Production Advice

Time for another round-up of some of the coolest audio and music links that I’ve found recently, taken from the Production Advice Tumblr blog. I also post all of these on Twitter, so if you’re not already following me as @prodAdvice, feel free !

The Best Music Production/Recording/Home Studio Podcasts

Pete Waterman – on Simon Cowell, X-Factor and the music business

I love this – Pete simultaneously says he likes and admires Simon, but also gets some wicked jibes in along the way

The Hang Drum

An incredible instrument, and an incredible performance

Now that’s what I CALL a cover verison – “Thriller” by Imogen Heap (Live)

Free RTAS plugin pack by Blue Cat

Mac & PC compatible, also available as VST, DirectX, AU

A fantastic, immersive audio demonstration of binaural recording techniques

(Outside the UK you may need to use something like Hotspot Shield to be able to view this)

Beck & Charlotte Gainsbourg – Heaven Can Wait

No-one else makes videos remotely like this…!

I’ve mentioned the Production Advice Tumblr blog before, but most of the hits are still coming from links I post on Twitter – which means that lots of you are missing out on all the cool stuff I put there !

So I’ve decided to start posting weekly summaries of the best links, videos and articles from the Tumblr blog, and this is the first. So, without further ado, here are some of the coolest posts from recent weeks:

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Two “how-to” posts in a row ? Ah well… everyone is loving this on Twitter, so I thought I’d post it here. Enjoy !

(From the Production Advice Tumblr blog)

A great site from @sivers, the man behind CD Baby:

MusicThoughts : inspiring quotes for music-makers

It does exactly what it says on the tin. Great stuff, highly recommended.

(From the Production Advice Tumblr blog)

VIDEO: Mike Fraser on recording drums: Recorded at Sphere Studios, from the fantastic RecordProduction site. (Via @siggidori)

(From the Production Advice Tumblr blog)