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Les Paul
Les Paul 1916-, American guitarist and inventor, b. Waukesha, Wis., as Lester William Polfus. He began playing country music at 14, later switched to jazz, and started his own trio in 1936. Considered one of the finest jazz guitarists, he is famous for his amazing versatility. Dissatisfied with the... Read more
Waterford
Waterford town (1990 pop. 17,930), New London co., SE Conn., on Long Island Sound; settled c.1653, inc. as a separate town from New London , 1801. Mainly residential, it has a recording and film studio, a major retail center, and light industry; commercial and sport fishing are also of economic im... Read more
electronic music
electronic music or electro-acoustic music, term for compositions that utilize the capacities of electronic media for creating and altering sounds. Initially, a distinction must be made between the technological development of electronic instruments and the music conceived to utilize the i... Read more
Mathew B. Brady
Mathew B. Brady c.1823-96, American pioneer photographer, b. Warren co., N.Y. Brady learned the daguerreotype process from S. F. B. Morse and in 1844 opened his own photographic studio in New York City, which brought him widespread fame. He published Gallery of Illustrious Americans in 1850 and f... Read more
Rudolf von Laban
Rudolf von Laban , 1879-1958, Slovakian dancer, choreographer, and dance theorist. After studying in Paris and performing in N Africa, Germany, and Austria, he founded (1910) a dance school in Munich; Mary Wigman was one of his early students. He founded schools bearing his name all over Europe du... Read more
Sir Richard Westmacott
Sir Richard Westmacott , 1775-1856, English sculptor. He worked in the studio of his father, also a sculptor, and in Italy under Canova. His work includes statues in the neoclassical manner, the monuments of Pitt and Fox in Westminster Abbey, and the pediment sculptures of the British Museum. He was... Read more
The Actors Studio
The Actors Studio organization founded 1947 in New York City by the directors Cheryl Crawford, Elia Kazan , and Robert Lewis to train professional actors. Long directed (1948-82) by Lee Strasberg and famous for its advocacy of the Stanislavsky "method" technique, the workshop has trained m... Read more
Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw 1910-2004, American clarinetist and bandleader, b. New York City as Arthur Jacob Arshawsky. He began playing professionally as a teenager, becoming a studio musician in New York after 1929. In 1935 he formed his first band, an unusual grouping that included clarinet, string quartet, and ... Read more
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg 1947-, American film director, b. Cincinnati, Ohio. Spielberg began his career as a television director, admired for his understanding portrayal of human character. His film Jaws (1975) was the first to earn more than $100 million, a record he surpassed first with E.T. (1983) a... Read more
Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg , 1901-82, American theatrical director, teacher, and actor, b. Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Budaniv, Ukraine) as Israel Strassberg. Strasberg immigrated to New York City in 1909. He was a cofounder in 1931 of the Group Theatre . There until 1937, he initiated traini... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Recording studio"

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...Act ( Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Sony Corp...contributory infringer of the studios' copyrights because...know that home video recording was an infringement...held that home video recording was a fair use of the...videotaping infringed on the studios' copyrights ( Universal...
Nashville: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Nashville most famous. The local recording industry and its offshoots have...companies, promotional firms, recording studios, trade publications, and performance...There are approximately 200 recording studios in Nashville, and most...
Ethnomusicology
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...United States. In the 1890s aural recordings, first on cylinder records and then...x201C; in the field ” or in recording studios such as at the Library of Congress. Early recordings supplemented written transcriptions...
Fairuz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...live audience. Until then she had been restricted to the recording studios. She sang in a musical review ("Ayam el Hissad," or...of more than 800 songs, three feature films, and 400 LP recordings during a period of three decades. She was invited to appear...
SIC 7389 Business Services, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...miscellaneous auctioneering services, on a flat fee or commission basis. NAICS Code(s) 512240 (Sound Recording Studios) 512290 (Other Sound Recording Industries) 541199 (Other Legal Services) 812990 (All Other Personal Services) 541370 (Surveying...
Whitney Houston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...eventually became a business mogul, setting up production and recording studios as she continued to deliver pop music performances. Though...Baptist Church. Four years later she was singing backups on recordings for such major stars as Chaka Khan and Lou Rawls. "I sound...
electronic music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...more different recordings to be played back...guitar in 1946 and recording music in the 1950s...eight-track recording studio of his own design...1950s various studios that specialized...West German Radio Studio in Cologne, associated...in multitrack recording, years ...
Elvis Sightings
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...happened across the Sun City recording studio, where he paid four dollars...The rapidly developing recording and television industries...rockers often outsold the recordings of the living. In 1983...singles, according to the Recording Industry Association of America...
Marley, Bob
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...vocalists. Their earliest ska recordings mingled a Jamaican proto...recorded two songs at Dodd's studio in 1963, "I'm Still Waiting...the backing of a group of studio musicians that Dodd had brought...live in a back room at the recording studio, Dodd gave Marley several...
John, Elton
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...lose his magic touch. While recording Too Low for Zero in 1983, John...Renate Blauel, a German-born, recording-studio worker. They were married on...2000 the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences honored John...

