Audio School Online http://audioschoolonline.com/blog Audio School for aspiring producers and engineers Tue, 21 May 2013 13:52:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Man On Earth – Bombs Around Me http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/man-on-earth-bombs-around-me http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/man-on-earth-bombs-around-me#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 13:52:11 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=1016 Man On Earth – Bombs Around Me One of my favorite indie bands is NYC's "Man On Earth". I produced and mixed an album for them a few years ago, and helped out with the mixing of their last studio album, produced by incredibly talented young producer Cooper Anderson. The lastest stuff which is also [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/man-on-earth-bombs-around-me/feed 0 Tangerine Video Lesson!!!!! http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/tangerine-video-lesson http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/tangerine-video-lesson#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:41:13 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=1010 Tangerine!!! OK, i'm excited!! I just bartered for the rights to use a song called "Tangerine" by awesome indie artist Mella, http://www.reverbnation.com/mellamusic, for a Video Lesson / Audio Session. OK, so envision all of those cool quirky pop songs hey use for Apple commercials. this is that. Only this has a super cool factor attached [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/tangerine-video-lesson/feed 1 Current Recap http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/current-recap-j-cole-born-sinner http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/current-recap-j-cole-born-sinner#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:07:07 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=1004 Current Recap Things have been insanely crazy around here, in a mostly very good way. Last Thursday me and my production partner attended wild and crazy BMG Publishing party, got to meet lots of the key people from the US and all over the world. I am really impressed with BMG as a company and [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/current-recap-j-cole-born-sinner/feed 0 Happy Mothers Day http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/happy-mothers-day-music-career http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/happy-mothers-day-music-career#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 18:39:49 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=1000 Happy Mothers Day, My mother influenced my music career tremendously. She was a singer songwriter and wrote and recorded many songs with my Uncle Jim. Not in pursuit of fame or notoriety, just because they loved music. Anyone who is pursuing a full time music career that doesn't absolutely love love love music, should probably [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/happy-mothers-day-music-career/feed 0 My Story http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/my-story-mix-engineer http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/my-story-mix-engineer#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 08:43:53 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=985 People ask me all the time about how I became what I am today as a mix engineer. From now on i'll just send them a link to this blog post. When i was 8 years old, my friend down the street began taking guitar lessons. I wanted to play guitar SO BAD!!!! I begged [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/my-story-mix-engineer/feed 2 2 Parts Amazing, 1 Part Frustrating http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/2-parts-amazing-1-part-frustrating http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/2-parts-amazing-1-part-frustrating#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:42:03 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=981 2 Parts Amazing, 1 Part Frustrating That pretty much describes my life in the music business. and I am very lucky. The music industry comes by default with tons of heartbreak, rejection, pettiness, misery, shady people, etc…. I think its the universes way of punishing us because we've chosen to make music with our lives, [...]

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]]> http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/image-is-everything-mix-engineer/feed 1 Labeling and Session Organization http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/labeling-and-pro-tools-session http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/deciblog/labeling-and-pro-tools-session#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:33:50 +0000 Ken Lewis http://audioschoolonline.com/blog/?p=959 Labeling. Sounds simple. then why do so many people seem skip it? 5 seconds, thats how long it takes to correctly name a file, zip, yousendit, wetransfer, pro tools session, CD, DVD, thumb drive, mp3, WAVE, etc… etc… I wonder how many people didnt get a record deal because they did a crap job labeling [...]

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