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Industry Insider | Q&A: Anne Cecere 

By Fran Vincent

Electronic Musician's interview with Anne Cecere, BMI's Associate Director of Film/TV Relations, on the subject of music licensing...

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...

Tracking in Lililand 

By Diane Gershuny

Electronic Musician's Pro/File column on the recording of singer/violinist Lili Haydn's new CD Place Between Places....

Pro/File: Guitars on the March 

By Emile Menasche

It's not every day that you can say electric guitar and John Philip Sousa in the same breath, but the music of the March King has helped pave the way...

Production Values: Keeping It Dynamic 

By Mike Levine

Outspoken would be an accurate term to characterize mastering engineer Bob Katz. He has strong opinions on many audio-related topics and is particularly...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Alan Friedman 

By Ravi

You may not think of yourself as a business owner, but if you're earning income as a self-employed musician, composer, producer, programmer, and so on,...

In Session: So You're Graduating? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

I know quite a few of you graduating folk and as you finish music or engineering school, you probably have a few ideas about what's going to happen in...

Pro/File: Electric Motherland 

By Bill Murphy

If anyone has been privy to all the nuances of the word rebirth, it is Steve Reid. A drummer since age 16, he first made his mark in Motown on the Martha...

Pro/File: Chillin' and Thrillin' 

By Ken Micallef

Science for Girls is the brainchild of New York-based producer, bassist, and composer Darren Solomon. Though the band name may conjure images of young...

Victor's Home Cooking 

By Mike Levine

Victor Wooten is a musician's musician. Best known for his electric-bass work in the acoustic jazz fusion group Bla Fleck and the Flecktones, he is one...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Jordan Tishler 

By Ravi

In the contracted state of today's major-label record industry, having compelling music is no longer enough to convince a record company to invest in...

InSession: Is Surround Music Dead? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Okay, I get it. Surround music is on life support. Why won't listeners embrace this technology? For me, surround provides a more compelling way to hear...

InSession: My Goodness, I Have Been Here 15 Hours 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

Why is it that we work longer hours with fewer breaks than we used to five years ago? Computers were supposed to make our jobs easier and quicker, so...

Pro/File: Mystic Voices 

By Bill Murphy

Signal and sample processing have progressed by leaps and bounds since the dawn of computer-based music, and Carl Stone is one of the privileged few who...

Pro/File: Trance Formation 

By Mike Levine

Producer, guitarist, and composer Michael Brook was looking for a follow-up to RockPaperScissors (Canadian Rational, 2006), a world music album that melded...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Derek Sivers 

By Mike Levine

When it comes to the independent music scene, few people are more knowledgeable than Derek Sivers (see Fig. 1). He began his music career as a guitarist...

Pro/File: Making Waves 

By Bill Murphy

Neat categories have never been a hallmark of Ryuichi Sakamoto's music. From bubblegum pop ditties to avant-garde classical fugues, the Japanese-born...

Studio Junkie 

By Mike Levine

When Tom Holkenborg was a young musician growing up in Holland, he spent so much time playing music and recording that his friends dubbed him The name...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Brooke Wentz 

By Mike Levine

The old refrain You ought to be in pictures usually refers to potential actors and actresses, but nowadays it could also apply to independent musicians...

Pro/File: Lounge Fever 

By Bill Murphy

If you're a fan of the meditative side of jazz sometimes known as that Miles Davis pioneered and Nina Simone and Alice Coltrane expanded on, and you're...

In Session: Why Do My Headphones Suck? 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

In my opinion, few things are as important in the studio as performers' headphones. I can overcome a buzz in the system, and I can overcome bad converters....

Pro/File: Stark Lushness Illuminated 

By Diane Gershuny

Liz Pappademas's solo debut, 11 Songs, is gorgeous and lush in a sparse sort of way. The uncluttered arrangements and production allow her songwriting,...

In Session: Convenience Vs. Quality 

By Nathaniel Kunkel

I was recently at the CES show in Las Vegas participating in a panel titled Convenience vs. Quality. Panel moderator Bob Ludwig opened the discussion...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Amanda Cagan 

By Mike Levine

The Internet has empowered today's musician like never before. Career advancement is no longer exclusively predicated on having a record deal. If you...

Pro/File: Live and Cinematic 

By Bill Murphy

Richard Linklater's 2006 film adaptation of A Scanner Darkly a jarring, rotoscope-animated view of the drug-addled future depicted by Philip K. Dick in...