Henk Hofstede (NITS) and me on public Radio 1 for The Record Man
Last week Henk Hofstede (NITS) and I were being interviewed for Dutch public Radio 1. We talked about the album we created with 30 musicians world wide called The Record Man. Here’s the transcription in English!
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Listen to the album The Record Man!
The Record Man is an album that pays tribute to an American music fan, a story that took a dramatic turn. The album came out today on Spotify and all streaming services.
Audio tips from the Tiny Desk
I love those Tiny Desk concerts. Josh Rogosin, the audio engineer behind Tiny Desk, has a few super useful audio tips to share.
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Tested: Loop earplugs
Recently I heard about Loop earplugs. Are they any good? I tried them out for a test…
Peper (Remastered) on Spotify
I remastered my track Peper and put it on Spotify. Sang in Dutch by me. Lyrics by Erno Mijland.
New tool: RX950 Classic AD/DA Converter
Digital is perfect. Digital is a blank canvas. Uncolored. Which is kinda boring. Modern music needs treatment. Needs saturation and noise. So that’s why I bought this new tool which can fuck up a signal in a nice way: the RX950 Classic AD/DA Converter.
Reissue Maternité on Spotify
Maternité can now be heard on Spotify! This song of my old band MAM was released in 1986 as a single of the album La Grande Parade.
Simple DC offset solutions for Live and Reason users
DC offset can cause clicks, distortion and headroom issues. But there’s an easy trick to solve it.
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My music in a performance video will be screened on video art festivals around the world
My composition ‘Au coin de la rue’ which is used in a 1 minute performance video will be screened on video art festivals around the world.
Cakewalk has died (or maybe not)
A few days ago Gibson announced that it is “ceasing active development and production of Cakewalk branded products.”
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Dutchman Eelco Grimm has examined 4.2 million albums (!) on loudness
Loudness is nowadays standardised so that almost all music sounds equally loud. Thanks to the Dutchman Eelco Grimm.
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Manipulating neutral sound
We can say that nowadays every sound can be a source for making sounds that sound like music.