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New items added to West LA Music’s clearance sale

By Paul Christensen, on January 15, 2012

Blue Hand Held Mic w/ FREE Mic CableONLY $99 Apogee One Audio Interface for Mac w/ FREE TripodONLY $249 Apogee GiO The complete guitar interface for Apple’s Logic Studio, Main Stage & Garage Band w/ FREE BBE Stompware Plug-in ALL … Continue reading →

EARS Chicago announces October guest panel, “Perspectives On The Music Industry – Past, Present & Future”

By Paul Christensen, on October 23, 2011

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25TH, 2011 @7PM EARS PRESENTS AN INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE: “PERSPECTIVES ON THE MUSIC INDUSTRY – PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE” WITH OUR DISTINGUISHED GUEST PANELISTS, FEATURING… SMART BAR DOORS OPEN AT 7 P.M (7:30PM START TIME) 3730 N. CLARK STREET … Continue reading →

Joe Tarsia receives 1st Annual SPARS Legacy Award at successful Mix@AES reception

By Paul Christensen, on October 22, 2011

Last night, October 21, 2011, Philadelphia native and recording studio impresario Joe Tarsia received the SPARS Legacy Award before a packed house of industry peers at New York’s newest hip event space the Four-o-Four. The Mix@AES was part of the … Continue reading →

SPARS member Ardent Studios Debuts Revived Studio C

By Paul Christensen, on October 5, 2011

Memphis, TN (October 3, 2011)—Ardent Studios has completely remodelled the control room of Studio C and installed a Duality console from Solid State Logic. “It was time to bring Ardent into the 21st Century world of recording, yet keep the … Continue reading →

The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers® Wing presents Music Production Advocacy Event on Capital Hill

By Paul Christensen, on July 29, 2011

GRAMMYs on the Hill® Event Titled “On The Record” Brings GRAMMY®-Winning Producers and Members of Congress Together to Discuss Music Industry Issues SANTA MONICA, Calif. (July 29, 2011) — On Tuesday, July 26, in a first-of-its-kind event, The Recording Academy® … Continue reading →

SPARS President Kirk Imamura announces election results and new Board of Director members

By Paul Christensen, on April 25, 2011

The 32 year old recording association recently held new Board of Director elections for 2011. There was a very active field of 16 candidates running for 9 open seats representing three different membership categories. SPARS President Kirk Imamura had this … Continue reading →

Mix Technical Editor and SPARS Board Member Kevin Becka to host free Webinar on Digital Converters

By Paul Christensen, on February 17, 2011

A Mix Webinar Digital Converters for Today’s Studio Date: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT In a time when more and more projects are created in a multiplatform environment—such as tracking in Pro Tools, mixing in … Continue reading →

SPARS Annual Report from President Eric Johnson

By Kirk Imamura, on August 30, 2010

Greetings SPARS Members and other recording professionals, I am taking a moment to write this letter to bring you up to date on SPARS activities this past year and to make you aware of some of our plans for the … Continue reading →