SPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | Silence of Champions
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… SILENCE OF CHAMPIONS (Read time 1:13) Watch them, study them, read their facial expressions and body...
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: Alex Sterling — Upper West Side
“I want the listener to be transported into the music,” says Alex Sterling, the primary proprietor of his studio that – like many a classic album – is self-titled. The more you investigate this unusual...
View ArticleSPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | Keep your boots muddy
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… KEEP YOUR BOOTS MUDDY (Read time 0:37) Rally your team, alert your band mates and summon your board members! If...
View ArticleSPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | The Workhorse and the Filly
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… THE WORKHORSE AND THE FILLY (Read time 0:21) The “Old Work Horse” is right when he says, “You must reinforce...
View ArticleSPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | O Captain! My Captain!
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… O Captain! My Captain! (Read time 0:57) According to Google, the FAA, popular belief, and Malcolm Gladwell...
View ArticleThe SonicScoop Year in Review: Top Audio & Music Business Developments of 2012
2012 was simply intense -- we gather up the good and the bad from this epic year. Continue reading →
View ArticleRecording Studio Sweet Spot: A Bloody Good Record – Long Island City, Queens
Word of mouth keeps leading back here. Continue reading →
View ArticleRecording Sweet Spot: Subcat Studios — Syracuse, New York
Crave the crisp air away from the NYC skyline? This sharp facility beckons. Continue reading →
View ArticleBushwick Studio Adds Studio Manager Steven Alvarado
One of Brooklyn’s bastions of high-end tracking and mixing, Bushwick Studio, has gotten a major boost in the personnel department. Studio owner Josh Kessler announced that Steven Alvarado has been...
View ArticleSSL Launches AWS 16 Console – New 16-Input AWS Desk
It’s all about access. Knowing that, SSL is opening things up for a whole new sector of commercial and private facilities with the launch of the AWS 16 console. This 16-input option is the latest in...
View ArticleInfrasonic Sound Announces New Ownership of Recording Studio
M&A activity is alive and well on the studio level. Along those lines, Infrasonic Sound Recording Inc., the audio mastering and recording company owned by Pete Lyman and Jeff Ehrenberg, announced...
View ArticleMusic Clout | Tips for promoting You Tube Videos
Tips For Promoting Youtube Music Videos If your band is not already on Youtube, you need to stop reading this and go create an account. For everybody else that already has an account, hopefully you’ve...
View ArticleSPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | Don’t Think
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… WHAT ARE U SO AFRAID OF? (Read time 0:57) FEAR is the most crippling malady for all artists & entrepreneurs....
View ArticleMusic Connection | Weekly Bulletin | May 9, 2012
May 9, 2012 Make your contests worth something: “The best contests ask [fans] to do something creative instead of raffling it away. That’s fun. Like, what about a contest where there was a poster...
View ArticleMusic Clout | Music tips you can use
View in your browser. The Ugly Truth About Todays A&R In the past, the most commonly known aspect of an A&R’s job was discovering unsigned talent and getting them a record deal,...
View ArticleDiscmakers Blog Echoes | The story of Taylor Guitars
How Taylor Guitars are Made – An Inside Look at a Music Instrument Icon How many million guitarists pick up an acoustic guitar and use it to perform, compose, practice, teach, or simply to relax in a...
View ArticleSPARS ends fiscal year with successful events, increased membership and...
R & B legend Kenny Gamble, Cecelia and Joe Tarsia (Legacy Award recipient), Kirk Imamura, SPARS President and President of Avatar Studios, NY SPARS ended its 2011-2012 fiscal year recently,...
View ArticleSPARS Blog with J. Michael Dolan | Silence of Champions
Excerpted from J. Michael Dolan’s Blogs & Stories | for Artists and Entrepreneurs… SILENCE OF CHAMPIONS (Read time 1:13) Watch them, study them, read their facial expressions and body...
View ArticleSPARS to offer one-on-one mentoring at the 139th AES Convention
SPARS is offering two important mentoring opportunities at this year’s 139th AES Convention in New York. Besides their highly successful Ask SPARS Speed Mentoring event, SPARS is offering their...
View ArticleSupport SPARS mentoring efforts for 2016 with a donation to the SPARS Foundation
AES 2015 Mentors As 2015 draws to a close, SPARS requests you consider making a year-end donation to the SPARS Foundation in support of our ongoing mentoring efforts for 2016. Any amount would be...
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