A compressor is a tool that we use to control the dynamic range of our source. With our recorded sound we have RMS & peak. RMS is our continuous level. Peak is our initial transient - the loudest part in our sound wave. We use compressors to attenuate the difference... Continue reading
There's a lot going on at Musicisum HQ, and we've made a video to tell you all about it! Guitar Workouts Guitar Workouts is our next course, coming super soon! We teamed up with our good pal and photographer extraordinaire Max Taylor Grant to put together an intense guitar workout... Continue reading
‘Record stores can’t save your life. But they can give you a better one.’ Nick Hornby Since 2008, Record Store Day has endeavoured to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. With the rise of digital music sales and online retailers, it was a bright initiative to remind... Continue reading
In a fairly uncharacteristic move for the film industry, two movies are set for release just one week apart (in the UK at least) which are both firmly entrenched in a consistently misunderstood and misrepresented music genre; metal. The first, distributed worldwide last Friday on Netflix, is the long-awaited screen... Continue reading
On January 27th 2019, a potential landmark decision in the music streaming services market was made; the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled that royalty rates paid to songwriters in the US from on-demand subscription streaming will rise by 43.8% between the period 2018 – 2022. This means that the overall... Continue reading
My timeline and Twitter feed have been filled primarily with a subject that has caused bitter divisions and public arguments over the putative actions of a musical legend who died almost 10 years ago. I’m referring of course to Michael Jackson who is back in the news after yet more... Continue reading
Photo by Helen Messenger Recently, the highly respected music blog Echoes and Dust published an opinion piece titled ‘ArcTanGent and the accidental death of Math Rock’. There’s no byline on the article itself, but a little digging reveals it to be written by E&D editor Dan Salter. The article... Continue reading
Remfry Dedman began writing for The Independent in February 2012 more as a hobby than as a vocation. As time progressed, PRs began to contact him on a regular basis to work with bands they represented and he warily embraced the nocturnal hours, truncated social life and bleary-eyed appearance that... Continue reading
Victorious music. Victorious sunshine. It can only mean one thing. We're at NAMM 2019! Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many videos where we get back in front of a camera to bring you in on everything that goes down with Musicisum. This year we're going to make it... Continue reading
Subscribing through PayPal has been a long requested feature. You've already been able to buy gift cards via PayPal and redeem them on your own account, but until now, it was not possible to subscribe through your PayPal account. There were multiple technical challenges getting to this point, but now... Continue reading
