Sea Organ

Colossal posted up an article and video about a sea organ installation in Croatia constructed back in 2005. It sounds kinda cool. Check it out at: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/11/the-sea-organ-makes-perpetual-music-with-ocean-waves/?mc_cid=2f7907f1d8&mc_eid=b70530c66d

Online Music Loudness

Ian Shepherd from Production Advice UK has put together a nifty infographic showing the current state of loudness for online music platforms. For the big 3 of Apple Music, YouTube and Spotify, it shows how mastering any louder than -11LKFS is a waste  of time and dynamics. Check it out at: http://productionadvice.co.uk/online-loudness/?awt_l=LnRBg&awt_m=3j4kGiVYo8WrcYV  

Bang-On Retro Drums

AudioTechnology magazine has a feature in their latest issue which covers recording and mixing of retro drum kit styles covering the 50’s through to 70’s. It’s a pretty cool resource: http://www.audiotechnology.com.au/wp/index.php/how-to-bang-on-retro-drums/    

Steve Albini: the internet has solved music’s problem

I found it interesting that Steve Albini was the keynote speaker at the Face the Music Conference in Melbourne late last year. Albini is best known for engineering a tonne of “records” for bands including The Pixies, Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, but also for his own bands Big Black, Rapeman and Shellac. Many years ago … Read more Steve Albini: the internet has solved music’s problem

Iannix

I came across an interesting open-source “sequencer for digital art” called Iannix. It is quite versatile for creative use, but is essentially a way of interfacing digital drawing or art with sound synthesis. Check it out at: http://www.iannix.org/