http://sonicweekly.com/articles Sonic Weekly publishes music articles for the music community - join the Sonic Lounge Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:30:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Sonic Weekly’s Songwriters Series. Over the course of the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing in-depth interviews with some of today’s most intriguing... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MgQpKXC-KKI47DcSV6NTdLFkELo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MgQpKXC-KKI47DcSV6NTdLFkELo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MgQpKXC-KKI47DcSV6NTdLFkELo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MgQpKXC-KKI47DcSV6NTdLFkELo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/-kv_O6KxOao" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/-kv_O6KxOao/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/interviews/songwriting-series-the-airborne-toxic-event%e2%80%99s-mikel-jollet/2011/12/06/ Emcee, lyricist, poet, philosopher, Mystic discusses the proper care and feeding of a song, an audience, and of the songwriter’s soul. “I think it’s a... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6o2R5tlK8q_I_7rVJPMqq2mMt2U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6o2R5tlK8q_I_7rVJPMqq2mMt2U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6o2R5tlK8q_I_7rVJPMqq2mMt2U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6o2R5tlK8q_I_7rVJPMqq2mMt2U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/JW7r3gfnRgY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/JW7r3gfnRgY/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/interviews/songwriter-series-mystic-shares-her-beautiful-resistance/2011/10/25/ My last article “Ribbon Mics for the Rest of Us” mentioned specific mics’ usefulness as the “Side” mic in a “Mid/Side” stereo recording setup. 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We live in a digitized-networkized-iPodized-viralized-voyeurized society where media is idolized and... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/inQkAW1WTTt-1QpAFu7EqZUj9SQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/inQkAW1WTTt-1QpAFu7EqZUj9SQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/inQkAW1WTTt-1QpAFu7EqZUj9SQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/inQkAW1WTTt-1QpAFu7EqZUj9SQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/B5Fi-iDtJwk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/B5Fi-iDtJwk/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/hot-topic/rise-of-the-visual-performer/2011/06/28/ Dim the Lights, Crank the Bass, Prepare for Total Immersion Tony Ustel, an up-and-coming Canadian DJ who performs under the name King Cobra, remembers the... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RqQZk7WFNYhTpSh0LqiTNjZIaDA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RqQZk7WFNYhTpSh0LqiTNjZIaDA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RqQZk7WFNYhTpSh0LqiTNjZIaDA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RqQZk7WFNYhTpSh0LqiTNjZIaDA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/N-CnisEBVHs" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/N-CnisEBVHs/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/dj-lab/the-future-of-vjing/2011/06/21/ The Elements of Guitar Tone Most tech articles address the ins and outs of equipment. 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