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| | Today's Review | iZ RADAR studio Recording System featuring Workstation Mode
By Russ Long
The new iZ RADAR studio offers an entirely new approach to the acclaimed RADAR recording system. The device, which looks like a regular RADAR with touch screen and transport controls on the front, can be booted into RADAR mode offering the classic RADAR operation that so many people know and love. Alternatively, it can be booted into Workstation mode, allowing it to natively run the user's DAW of choice (Sorry Logic users—RADAR studio runs Windows OS.) Harrison's Mixbus DAW comes pre-installed and, for an additional $10, iZ will install Avid's Pro Tools 11 (with more DAW installation options available in the future, offers iZ). While Mixbus is actually a license, Pro Tools is only an installation; it requires an iLok. RADAR Studio runs Pro Tools at near HD specs, but it is not running HD so it doesn't require an HD license. More » |
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| | Today's Blog | The Care And Feeding of Songwriters: Why "Art for Art's Sake" Could Have An Unfortunate Future
By Strother Bullins
In a recent Decibel Geek podcast, superstar pop songwriter Desmond Child (whose songs are on well over 300 million albums sold) shared some stats that echo sentiments bouncing around our industry as of late: Sustainable income as a professional songwriter is disturbingly endangered.
"Jon, Richie and I get six million streams on Pandora every quarter, as an average, of 'Livin' On A Prayer,' just the one song," offers Child of his co-creation with Bon Jovi. "So just imagine all the other streams we're getting. Yeah, but we got a big check for $110 [for the song last quarter] to split amongst the three of us and our publishers. Yeah. The streaming thing is a beat and we have to switch that...the record companies get 96 percent of the money and we get 4 percent because they got in there and made deals and bought into these companies. Frankly, we got dicked—all the songwriters. We've got to turn that around." More »
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