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RG Ingersoll's Hotrax Recording Tips - Common Audio Formats

 

Common Audio Formats

MP3 is the best format for compressed recorded music. The term MP3 has become synonymous with digital music.

If your website is about recorded music, MP3 is the choice.

Format	File	Description
MIDI	.mid .midi	MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). Main format for all electronic music devices like synthesizers and PC sound cards. MIDI files do not contain sound, but digital notes that can be played by electronics. Plays well on all computers and music hardware, but not in web browsers.
RealAudio	.rm .ram	RealAudio. Developed by Real Media to allow streaming of audio with low bandwidths. Does not play in web browsers.
WMA	.wma	WMA (Windows Media Audio). Developed by Microsoft. Plays well on Windows computers, but not in web browsers.
AAC	.aac	AAC (Advanced Audio Coding). Developed by Apple as the default format for iTunes. Plays well on Apple computers, but not in web browsers.
WAV	.wav	WAV. Developed by IBM and Microsoft. Plays well on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems. Supported by HTML.
Ogg	.ogg	Ogg. Developed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Supported by HTML.
MP3	.mp3	MP3 files are actually the sound part of MPEG files. MP3 is the most popular format for music players. Combines good compression (small files) with high quality. Supported by all browsers.
MP4	.mp4	MP4 is a video format, but can also be used for audio. Supported by all browsers.

RG Ingersoll's Hotrax Music Business Leads

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BMI hires Goldman Sachs to ‘explore strategic opportunities’. Could it end up selling? - Music Business Worldwide The news that BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) has “hired outside advisors to help us explore strategic opportunities” was revealed within an internal note sent to employees by CEO Mike O’Neill on Friday (March 4) last week, and now obtained by MBW. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Women's Audio Mission - Ben McKee, bassist from Grammy winning band Imagine Dragons, to Board of Directors!

 

It's time to Spring Forward and WAM is on it! In this newsletter: Tickets are on sale for WAMCon Nashville (virtual) A very scientific new podcast in the studio  Imagine Dragons' bassist joins WAM's board WAM is hiring! What We're Listening to: Music from Ukraine Read on for more! WAMCon Nashville: Tickets on Sale Now!  WAMCon Nashville (virtual) April 29+30 WAM’s interactive recording conference series for women and gender-diverse individuals is back! Get ready for a virtual jam-packed event on April 29 & 30, 2022 highlighting Nashville producers, songwriters, engineers, and artists: Laura Veltz, Grammy and CMA nominated songwriter (Maren Morris, Eli Young Band, Dan + Shay) Piper Payne, Mastering engineer (Third Eye Blind, LeAnn Rimes, The Go-Go’s), Trustee of the Recording Academy Raelynn Janicke, Mastering engineer + Studio Manager at Infrasonic Mastering Gena Johnson, Academy of Country Music audio engineer of the year nominee (Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Lady Gaga) Melissa Mattey, Mix & recording engineer (Cam, Van Hunt) and synthesist & composer (Everyone Moves Away) Leslie Richter, Recording engineer/producer (Sheryl Crow, Wynonna Judd, Ben Folds) Kazuri Arai, Producer/Engineer/Keyboardist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alicia Keys, Jack White) More speakers to be announced! EVENT RECORDING: This event will be recorded and available to re-watch for ticketed participants only for up to 1 week after the event. MEMBER DISCOUNT: Become a WAM Member for discounted tickets, plus a full list of annual member benefits, and belonging in a global network of women and gender-diverse professionals in sound! Register Here Studio Time: Lost Women of Science Sometimes a studio client just *gets* you. The WAM studio team is so inspired to work with Katie Hafner, former New York Times writer, and her team to record Season II of the podcast Lost Women of Science. The podcast is part of a larger organization initiative with a mission that speaks to us:  inspire girls and young women -- especially those from communities chronically underrepresented in the STEM professions -- to embark on careers in STEM.  Season two will be released soon! Follow them on social media and be among the first to hear when the new season drops. And catch up on season one while you wait!  Imagine Dragons bassist, Ben McKee, joins WAM's board! WAM is honored to welcome Ben McKee, bassist from Grammy winning band Imagine Dragons, to our Board of Directors! Ben shared, "I was inspired to join WAM after witnessing the lack of diversity that is pervasive throughout the recording industry and the power that a motivated group of people coming together can have to create positive change."  Ben has a challenging touring schedule, but said he is  "thrilled to be a part of an organization fighting to change a global industry" he works in, from a home base in the community where he lives. Please help us welcome Ben! When he's not in a WAM Board meeting, you can find him on: Tour Twitter and  Instagram WAM is hiring! WAM is hiring! We're looking for a Marketing Manager who enjoys a fast-paced job supporting women and gender-diverse artists and who understands what it takes to connect with WAM's 50,000+ community members! Could this be you or someone you know? Read the job description here and pass it on!  WAM Staff Picks: Musicians of Ukraine All week long on WAM's social media we are highlighting women and gender-diverse artists from Ukraine. Today is day four and we're featuring Poly Chain. Poly Chain is a project of Sasha Zakrevska – a composer, curator, DJ, designer and radio host from Kyiv, Ukraine. Check out Poly Chain on Soundcloud: https://wam.rocks/3HGgdTU   Thank you for continuing to help WAM change the face of sound! - WAM Team Donate to WAM Our mailing address is: 542-544 Natoma St. #C-1 San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 558-9200 info@womensaudiomission.org

