Keeping Everclear Sounding Clear; M3 Captures The Touring Dead

Today's Top Story - 08.28.15 Keeping Everclear Sounding Clear The 2015 edition of The Summerland Tour—Everclear's annual package jaunt—has proven a success, clicking with critics and audiences alike. Making the rounds with with fellow Nineties alt rock stalwarts Toadies, Fuel and American Hi-Fi in tow, the tour also carried returning engineers and gear in many cases, too. Read More » Today's News M3 Captures The Touring Dead » Ears Behind 85 Million Albums Adopt PMC » Review: Metric Halo Production Plug-in Suite » Netia Unveils AirPlayList 2.0 » Today's Featured Blog Building A Beer Bottle Edison Cylinder by Clive Young It used to be that music was heard on vinyl, tape or CDs, but in the download era, it doesn't have any physical form. Perhaps that's why many artists have started exploring alternative physical mediums for music—and why, at the PSN blog, we just can't get enough of them. We've covered playable records made out of chocolate, ice and wood, as well as folks who record on 1930s Presto direct-to-disk recorders, and even quiet Suzanne Vega belting into an Edison wax cylinder recorder for an AES presentation. Lest you think these brave souls have taken alternative formats to the max, have no fear—there's plenty of quixotic strangeness still out there. The latest weird recording feat finds great minds in New Zealand turning a beer bottle into an Edison cylinder. If you like booze, music and pointless exercises in engineering brilliance, you'll love this in-depth video. Read More » Quote of the Week "I just wanted to make a studio that I would want to record in," he says. "A lot of studios—I don't want to be insulting but—they're s---holes. There's an idea that underground is cool, and I'm sympathetic to that. But I wanted to make something a little more classic."—Chris Benham of Big Orange Sheep Studios, Brooklyn, NY. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!

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