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Industry Insider: Eric Steuer 

By Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow

In today's connected world, more people than ever are content creators. Whether they're producing videos, podcasts or other media, many of these folks...

Our Lady Peace Pro/File: OLP Goes on Their Own 

By Kristi Kates

Our Lady Peace's previous album took more than 1,000 days to record. For the band's frontman, Raine Maida, that was 1,000 days too many. Departing Columbia...

General Elektriks Pro/File: One-Man Garage Band 

By Bill Murphy

Herv Salters (aka General Elektriks) knows his vintage keyboards. As a session player in his native Paris, with the likes of Femi Kuti and DJ Mehdi and...

Industry Insider: Jim Donio  

By Ravi

Many musicians are unfamiliar with NARM the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and its annual convention. Yet that organization and event...

Industry Insider: Page Kelley 

By Michael Cooper

When you sign a publishing deal, you typically agree to give half of your songwriting royalties (not to mention 100 percent of the copyrights to your...

Umphrey's McGee | Band on a Mission 

By Mike Levine

The multicolored lights swirl on the stage at the Nokia Theater in Manhattan as prog-rock jammers Umphrey's McGee glide through riff after riff, solo...

Great Lake Swimmers Pro/File: Sweet Reflections 

By Kristi Kates

Electronic Musician looks a the production of Great Lake Swimmers's CD, Lost Channels...

Industry Insider: Jonathan Coulton 

By Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow

Today, every musician has the ability to reach a global audience. New fans can be won at the speed of the Internet no matter where they live. But with...

Jon Hassell | Ambassador From the Fourth World 

By Geary Yelton

EM interviews Jon Hassell, the innovative trumpeter and composer who combines elements of third-world, ambient electronic, acid jazz, progressive rock, and new-age music into a unique instrumental style he calls Fourth World....

Industry Insider: Dave Hampton 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's interview with Dave Hampton on how to find audio engineering work...

Obi Best Pro/File: Studio Escapades 

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician looks a the production of Obi Best's CD, Capades....

Lisle Ellis Pro/File: Bass and Circuitry 

By Bill Murphy

New York City has always been a hotbed of experimentation, especially when it comes to avant-garde jazz. For bassist Lisle Ellis, who has worked with...

Crystal Palace 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's interview Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method, in which they talk about their new CD, Divided By Night, their new studio Crystalwerks, their production methods, and much more....

Industry Insider: Sherrill Blackman 

By Michael Cooper

Nashville songplugger Sherill Blackman is interviewed for Electronic Musician's Industry Insider column. He discusses how songpluggers can help you get your songs placed....

Senor Coconut Pro/File: Techno Latin 

By Ken Micallef

Electronic Musician looks at how Señor Coconut produced his new CD, Around the World using samples manipulated in Pro Tools, Native Instruments Battery, an Apple G4 PowerBook and more...

Nathaniel Kunkel InSession: Save As…Archive 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Nathaniel Kunkel Writes About Audio Production Archiving Standards in May 2009 EM issue...

Charles Cohen Pro/File: Painting with Sound 

By Bill Murphy

Charles Cohen Composer profile on Creating Avant Garde Electronic Music in April 2009 EM...

Nathaniel Kunkel InSession: Gosh, I Sound Great! 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Nathaniel Kunkel Writes About Auto-Tune and Other Vocal Correction Programs in April 2009 EM issue...

Tyler Bates | Movie-Music Maestro 

By Mike Levine

Read Electronic Musician’s interview with Tyler Bates, composer for movies like Watchmen, 300, and The Day the Earth Stood Still, as well as the Showtime TV series Californication. Bates discusses his film-scoring techniques, advice for would-be composers, and what it was like scoring Watchmen....

Industry Insider: Kevin Teasley 

By Mike Levine

Kevin Teasley Interview on Composing Music for Movie Trailers in April 2009 EM Issue...

Watchmen Composer Tyler Bates Interviewed 

By Mike Levine

The following is an excerpt from EM's April cover story, an interview with Tyler Bates, who composed the music for the movie Watchmen (to be released on March 6th), along with such movies as 300, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Devil’s Rejects, and many more. ...

Kevin Teasley on Scoring Movie Trailers 

By Mike Levine

Kevin Teasley is a composer and the principal in the L.A. music company Distortion, which specializes in trailer music. He’s scored trailers for such movies as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Mummy 3, among many others....

Now That We Can Do Anything, What Are You Going to Do? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Nathaniel Kunkel Writes About Audio Inventions for the Music Production Environment in March 2009 EM issue...

Steven Wilson Interview 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician’s interview with Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, about his new solo project Insurgentes. Wilson speaks about how he recorded it, his studio (which is located in his old bedroom in his parents’ house), the film that is a companion piece to the project, and his love/hate relationship with digital technology...

Cadillac Sky Profile 

By Mike Levine

Cadillac Sky band profile on recording Cadillac Sky Gravity's Our Enemy 2008 Album in March 2009 EM...