Malmo, Sweden (January 31, 2008) - For the past few months thousands of musicians from all over the world have been entering their songs into mi7.com’s contest to win a coveted recording session at one of the most prestigious studios in the world: the UK’s famous Real World Studios. Over that time these acts have been voted on by members of the MI7 Community themselves, with tens of thousands of votes being registered on the site. Now that the final Top Ten have been chosen by the users themselves, it’s time for the professional judges to decide the overall winner.
The international jury is made up of five editors of the top music business magazines around: Studio Magazine (Sweden), Musik-Kultur Magazine (Norway), EQ Magazine (US), and Gitarist Magazine and Slagwerkkrant (Netherlands). The jury is rounded out by two of the leading lights of MI7: Per Larsen and Rodney Orpheus, themselves both well-known figures in the music industry. Over the coming weeks this jury will be listening to songs from all the finalists and will be sending the overall winner to Real World Studios for the recording chance of a lifetime!
www.mi7.com is the most vibrant community for musicians worldwide. Headquartered in Malmo, Sweden, it has thousands of members from dozens of different countries, and provides a space for musicians to come together and share their music and experiences freely with each other on a daily basis.
About MI7
MI7 is a pan-European and Japanese partnership company staffed by professionals with many years of experience in all areas of the media industry. Representing a new concept in the distribution of media and music production products, MI7 brings competence, passion and results to both its customers and the industry. Plus, a bit of spice! Working in close cooperation with a selected range of manufacturers, MI7 has an extensive customer base that includes both media professionals and enthusiasts. In addition to offering distribution and customer service, MI7 also provides answers and solutions that make it easier for the customer to focus on what is really important, namely the creative flow.
Hollywood Sound Designers Join Music Producers to Offer Free Sounds on Soundsnap.com
Contributors Include Paul Virostek & Ric Viers
Athens, Greece (January 29, 2008)- Soundsnap.com, a free online sound library and community, is now offering new sounds from notable film sound designers including Paul Virostek (Million Dollar Baby, Ali, Batman Begins) and Ric Viers (sfx libraries for Apple, Adobe, Sound Ideas, Hollywood Edge).
“Soundsnap is a great resource for finding that missing link in your sound library at 3 A.M.” says Ric Viers, President of Blastwave FX, whose credits include over 100 sound libraries.
Like a “YouTube for sounds”, Soundsnap.com is a community-powered Web 2.0 site which aims to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. Soundsnap currently features more than 35,000 original (and legal) sounds and loops that can be downloaded for free to be used in any kind of film, video, music production or website.
The website has attracted a unique community of professional and amateur music producers, sound designers and musicians that constantly upload new material and share it with the world. Mike Dred, experimental techno DJ and producer on Rephlex Records, says “Soundsnap.com is revolutionizing the sample library industry with license-free audio made by the community for the community.”
“The support we‘ve received from leading industry sound designers and music producers has been amazing,” says Tasos Frantzolas, Soundsnap’s founder. “Our goal is to become the largest and highest-quality sound library on the Web. With contributors like Mike Dred, Paul Virostek, Ric Viers and the others, we may achieve this dream sooner than expected!”
Soundsnap‘s clean interface, wide selection of high-quality sounds and fresh social networking capabilities have attracted over 200,000 visitors a month and the numbers are steadily increasing.
Frantzolas adds “Soundsnap has gotten the attention of industry leaders such as Digidesign, Focusrite, Ableton, Native Instruments, Reason’s Propellerheads and GCPro, Guitar Center’s division for professionals, who have come on board as promotional partners. We hope their customers and the larger audio community will grow to rely on Soundsnap as a key creative tool for their production work.’
