Two weeks ago I participated in a Lobby Day of Action on Capitol Hill for H.R. 1733, the “Fair Play Fair Pay Act.” The day started off with a press conference featuring passionate speeches by noteworthy musicians T Bone Burnett, Rosanne Cash, and Duke Fakir of the Four Tops. Others present- country songwriter Rodney […]
Engineer’s Corner: Spotlight on David Glasser
Airshow HQ recently sat down with founder and chief engineer David Glasser to discuss 40+ years in the business. How did you get into the business? I’ve been a lifelong music fan (and mediocre guitar player.) I spent most of my college time at the campus radio station WBRS at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. This […]
Paramount Records Press Updated
David Glasser and Anna Frick worked to restore and master a unique catalog of music — The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, Volumes One and Two. Each volume holds 800 tracks. Volume One, covering the years 1917- 1927, was released in fall 2013 to great critical acclaim, and we collected some of the […]
Airshow Announces Client Grammy Nominations
Boulder, CO and Takoma Park, MD – 2014 is shaping up as a big Grammy year for Airshow engineers. Three out of five nominations for “Best Bluegrass Album” were mastered at Airshow, and two other projects mastered or recorded at Airshow have been nominated for Grammy awards this year. This year’s nominees include: “Ritual” (Mysterium […]
Metadata 101 for Musicians: What the Experts Said at FMC ’14
Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the 14th annual Future of Music Coalition’s Policy Summit, a two-day meeting of musicians, producers, label executives, lawyers, and music technology developers held at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. While I was aware of the Coalition’s work (and an avid fan of their website, which is […]
Want to Get Paid? Track Your Tracks with ISRCs
Everyone wants to get paid for their music, and with most releases widely available and streaming from all corners of the web, ISRC codes are the key to making sure you get your money. The ISRC, or International Standard Recording Code, is an electronic tag that tells a story about the track to which it is […]
Update: Denver and Colorado’s Creative Economy
In January, we delved into some of the stats on the creative economy in Colorado and Denver in this post, and we looked at the two main government agencies that advance the arts in Denver and Colorado in part two of the series. Here’s some news from both: Colorado Creative Industries Showcases Colorado Artists at […]
What Gets Measured, Gets Managed: the Creative Economy in Denver and Colorado
REPORTING FROM THE DENVER MUSIC SUMMIT, PART I In November, the City of Denver’s Create Denver initiative hosted the Denver Music Summit, a two-day symposium with the goal of assisting music makers in their business lives, through education and networking. Presentations covered the arc of a long music career, the many ways that music makers […]