The Q It Up panel takes on this Q: What are radio stations doing to keep up with the ever growing demands that exist to be in a million places at once? Who is shooting Facebook Live videos in your station? Do you have Web and Graphic Design designated people operating under your roof now, or are you still outsourcing? How are you handling Social Media in-house? What's your system at the moment, and how do you anticipate it growing?
1. Prepare before you meet with your client: a) Gather background info – Google for insights into the lives of their customers, industry trends, specific local challenges. b) Visit & “secret shop” their store or website. c) Talk to customers, staff. d) Analyze the competition – web site, ads.
Please join us in congratulating the winners, runners-up and finalists of the 28th Radio And Production Awards! Check out the audio on the R.A.P. Soundstage!
I started to get the odd ‘not-so-fresh’ feeling from time to time. I started to panic a bit. Is this all there is? Do I already know everything there is to know about doing production? French painter/sculptor Henri Matisse once said, “I would like to recapture that freshness which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.” The freshness was missing! Clearly, I’ve already reached the pinnacle of my profession! How do I get the freshness back?
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” This “ancient proverb” was actually the brainchild of, not surprisingly, a print guy by the name of Fred Barnard, writing about streetcar advertising in 1927. He’s actually quoted as saying he called it a “Chinese proverb, so people would take it seriously.” So much for truth in advertising…
Part 2 of the 16th Radio And Production Awards "Best of the Rest", featuring Promos from Ross McIntyre, 100.3 The Q, Victoria, BC; Rob Vavrek, Standard Radio, Edmonton, AB; Ian Dark, GWR-FM, Bristol, UK; Ned Spindle, Q-101, Chicago, IL; Jason Skaggs, Cumulus Media, Atlanta, GA; Rob Frazier, KLSX-FM, Los Angeles, CA; Steve Lushbaugh, WMMR, Philadelphia, PA and more!
Production demo from interview subject, J.J. Foxx at Clear Channel Creative Services Group, Atlanta, GA; plus more imaging, commercials and promos from Steve Franzman, Zimmer Radio, Joplin, MO; Brian Wilson, ABC Radio Networks/Jack FM, Dallas, TX; Brad Lane, KSTP-AM, Minneapolis, MN; Bill Tynan, WCBS-AM, New York, NY; Rich Conway, WCCC/WBOQ, Hartford, CT and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Chris Nicoll at ZM Radio, Auckland, New Zealand; plus more imaging, promos and commercials from Steve Pigott, Pure Tonic Media, London, UK; Steve Cook, Dickey Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA; Terry "Tunes" Miller, KSCB-FM, Liberal, KS; Rich Boerner, KLSX, Los Angeles, CA; CJ Goodearl, Clear Channel, Orlando, FL and more!
Production demo from interview subject, Steve Stone at Zimmer Radio Group, Joplin, MO; plus imaging, commercials and promos from Dave Foxx, Z100, New York, NY; Dave Cockram, Rogers Radio, Vancouver, BC; Daryl, Tinpot Productions, Dublin, Ireland; Andy Stone, 2CRFM, Bournemouth, UK; Toli Matulas, Omega Productions, Greece; Joel Moss, WEBN-FM, Cincinnati, OH and more!
Antares Technologies announces Auto-Tune Pro is now available. This new, most advanced version of the industry-standard pitch-correction software, can be purchased at antarestech.com and at authorized dealers worldwide.
PreSonus is shipping its new HD9 headphones, which feature a closed-back acoustic design that provides superior listening isolation and reduces headphone bleed, so you hear nothing but music. The HD9’s 45 mm dynamic, neodymium drivers and high power handling (900 mW per channel into 40Ω) deliver loud, clear, clean audio, minimizing listening fatigue. Its tailored frequency response extends all the way from 10 Hz to 26 kHz (±3 dB), with accurate bass response, enabling precise mixes.
The loop-based Digital Audio Workstation ACID Pro is back with its first major update in ten years. MAGIX Software has completely overhauled the software that revolutionised loop-based music making 20 years ago and has added many new professional features, dozens of new instruments and effects and an all-powerful 64-bit architecture. Yet with a brand new, sleek and modern interface and its innovative loop-based compositional environment, the software retains the easy workflow that it is famous for. ACID Pro has been revitalised for today's creative artist and producer but it is as easy to use today, as it was 20 years ago.
Host application and audio effects developer Audified is proud to announce availability of RecAll — revolutionising risk-free “Record it all” live event capture as an easily set up and easy to use multichannel MacOS application (developed in Cocoa, directly accessing Core Audio).
The AES has always been at the center of the audio recording community, bringing the top engineers together to share techniques and promote new ideas. Next month’s AES Milan Convention will offer the year’s most comprehensive program of Recording and Production workshops, tutorials and demonstrations, along with chances to get your ears on the latest gear from top industry brands. Taking place 23-26 May at the NH Hotel Milano Congress Centre in Milan, Italy, AES Milan will present an immersive look at many topics of note in the recording and production industry.
Recording technology trailblazer Eventide is proud to announce that its popular Blackhole reverb plug-in is now NKS-ready — reconfigured to support Native Instruments’ Native Kontrol Standard extended plug-in format for use with MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboards and software.
By Jerry Vigil
This month’s RAP Interview takes a long overdue trip across the pond to visit with one of the UK’s hot new independent producer’s. Hamish McLean’s start in the business was a little off the beaten path of college ...
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