SOUND ON SOUND
Recording budgets have been getting lower for some time. Are the technical standards we’ve come to expect from records being eroded too?
Live music is more important to the industry than ever before, but there’s no reason for traditional recording studios to feel left out by this trend...
With 44 million TV viewers and a 10,000-strong live audience, the Grammys are one show that you really don’t want to screw up...
Just like studios and record companies, music industry trade bodies have had to adapt to survive in a rapidly changing business landscape.
Getting your music on a movie or TV show is seen by many as the best way to make it in this business, but the real money might lie in helping others to do so...
Statistics, especially those about the music industry, rarely give you the whole picture, but they can tell you a lot if you know where and how to look...
The rise of electronic dance music in the States has provided a breath of fresh air to the charts — and a much-needed boost to the music industry.
Though the industry may be struggling to support the large studios that once thrived in Manhattan, the need for such creative centres is still very much alive.
Internships are a long-established means of breaking into the recording industry — but where is the line between learning and being exploited?
The rewards for studios that offer film-sound services can be substantial, but do they risk alienating clients who just want to record music?