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New York’s Avatar Studios — au revoir, but not goodbye.
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New York’s Avatar Studios — au revoir, but not goodbye.
Originally named One On One Recording, the studio became very famous from the 1970s to the 1990s, with Studio A in particular gaining a reputation for delivering one of the best drum sounds around LA...
Success in the library music world is partly about who you know — so get out there and get to know people!
As media composers, we should be able to turn our hands to anything... shouldn’t we?
If the LP finally dies, what will become of the studio?
As a large multi-room facility, Larrabee Studios remains in demand both by artists and industry professionals, to the point where they are not only holding their ground but are actually expanding.
When people are paying peanuts, they’ll treat you like a monkey.
How can you ensure that your library music hits the spot? What better way to find out than to ask the people who buy it!
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” — Corinthians 13:13
Mothballed for over three decades and reopened two years ago, Valentine is a time capsule of awe-inspiring completeness, providing us with a clear window into a great era of record-making.
Successful library music writers are efficient, productive and reliable as well as musical — all skills you can develop too.
The competitors you need to worry about are the ones you haven’t heard of. Yet...
Digital storage has been revolutionary — but the consequences of mishandling it can be severe.
This remarkable French studio lay dormant for over a decade before being reborn...
We saw last month that library music can provide composers with a good income. This month, we explain how that income is generated.
We’d all love to work with the LSO at Abbey Road. But if we don’t have the budget, are we betraying British musicians by looking overseas?
Automation is a double-edged sword...
Possibly the oldest independent studio in the world, Vox was built in 1936, and its layout served as the template for the celebrated Gold Star Studios.
Pretentious hairy people have influenced the world of art in more ways than you might expect.
What’s in a name? A lot — if you play your cards right.