Monthly Archives: November 2012

How Do You Stack Up? Compare Music Industry Salaries with New Berklee Study

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on November 30, 2012

Are your earnings lagging, ahead of your colleagues, or right on target? Now you can find out with Berklee College of Music’s newly released Music Careers in Dollars and Cents, a comprehensive directory of salary ranges for U.S. music positions including performance, business, audio technology, education, and music therapy. Music Careers in Dollars and Cents [...] Continue reading →

Event Choice: Sylvia Massy Studio Workshop Dec. 8th – San Francisco

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on November 24, 2012

Wherever you live, there’s a very good reason to be in San Francisco in early December. Tickets are on sale now for a workshop with producer/engineer Sylvia Massy (Tool, Sevendust, System of a Down, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) on Saturday, December 8th at SoMa’s Studio Trilogy. Massy will be recording San Francisco indie rock [...] Continue reading →

Studio Suite X Launches – Major Update for Studio Management Software

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on November 9, 2012

They say it’s for studios, but we can see this being quite handy for solo producers, engineers, mixers and mastering engineers as well. We’re talking here about Studio Suite X, which represents a big update to AlterMedia’s studio management software. The suite is available now – contact AlterMedia directly for pricing. Here’s the full information [...] Continue reading →

SPARS honors Chris Stone as recipient of the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award

Syndicated from SPARS PatchBay, on November 7, 2012

On Saturday, October 27, 2012, during the AES / SPARS Joint Student Section party, the SPARS Board of Directors bestowed its highest honor, the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award, on one of the recording industry’s most revered and respected luminaries, Chris S… Continue reading →

SPARS mentoring programs receive enthusiastic reception at recent AES Convention

By Paul Christensen, on November 6, 2012

SPARS produced several expanded Ask SPARS mentoring sessions at the recent 133rd AES Convention held in San Francisco, October 26-29, 2012. SPARS produced small group sessions in room 132 and for the first time, conducted one-on-one mentoring in the SPARS Mentoring … Continue reading →

SoundToys Provides Storm Relief on Mon., 11/5 – 100% of Sales to Support NY/NJ Sandy Victims

Syndicated from SonicScoop - Creative, Technical & Business Connections For NYC’s Music & Sound Community » SPARS Feed, on November 4, 2012

How can YOU help after Hurricane Sandy? Plugin developer SoundToys has figured out a way: SoundToys announced the following today: “On Monday November 5th 2012, SoundToys will donate one hundred percent of its online sales to help the storm victims of New York and New Jersey. As former residents of New Jersey, and with a [...] Continue reading →