Audio File Types and Why You Should Care
Audio File Types and Why You Should Care You’ve heard it before. You might not be able to describe exactly what it is that’s different about it, but you know it when you hear it. To some, it’s barely discernible. To some, it’s an affront to our hearing. What is...
Mixing for vibe blog post
Mixing for "Vibe" "Vibe" is a huge buzz word in the mixing world. It's hard to text-book define it, but Thaddeus gives some advice on what we think are the two main ingredients: dynamics and bass. When people talk about the vibe of a track, what I think they're...
Nathan Smith Interview: When Your Niche Finds You | Eugene Music People
Sometimes it is easy to get discouraged in life when we don’t see things laying out the way we were hoping, or had imagined. However, it can also be exciting to see how different doors in our lives get opened, many times through crazy circumstances! This week we...
Matrisha Armitage Interview: Irons in the Fire | Eugene Music People
This time in our quest to interview some local music folks we had the privilege of talking to Matrisha Armitage, who founded MEPAA, Music Education & Performing Artists Association. Due to a love for music and for people, this nonprofit organization was born in...
Sean Brennan: “Ground-Up” instruction | Eugene Music People
Music is such a broad topic and can be a little overwhelming to navigate if you’re thinking of it in terms of a career choice. There are so many jobs pertaining to music, besides just the fun performing side, such as, sound sngineering, teaching, producing, event...
(Some of) The Benefits of Singing Teachers
It doesn’t matter how naturally talented at singing you might be, taking some coaching from a singing teacher will only help you. Singing teachers are vital for serious vocalists for a number of reasons, some of which we have listed and expounded on below for you....
Battle of the bands, Rupert Neve, and YouTube: August Recap
August has been another great month to be recording music at Sprout City. Thank you to all the musicians/VO talent that worked with us this month: Jake Martini, Paleons, Bobby Wentz, Andy Land, August, Jaapur, Iron Streets, Chris Brail, Sojourner, Andrea. We've added...
The Jealous Type
I am the jealous type: How to be competitive as a musician, but not a douche. Sooner or later all of us musicians (or really all people) realize that there are a billion others in the world more talented than we are, and it’s not hard to find them. It’s part of the...
Why people will always love Singer-Songwriters
On every street corner, on every other social media post, and at every coffeeshop, it seems like there’s always somebody with a guitar singing away. Singer-songwriters are everywhere, and it’s shocking to see that people aren’t sick of us yet! From the early...
“You sound JUST like…”
"You sound JUST like..." Local musicians, picture this: Your last chord of your final song is ringing out in the venue and it's sound is being overtaken by the applause from those in attendance. You grin, say goodnight into the mic, and then begin packing up your...