On a recent “Late Show with David Letterman,” longtime-band member bassist Will Lee is crooning the 1960’s classic “MacArthur Park” while laying down a punchy rhythm on his Sadowsky four-string Will Lee model bass.
Surrounded on three sides by the CBS Orchestra, with special guest Jimmy Webb, composer of the Read more...
A handful of documentaries released since the turn of the new century, from 2002’s Standing In the Shadows of Motown to 2013’s Muscle Shoals, have helped us put names and faces to the backing musicians that brought some of our favorite recordings to life.
It can be surprising to learn Read more...
Call it an inner convergence. The latest music supervision service providers are bringing together more tools to help brands and content creators.
A new NYC-based example is Able Baker. The firm is co-founded by two Executive Producers of Music/Music Supervisors, Peter Gannon and Jessica Dierauer, whose combined experience is expansive Read more...
Behind the gear in your studio is an unseen force: the distributor.
It’s not manpower that you think about very often because, well, you’re not supposed to. Like the guitar or drum tech who keeps a live show running smoothly while lurking in the shadows, distributors make the facility happen Read more...
At some point all musicians must ask themselves: Is this a job or a hobby? Even those able to make it to that mountaintop of gainful employment in music may find that they aren’t living out a fantasy so much as running a successful business, one with full-time responsibilities and Read more...
