at Music Player Network for publishing clearance. :)
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Thursday January 31, 2008 at 08:09 PM
Funny Stuff!
Thursday January 31, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Hahahahaaaa,that s cool and funny :-)
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