They've invented the solution to the music industry's 'black box'. And it's free.

 

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Max Martin, ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they've invented the solution to the music industry's 'black box'. And it's free. Each year, royalties worth an estimated $655 million (£500m) globally are not paid to the correct rightsholders due to bad data. To address the issue of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of royalties landing in the industry's so-called 'black box', rather than in the bank accounts of rightsholders, ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus launched the 'Credits Due' campaign in 2021 to get creators paid for their work. BMG became one of the first international music companies to commit to the initiative, and the likes of SoundCloud, Hipgnosis and Kobalt Music Publishing are also listed amongst the campaign's supporters. Now, with Credits Due having caught the attention of the music business, Ulvaeus is going one step further to fix music's missing data problem. The superstar artist has teamed up with his fellow Swedish producer/songwriters Max Martin and Niclas Molinder to develop technology that aims to directly combat inadequate creator data collection. The trio's new data tool is called Session Studio. It's already secured over £1 million ($1.3m) in funding from two notable investors – Spotify and YouTube – while its other supporters include ProTools-maker Avid, Universal Music Group, and DDEX. Niclas Molinder tells MBW that incorrect metadata is a big problem for the modern music business, for both music's creators and its investors. "The vast amount of new songs released on a daily basis, many with very little metadata and missing linked identifiers causes enormous problems for the music industry," he says. Molinder adds: "These problems are the reason why so much royalty money each year is unidentified and not paid out to the people who created the music." Session is an evolution of Auddly, which was launched by Max Martin, Niclas Molinder and Björn Ulvaeus a few years back to "fill the gap in the music industry’s data and money flow". With Session and its free Session Studio app, Martin, Molinder and Ulvaeus are aiming to take this idea global, enabling music-makers to capture accurate song data at the point of creation. Cleverly, Session Studio is actually embedded within Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) to capture authoritative song information and data as soon as creators get to work. The platform enables songwriters/producers to assign credit to multiple creators in the studio via its unique 'Creator Credits' system – and to set the splits of royalties each of these creators will receive in future. Explains Molinder: "Every creator that has a Session profile, can ensure all the information is captured. When it’s time to release a track, Session can send releases downstream in the music ecosystem to labels, publishers and societies in the necessary format with all the correct information attached."  In a joint statement, Molinder, Martin, and Ulvaeus say: "By using innovative technology and working with industry partners, we’re creating a trusted reference point, open to everyone who needs to register, credit and pay the right people. "This saves time, effort and money for all those involved – from song idea to release and beyond – making music work better for everyone. "We do it for the love of the music and passion for those who make it. That’s why Session Studio is free of charge for creators and always will be, we will never charge for the collection and management of credits and metadata. " Here, Molinder tells MBW why Session was founded, how it is tackling the issue of so-called 'black box' revenues in the music business, and how it hopes "to transform the industry’s ability to create and reward creators". READ THE FULL INTERVIEW ON MBW