Andrew Dawson helped Kanye West engineer a success in 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'

Andrew Dawson helped Kanye West engineer a success in 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'

Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less

Here's a special intoductory note from Rob Voisey, the founder and producer of 60x60:

"We are loooking to create a special Ear to the Earth mix of 60x60. Any participant who puts "Ear to the Earth" in the genre box of the 60x60 submission form page will be considered for that mix. It would be great if we could do a special mix for Ear to the Earth in 2011."

Vox Novus is inviting composers/sound artists to submit recorded works 60 seconds or less in length to be included in its ninth annual 60x60 project. 60 compositions will be selected to be played continuously in a one-hour concert.

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Are Record Labels Necessary?

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Clear Channel Radio Digital Needs Interns!

Clear Channel Radio Digital, a division of Clear Channel Radio, seeks focused and motivated college students to intern for the 2011 spring semester. This position is part-time and unpaid.

Interns will be working with iheartradio.com - our music and entertainment portal which houses tens of thousands of songs, music videos, artist interviews, photos, news, contests and exclusive live performances! The iheartradio network also includes our free radio application for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices, which has been downloaded over 11 million times.
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Sound Editor - Freelance gig

"5 Shells" is a mirco-budget feature film that is searching for a smart, creative sound editor to work on sound effects, dialogue, music, and a final mix.

Must have working knowledge of Pro-Tools, or like editing program, and have access to an editing system.

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Abelton adds new instruments and offers longer trial that is renewable...

1. Bring your talents to the Ableton team!

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Interested in working for Ableton? We are currently looking for candidates to fill the following positions:

Berlin Office
- Application Developer (f/m)
- Release Manager (f/m)
- Human Resources Director (f/m)
- Part-Time Employee (f/m) for our English, German, and French Customer Support

New York Office
- U.S. Internship (f/m)

For further information, please visit:
http://www.ableton.com/nl759-jobs


2. Three new Partner Instruments - special offer until December 19th

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Ableton is proud to present three new Partner Instruments to add to the growing collection of diverse and essential sounds designed specifically for Live by our partners! Now is the perfect time to buy, with a EUR 10/USD 10 discount on these three Partner Instruments through December 19th.

Soniccouture presents Novachord, a collection of presets that is based on the faithfully sampled sounds of the Novachord - a gargantuan, tube-based, 72-note polyphonic synthesizer from 1938. Learn more about Novachord at:
http://www.ableton.com/nl759-soniccouture-novachord

Puremagnetik, the Ableton partner behind Drum Machines, introduces an expansion with MachineKits - a high quality library of drum machines programmed specifically for Ableton Live. Learn more about MachineKits at:
http://www.ableton.com/nl759-puremagnetik-machinekits

SonArte presents Tubular Bells, a collection of tubular bell presets meticulously sampled from a vintage instrument and transformed into ambient, rhythmic and synthetic sounds. Learn more about Tubular Bells at:
http://www.ableton.com/nl759-sonarte-tubular-bells

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3. New Ableton hoodie, T-shirt and bag

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Just in time for the holiday season – new merchandise from Ableton! Keep warm in the “Clip World” sweatshirt, and show off your minimalist style with the classic “Ableton Logo” shirt and Ableton padded bag.

More information and pricing:
https://www.ableton.com/nl759-shop-merchandise

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4. You only Live twice – trial version reset!

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With support for The Bridge and the addition of Amp, the premium amp- and cabinet-modeler, recent updates to Ableton Live have seen a whole new world of possibilities. To allow everyone to try out these new features, we’re resetting the trial versions for all users – everyone is now eligible for a new 30-day trial license, with no limits or disabled features.

Get your free trial here:
http://www.ableton.com/nl759-free-trial

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Sony Apologizes to Bradford Cox for Deleting His Online Recordings

Label giant Sony Music took the liberty of deleting four of Bradford Cox’s MP3 albums he posted on Deerhunter’s blog last week inexplicably. Now, they’ve apologized.

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Popular Rapper “Gucci Mane” accepting music from up-n-coming producers

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Radric Davis (born February 12, 1980), better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released. Gucci Mane has released many other mixtapes as well.

According to the rapper’s latest post during the Thanksgiving weekend on Twitter, aspiring producers can now send beats to: twin4gucci@gmail.com

BMI A&R series in NYC

APPLICATION DUE: Music 101 - A&R Corner: New York

DEADLINE TODAY: BMI NY is now accepting submissions in all Urban Music genres including R&B, Rap and Hip-Hop for the BMI workshop, “BMI Presents…Music 101: A&R Corner” at BMI’s New York office (7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York City) taking place on January 20, 2011, 5:00-7:00 PM.

A select number of up and coming songwriters and producers will be chosen to receive feedback from a major publisher and/or record label A&R representative on their songs.

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Abelton Live User Group at Tekserve in NYC

Ableton Live NYC User Group - Featuring Erin Barra

Description

Come join us for a special daytime event with singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Erin Barra and the Ableton Live NYC User Group.

Ms. Barra will show Ableton NYC users her Live setup for vocal processing, looping, and performing a wide array of musical styles as well as remixing her set on the fly.

Friday, December 10th, 2010 @ 2:00pm

Click here to Register

More Than A Month - the online Trailer

This is for those who are interested in submitting music for More Than A Month, the documentary to come out on PBS in 2012, I am posting the original online trailer that contains music from Bloomfield College Alum, Tori Gandy and one of his partners DJ Brownbum, of the free form hip-hop show on WFMU Coffee Breaks For Heroes and Villains.
I hope this gives people a better understanding about the documentary and its topic.

One Man's Journey to End Black History Month
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20 Essentials for New Artists

20 Essentials for New Artists

by Chris Castle and Amy E. Mitchell

You’ve decided to form a band. Let’s get your business in order. What are the most important things you can do to make sure that you don’t trip yourselves up down the road?

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