Hurley

By far, Shannon Hurley dominated this show. It happens sometimes, when one of us is stricken by an artist. This time it was Brent1. Next time it might be me. Maybe. I love Shannon’s sound though. It’s smooth, melodic and her vocal intros–especially those at the beginning of Garden Path–are timed perfectly. Really, it’s amazing.

Podcasts

This week we’ll also be adding podcasts (found at the bottom of each show listing). They will be a 256K MP3 file and is twice the size as the version you can listen to directly off the site. Is the quality better? Well, yes and no. It’s all about how MP3 files work.

The first is crunching through my computer right now and I’ll be crunching out the rest over the next week. I’ll upload today’s tomorrow. Many thanks go out to Extruder for his patience. [Update: ALL podcasts are now linked. iTunes comes later.]

The Tip

Finally we give our audio tip on mixing/mastering: Normalizing. We talk about what it is, how it’s absence will allow your competition to crush you and the simple tricks to look for.

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1. Don’t December
   • Shannon Hurley
2. Sound of Goodbye
   • Tracy Gibbons
3. Mulholland Drive
   • Ashley Powers
4. All That I Want
   • Yohany
5. Cry Tomorrow
   • Vision
6. Paradise
   • The Pigs Oink!
7. Inner Struggle
   • Underrated X
8. Turn To Grey
   • Kategory K
9. Garden Path
   • Shannon Hurley
10. Green Leaves
    • Rearview Mirror
11. Dream
    • Astrella Celeste
12. All I Want
    • Ashley Powers
13. Genome
    • Sugarnuts

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