Being in the know in music can be exhausting when you consider there are thousands, nay, millions of websites out there devoted to our most primitive and enduring of artforms–music. Since the days were were sitting in caves and banging on drums, music has been the artform of humanity’s collective soul. For any working musician […]
Alysse LeFevre recalls how her love affair with music began when she was just 12 years old. “My parents signed me up for piano when I was 12,” she says, “I really didn’t want to do it but I ended up liking it a lot, and I found that a lot of the people I […]
A self-described “middle-class white Jewish kid in San Francisco,” Issac Wolfe seemed perhaps an unlikely guy to be drawn to rap music. “I always connected a lot with it,” he says. “I listened to these stories of kids, you know, talking about gang violence and growing up and struggling, and I felt far more emotionally […]
On Halloween weekend 2016 Voodoo Festival is taking over City Park in New Orleans. Featuring guests like The Weeknd, G-Easy, Cage The Elephant, Die Antwoord, Saint Motel, Mutemath, The Chainsmokers, Band of Horses, Arcade Fire, Lookas, 4B, and Reignwolf, the festival is sure to be unforgettable. Sponsored by Bud Light, Citi, Pepsi, Smirnoff, Samsung, Toyota, […]
It’s that time of year! Halloween is right around the corner. So… light few candles, break out the popcorn, and find some really scary movies and settle in for a freakishly fun night! Check out some of our favorite delighfully scary and spooky films that’ll get you into the Halloween spirit! Horror of Dracula Christopher […]
Imagine what it would be like to study audio engineering in a world-class studio under someone who had worked with some of your favorite bands. This is exactly what happened with Learn From Legends scholarship winner Travis Ball when he found himself apprenticing in Nashville, TN with Grammy-winning audio engineer Ryan Hewitt. “Back in middle […]
Working as a music producer or audio engineer presents many challenges. You have to be able to juggle multiple tasks at once including: discerning the artists’ creative vision, executing work flawlessly, and giving the client what they want while leaving them with the most positive impression possible. When approaching studio work with a client their […]
Networking in creative communities is essential for any newbie or aspiring artist. If you’re trying to get into the movie industry it’s of utmost importance. It’s absolutely what you should be doing at any given opportunity. You should be attending screenings, networking mixers, and festivals. You should be talking to people. You should be making […]
Screenplays are strange beasts. They’re one part blue print, one part novel, and one part play. Thanks to this fact, knowing how to read a screenplay can be quite confusing for people who are trying it for the first time. Screenplays or scripts as they’re also called, tend to vacillate wildly from large blocks of […]
“I hated school,” says Recording Connection graduate Paul Raymond. “I hated the fact that my teacher had to teach 20 kids because I didn’t learn anything. I already knew what they were learning, so I wasn’t learning anything new.” So when Paul decided to pursue a music industry career, he was admittedly reluctant about the […]
