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One little known way to get some great software at a reduced pricing is through group buys. This works like volume purchasing, only for the masses. While major

"Web-based audio curriculums are exploding: Berkleemusic.com, which is largely recognized as the pioneer of online audio education, leads the market with the world's largest catalog, offering more than 100 accredited courses and 30 certificate programs to more than 25,000 students in 90 countries."

"In week 5 of my course the assignment is to create an entire piece of music from a single sample, usually a sung vocal phrase. This is a major challenge and the percussion elements are usually the toughest parts(hence my earlier kick from a vocal phrase post). One section of Sampler that isn’t cov...

An interview with composer/remixer/producer Erik Hawkins.

In this edition of the Berklee Valencia newsletter, you can learn how to apply for one of seven full scholarships available for Latin American composers and songwriters to attend Berklee College of Music (2010-2013). You can read about alumni Polo Orti '92 and Antonio Sanchez '97 reuniting with Gary...

The Audio Engineering Society held it’s annual convention in New York City the weekend of October 9. The event has a number of components from work group meetings that discuss proposals for various audio standards, to technical papers and workshops, as well as the mother of all professional audio tr...

Berkleemusic student band The Fast Romantics (from Calgary) played Berklee's 2009 CMJ Music Marathon Showcase at the Bowery Poetry Club on 10/24/09. Read more at: http://www.berklee-blogs.com/category/berklee-on-tour/cmj/

"In this post, I thought I’d talk a bit about whether I thought that recommendation was sound and when it should be followed. I’ll go through two examples of tight voicings in the low register, one that works well and one that doesn’t."

"I’ve been working with Shamal, Gary, Ian, Adam and others at Topspin for the past 8 months or so creating a course dedicated to outlining the best practices that folks should be aware of in terms of online DTF (and traditional) marketing, and how Topspin’s software can be used to help facilitate th...

Flat-rate licensing, if you didn’t know (I didn’t), is the current buzzword in the industry to describe the myriad of efforts to offer the consumer access to music in a way that is easier, more comprehensive, and less expensive — so much so that it often feels “free” to the customer. Rather than the...

Tom Friedman, author and foreign-affairs columnist for the New York Times, doesn’t write much about music. But his piece “The New Untouchables” is a column well worth reading for those looking for a way forward in the music business. It may sound obvious, but the truth is that many of the fundamenta...