For more information, please visit: www.soundsnap.com
ANAHEIM, CA, January 24, 2008 — The RapcoHorizon Company, a leading manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, introduced its new LTIBLOX mono interface at Winter NAMM 2008. more
ST. PAUL, MN, January 14, 2008 - McNally Smith College of Music is expanding its repertoire with the introduction of its new Bachelor of Science in Music (Music Producer) degree, offering students an all-encompassing education on each facet of the music industry. It recently received national accreditation from the National Association of Schools and Music. Slated for availability in the fall 2008 semester, the Bachelor of Science in Music (Music Producer) degree is designed to offer a universal education within one major that focuses on all areas critical to the music industry. more
Anaheim, CA, January 21, 2008 - Elixir® Strings, pioneer of long-life strings, proudly introduced Elixir™ Cables at Winter NAMM 2008, representing the celebrated manufacturer‘s first fretted instrument accessory outside of guitar strings. more
Germany-based Analog Audio GmbH will distribute full line of Lauten Audio microphones
Santa Clara, CA, January 14, 2008 - Lauten Audio, a high-end microphone maker, has announced a new distribution agreement with Germany-based Analog Audio GmbH. Under the terms of the agreement, Analog Audio GmbH will serve as the sole distributor in Germany for the Santa Clara, California-based company‘s entire microphone line, including their highly successful Horizon tube microphone and three new models. The entire microphone line will be on display at the 2008 Winter NAMM show in booth #6983.
“Being introduced to Lauten Audio at the AES 2007 show in New York we immediately saw the potential in the Horizon tube microphone and the three new models,” says Peter Brigel, Sales Director for Analog Audio. “Lauten Audio microphones not only fit perfectly into our portfolio of high-end professional audio products, they also have great potential to fill a gap in the mid-price market.”
Lauten Audio‘s first commercially available product, the Horizon tube microphone, is a hand crafted boutique quality microphone that has proven to be a must-have for many recordists. Lauten Audio‘s new microphones include the FC-357, the ST-221, and the LT-381. The FC-357 is a solid-state multi-pattern large diaphragm condenser microphone, designed for recordists looking for very clean and natural sound reproduction. The ST-221 is a small diaphragm tube microphone that will be packaged in pairs. The ST-221 combines the characteristics of the small diaphragm and the tube, making it an ideal choice for recording instruments. Finally, the highly anticipated LT-381 features a newly designed large dual-diaphragm capsule, new-old-stock military grade pentode input and triode output circuit, and variable omni, cardioid and figure-8 polar patterns. The LT-381 is designed to be a high-performance vocal microphone that produces incredibly full and detailed recordings.
“We are very excited that Analog Audio GmbH is distributing for Lauten Audio in Germany,” says Brian Loudenslager, founder of Lauten Audio. “They are a very well established and highly respected distributor of high-end professional audio products. We firmly believe that the extremely talented team at Analog Audio GmbH will give Lauten Audio the representation and commitment we desire.”
About Lauten Audio:
Lauten Audio is a high-end microphone manufacturer formed by professionals with diverse backgrounds ranging from microphone design, physics, recording engineering, electrical engineering, international business, and manufacturing. The company‘s philosophy is to build better sounding microphones through unique designs, careful component selection, efficient manufacturing processes, and extensive listening tests.
Lauten Audio is located in Santa Clara, CA. For more information on Lauten Audio‘s products and organization please visit www.lautenaudio.com
About Analog Audio GmbH:
Analog Audio has been in the Pro Audio Business for more than 20 years, working with a wide range of customers from private and public broadcast, film and video audio business, and all major Pro-MI dealers in Germany and Austria. The company’s focus is to distribute high-quality professional audio products for the recording industry, location recording, ENG-EFP and high-end Hifi.
Analog Audio GmbH is located in Gröbenzell, Germany. Visit Analog Audio GmbH at www.analogonline.de
Record a single at a famous New York studio and get entered to win a label deal with Decca Label Group, home to Marc Cohn, Boyz II Men & Paula Cole, among others.
Instruments available at the studio include: Steinway Concert Grand piano, percussion (including drums), bass (electric and upright), guitar and vox. Musicians are responsible for any other instruments necessary for their recording. Please prepare an acoustic arrangement of your song.
