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Neeta Ragoowansi of SoundExchange Interview 

By Rich Tozzoli

SoundExchange Neeta Ragoowansi interview on how artists can collect for digital performance royalties for their music...

It's Good to Be Home | Derek Trucks 

By Mike Levine

EM's interview with guitarist Derek Trucks focuses on how having his own place changed his outlook on recording, the vintage gear he’s using, how he approaches soloing in the studio, and more...

ProFile: Come on in My Kitchen | Theresa Anderson 

By Diane Gershuny

EM interviews Swedish-born/New Orleans-transplant Theresa Andersson about the production of her latest CD, recorded mainly in her kitchen-based studio...

Industry Insider | Q&A With Steve Knopper 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician’s interview with Steve Knopper, author of Appetite For Self Destruction, which chronicles the fall of the major record labels...

InSession: Why I Don't Want to Record Alison Krauss. But Don't Quote Me on It 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Read Nathaniel Kunkel February 2009 Column in EM About His Thoughts on Making Music and Creating Memories...

ProFile: Record, Splice, Rearrange | Matthew Herbert 

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Matthew Herbert’s CD, There’s Me and There’s You, which features a blend of sampled sounds and big-band jazz...

ProFile: Crunching Code | Ant Neely 

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician interviews Ant Neely about the recording of his new CD, Not Fit For Human Consumption, which features electronic beats and textures layered with old public-domain audio samples...

ProFile: Solitary Sound Maker | Lindstrom 

By Kristi Kates

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Lindstrøm’s latest, Where You Go I Go Too...

Industry Insider | Q&A With Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician interviews Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow, the authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide on strategies for promoting your act online. What online services to sign up for, getting music onto Podcasts, and whether to give your music away are among the topics covered....

InSession: Compression Is Like Salt 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Mixing and cooking require similar skill sets. Grammy Award-winning engineer Nathaniel Kunkel explores the many crossovers....

Rhythm and Noise | John McEntire 

By Rich Wells

John McEntire, well known for his jazzy and sophisticated synth-driven productions, has worked with Tortoise, the Sea and Cake, and Stereolab....

ProFile: In a Silent Way | Tape 

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of the CD Luminarium, from the Swedish experimental trio, Tape....

ProFile: The Fix Is In | Josh Fix 

By Emile Menasché

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Josh Fix’s Free at Last...

Industry Insider | Q&A Ian Crombie 

By Michael A. Aczon

Electronic Musician’s interview with Ian Crombie, Executive Director of West Coast Songwriters, who discusses the role of songwriter organizations....

ProFile: Fresh Aria | East Village Opera Company 

By Emile Menasché

Classical influences are nothing new in rock music: back in the '70s and '80s, virtuosos like Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Yngwie Malmsteen were more likely...

ProFile: When Sunny Goes Solo | Sunny Levine 

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Love Rhino, an eclectic indie pop record by Sunny Levine (who is Quincy Jones' grandson), who has spent most of his career as a producer...

Industry Insider | Q&A Marilyn Bergman 

By Fran Vincent

Electronic Musician's interview with ASCAP President Marilyn Bergman, discussing the organization's Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers...

InSession: An Open Letter to Steve Jobs 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Grammy-winning engineer Nathaniel Kunkel Writes a Fictional Article to Apple's Steve Jobs About Using iTunes Sound Check music application...

Industry Insider | Q&A: Michael Aczon 

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's interview with music attorney Michael Aczon focuses on the changing legal issues for musicians brought on by changes in music technology...

InSession: Why Can't I Stop Listening to This? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Grammy-winning engineer Nathaniel Kunkel Writes About Listening to the Intricacies of Mixing the Songwriters Tour Album With Guy Clark, Joe Ely, John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett...

ProFile: Getting More From Less | Derby 

By Emile Menasché

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Derby's Posters Fade CD, which the band produced using an old Apple Mac G4 and very few plug-ins...

ProFile: All the Pretty Algorithms | Gregory Taylor 

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at Gregory Taylor's experimental production style, used on such albums as The Desert Fathers: Coptic Icons, PGT's Temporary Habitations, Amalgam: Aluminum/Hydrogen (Palace of Lights, 2007), and Two Maps of Danaraja (Stasisfield, 2008)....

Pro/File: Fite's Flight of Fancy 

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Tim Fite’s latest CD, Fair Ain’t Fair, which features sample based tunes and unusual instrumentation...

Pro/File: All in Good Time 

By Emile Menasche

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of Paul de Benedictis’s Quintets project, which was originally started using Opcode Studio Vision software and finished using Digidesign Pro Tools...

Dream Producers: The Orb 

By Bill Murphy

Electronic Musician looks at the recording of The Dream, the new album by ambient dub artists The Orb. The story includes interviews with Alex Paterson, Martin “Youth” Glover, and Tim Bran...