Recording a Great Vocal Track

Building an effective vocal track is essential to any recording whether it is a writing demo, a demo intended to showcase an artist, or a finished master. Re-reading the last sentence I realize I’ve stated the painfully obvious, but the truth is that the painfully obvious can become the painfully impossible to accomplish when putting Continue reading →

Anyone Can Be a Rock Star

My mom makes an insane apple strudel. She is the Eddie Van Halen of apple strudel. I can state with authority that, in the world of apple strudel baking, she stands alone at the crest of Mount Olympus. Over the years she has often been asked to share her recipe and she has answered that Continue reading →

Sellaband…Two Years

Sellaband will be celebrating its second birthday in August with Sellabration ’08, a concert at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam featuring some of the top artists on the label. One of the more influential “Believers” has posted a forum thread asking the Sellaband community to answer the question, “What was and what will be?” With Continue reading →

Sellaband and the 80/20 Rule

There are two things about traveling to Europe which stress me out above all. First, because I normally am limited to flying coach class, I experience bouts of anxiety up to the moment I am safely seated in either a bulkhead or emergency aisle seat. Occupying a frame of six feet, seven inches, my big Continue reading →

Sellaband's Natalia Safran

What a great day I had today! Sadly, it was my last day in Salzburg. The Mozarteum workshop was fantastic and the ConFused5 cd release party was a most memorable night. So What destroyed the dressing room, drank all the beer and played their young asses off, Gisel de Marco proved beyond any shadow of Continue reading →

The Mozarteum, Getting in the Back Door

It was the summer of 1968. My parents, having seen “The Sound of Music,” had saved for the better part of a year in order to alleviate their homesickness and make the journey back to Salzburg to visit my grandparents for the summer. It was a summer of milestones for all of us. My father Continue reading →

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