PSN ENews: Historic Muscle Shoals Studio Saved; Meyer Backs Montreal Jazz Fest

Today's Top Story - 06.28.13 Historic Muscle Shoals Studio Saved » Sheffield, AL (June 28, 2013)—The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation has acquired the 3614 Jackson Highway building, which housed the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio from 1969 to 1979. During that period, the facility recorded The Rolling Stones; Paul Simon; The Staple Singers; Bob Seger; Bob Dylan; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Wilson Pickett; Rod Stewart and many others. Now the Foundation plans to restore the studio and make it a center of regional music tourism. More » Today's News Meyer Backs Montreal Jazz Fest » One Systems Polishes Club Sapphire » Studer Chases Mic Levels » Deluxe Meters with TC » Today's Featured Blog Epic Frequency Turns Sound into Art by Kelleigh Welch When looking at the visual display of their home-produced podcasts in 2008, Nashville residents Bill Seaver and Nathan Moore realized waveforms could easily be transformed into wall art by simply copying their visuals into a design program and playing with the colors. After a few years of conversations about their idea, followed by the trial and error of creating a marketable product, Seaver and Moore launched their company, Epic Frequency, in October 2012. More » Quote of the Week "Goma [a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo] was under assault from a rebel militia attempting to overthrow the government. We couldn't go anywhere without a Yole!Africa escort, and security was always at the back of our minds while we were attempting to focus on making music. It was our first international lab, so we were still getting our bearings as far as implementing the curriculum in a community where we did not speak the native language." --Pierce Freelon, Beat Making Lab. »

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