Production Advice

I’m so excited I can hardly sit still.

Why ?

Because on Saturday 6th November, in less than a week’s time I’ll be at Snape Maltings in Aldeburgh, attending a music-focused TEDx conference with talks and performances by Imogen Heap, Thomas Dolby, Tim Exile, William Orbit, Martyn Ware and others, on some of my favourite musical subjects:

• The creative process
• Music software
• Hardware tools
• Techniques
• Music in the community
• The future of the music business itself.

And a ticket for the entire day costs only £20 !

By the way, just in case you haven’t come across TED Talks already, check out the video above first – it does a great job of explaining the concept, as well as being essential viewing in it’s own right.

But wait – TEDx ? What does the “x” stand for ? A TEDx conference is the same thing as the main TED conferences, but smaller, local and independently organised. If you think that means it’s in any way a poor relation though, you couldn’t be more wrong – just look at that line-up !

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Janis Ian : The Internet Debacle: From 2002 – Janis Ian absolutely nails the Music Industry’s problems and it’s blinkered outlook – well before iTunes became a key player.

(From the Production Advice Tumblr blog)