Increased demand pushes the supply chain Since 2012, when Nielsen reported that 4.6 million vinyl LPs were sold, vinyl sales have nearly doubled. Nielsen projects 2014 sales over eight million vinyl units. These stats likely undercount indie vinyl releases, or 7” or 10” discs (the smaller projects that many Airshow clients favor). Infographic courtesy of […]
Audiobooks and the Independent Author Part III: Estimating production time and expense
Airshow engineers Anna Frick and Jon Gold joined me to pool our thoughts on how a self-publishing author can affordably release their ideal audiobook. In Part I and Part II, we covered pre-production, recording, and post-production. In Part III, we explore a real-world production and manufacturing budget for an audiobook narrated by the author. Download […]
Audiobooks and the Independent Author Part II: Recording and post-production
Airshow engineers Jon Gold and Anna Frick joined me to explore how we can deploy Airshow’s resources to support independent authors in audiobook production. In Part I, we raised a series of questions an author will want to address in pre-production. In this post, we share recording tips a narrator will find useful, and describe […]
Audiobooks and the Independent Author Part I: Planning your audiobook and its production
Airshow engineers Jon Gold and Anna Frick and I pooled our thoughts on how independent authors could take advantage of pro technical resources and create their ideal audiobook on a real-world budget. In this post, we cover pre-production decisions authors face in creating their audiobook. In the next post, we share tips about recording an […]
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 […]
The Creative Economy in Denver and Colorado: Government Support for Music Makers
REPORTING FROM THE DENVER MUSIC SUMMIT, PART II In November, the well-attended Denver Music Summit featured practical information for working musicians about big data, sources of income, and the arc of a career. In addition, attendees were able to view our industry through the lens of economic planners. There are many types of musical talents […]
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 […]
NARAS Visits CO
SF Chapter team shines spotlight on Front Range music scene with two events 10/28, 10/29 Those “for your consideration” emails are starting to fill the in-boxes, so we know it’s GRAMMY season. The first round of balloting began in October. Those wondering about the multi-step voting process that leads to the awards shows will find […]