Spotify Launches in the U.S.
Spotify, the streaming music service that’s been hugely popular in Europe, has finally launched stateside, today. Spotify's U.S. HQ are in NYC... in the Google building. Free access is right now by...
View ArticleZoom Announces First Mid-Side Portable Recorder – H2n
Zoom is responsible for many gadgets out there in the audio world today. Some of their most popular products range from portable recorders like the H4n, H2, and Q3 to guitar pedals including the G2Nu...
View ArticleEvent Alert: “Music as a Natural Resource” Master Class Series Debuts July...
An NYC-based non profit focused on alternative uses of music in learning, trauma relief and healthcare, Music as a Natural Resource (MNR) has announced a bi-monthly series of fund raising events. Join...
View ArticleUeberschall Releases New Elastik Soundbank: Funk & Soul
Funk & Soul, the new Elastik Inspire Series from loop sample masters Ueberschall, is here to breath some funk into ya. They got the funk. The price is 149 Euros. Ueberschall is distributed in the...
View ArticleYessian’s Weston Fonger Collaborating with Bill Plympton on “The Flying...
Sound Designer Weston Fonger of NYC music house Yessian is collaborating with the well-known animator and former cartoonist, Bill Plympton to help resurrect and restore Winsor McCay’s classic animated...
View ArticleGig Alert: Alyson Greenfield’s “Rock Out With Your Glockenspiel Out” Release...
Straight from roc-elle records, get ready for the release party for Alyson Greenfield’s new EP, Rock Out With Your Glockenspiel Out. The show is happening Monday July 18th , at the Mercury Lounge....
View ArticleCAD Audio Announces Three New 10th Anniversary GXL Series Mics, MH110 Headphones
CAD Audio is introducing its new 10th Anniversary GXL Black Pearl Mics and Studio Packs at Summer NAMM 2011 (taking place July 21-23). The new mics, the GXL1200BP, GXL2200BP and GXL3000BP commemorate...
View Article“Insert Scene” by Erin Barra: Creating a Vocal Chain in Ableton Live
SonicScoop readers, say HI to Erin Barra and the first edition of her series, “Insert Scene”. Geared towards those who seek a higher sonic standard without a high price tag, Erin’s blogs cater towards...
View ArticlePLUSHnyc Mixes Cannes Bronze Lion-Winning Spots for BBH and Jafbox Sound
PLUSHnyc senior engineer Rob Fielack performed the audio post mix on two award-winning spots at the recent Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Plush had its hands on award-winning work...
View ArticleFsynthz Releases VSTi – Puncho Groove
Fsynthz is an online soft-synth designer that produces a wide variety of instruments including their categories: General Purpose, Live Creatures and Special Items. Their newest addition to the pack –...
View ArticleHFA to Administer Publishing for Spotify U.S. Launch
NYC-based The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) has entered into a publishing licensing, administration and management agreement with the digital music service Spotify. The Harry Fox Agency will spot...
View ArticleLou Reed/Metallica, Theo Croker, Suddyn, Sadao Watanabe Projects Appear at...
Mixing and tracking rocked on unabated at Avatar Studios this past month. Projects in the Hell’s Kitchen sonic landmark included: Suddyn looked into a lockout at Avatar. Strings were recorded in Studio...
View ArticleDean Ween Fishes for the Answer to Inner Peace – Every Chance He Gets
NEW HOPE, PA: On Ween’s MySpace site, among the other amazing ditties there, you will find a deep song of longing called “Ocean Man”. This is not just another Ween rock abstraction. No, this is the...
View Article“Modern Guitar Rigs” by Scott Kahn (NJ) Published on Hal Leonard Books
Hal Leonard Books has published Modern Guitar Rigs: The Tone Fanatic’s Guide to Integrating Amps and Effects ($24.99) by Wyckof, NJ-based Scott Kahn. "Modern Guitar Rigs" can lead guitarists to the...
View ArticleCliffhanger on the LES: Documenting “The Miguel Algarin Story”
Time is of the essence in this unfolding documentary on the founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The post Cliffhanger on the LES: Documenting “The Miguel Algarin Story” appeared first on SonicScoop.
View ArticleLegal Lead: Legitmix Allows Remixers to Get Creative
This Williamsburg company is using technology and the law to make remixing work for fans and artists. The post Legal Lead: Legitmix Allows Remixers to Get Creative appeared first on SonicScoop.
View ArticleWalter Bianco Mixes New Alicia Keys Documentary at Cutting Room
Walter Bianco of the NYC facility Cutting Room recently mixed the new Alicia Keys documentary, Alicia Keys songs in A minor – Documentary, marking the 10th Anniversary edition of her debut album, songs...
View ArticleHyperbolic Audio Mixes “Casting By” Doc – HBO Picks Up US TV Rights
NYC audio post facility Hyperbolic Audio performed the mix for an intriguing new documentary, Casting By, from director Tom Donahue. Following a successful premiere at the Toronto International Film...
View ArticleNYC Premiere of ‘The Sea in Between’ Doc from Mason Jar Music, Thurs. Dec. 6th
One of NYC’s most innovative music companies, the Brooklyn collective known as Mason Jar Music, have a very special evening planned on Thursday, December 6th, 9:00 PM at the 92Y Tribeca. That night,...
View ArticleCliffhanger on the LES: Documenting “The Miguel Algarin Story”
EAST VILLAGE, NEW YORK: In New York City’s deep downtown music, there has never been any shortage of stories to tell: CBGB, the Fillmore East, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls, Blondie,...
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