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Music Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...networks, retail outlets, and recording operations from China to Latin...continued to increase their ties. Recording artists demanded compensation...gained access to the airwaves and recording studios. The shift opened the door for...
Pert, Morris
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...experimental mus. group ‘Suntreader’. Worked for 18 years as session musician in major London recording studios and made arrs. for Classic Rock series by LSO. Works comp. since 1971 incl. 2 ballets; incid. mus.; 4 syms...
Garbage
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...When three anonymous Midwestern studio musicians found a flame-haired...drummer Butch Vig opened the recording studio Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in...several months at Smart Studios recording and perfecting their self...
Rimes, Leann
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...troubles had a delaying effect on her recording career, she resolved these disputes...performing career. Setting up a recording studio in the family's small, two...plane crash had prevented her from recording it. The next year, Mack arranged...
Gil, Gilberto
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Louvacao" (1965). First recording under his own name in 1966, Gil...year Gil signed an international recording deal with Warner/Elektra/Asylum...His absence from the stage and recording studio might displease devotees, but...
Bon Jovi
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...at New York's legendary Power Station recording studio. After hours he began recording his own songs and soon had amassed a collection...exhausted from years of constant touring and recording, the band members went their separate ways...
Sweat, Keith
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...submitting self-financed demo recordings to various record labels...these demos and offered him a recording contract in 1987. Late that...continued to release quality recordings during the late 1990s and...own management agency and recording studio. One of the few 1980s R...
Burnett, T Bone
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...biggest names to enjoy tremendous recording success. Burnett is a much respected...college but quit to run his own recording studio in Fort Worth. He also performed...the cultlike followers of his recording career, Burnett remained largely...
Zawinul, Joe
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Friedrich Gulda, with whom he made his recording debut playing four-hand in 1953...Wurlitzer electric piano he found in a recording studio hall on his biggest Adderley band...and chordal tracks in his home studio for Dialects (1986). The sound...
Collective Soul
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...returned to Stockbridge, where he worked at a local recording studio and formed a band that performed for many years without...structural details. Collective Soul returned to the recording studio and quickly produced their eponymous second album...

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RECORDING STUDIOS STAY IN TUNE WITH THE TIMES.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/2/2000; 700+ words ; ...at home on digital recording equipment that has...there are recording studios.'' At the same time...said Jeff Ronner, studio manager and part owner...in 1999. Many local recording studios get employees through...employees started at the studio as interns from Saint Rose. ...
Albany, N.Y., Recording Studio Offers Mixed Media Advertising.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 1/4/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...at home on digital recording equipment that has...there are recording studios." At the same time...said Jeff Ronner, studio manager and part owner...in 1999. Many local recording studios get employees through...employees started at the studio as interns from Saint Rose. Though ...
Choosing a recording studio
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...reason why professional recording studios exist -- to make high-quality recordings. If you have decided...shopping around for a recording studio. In most cases, it...done successful demo recordings for other bands that...
Commercial recording studios disappearing
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 5/22/2003; 700+ words ; ...from," said Fantasy studio manager Nina Bombardier...years, the commercial recording studio has become an endangered...technology that makes studios and their expensive...semiprofessional musicians recording their own songs...idea," she said. Studio advantages Studios still ...
Recording studios [A comprehensive listing, by province, of all the recording studios]
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 3/1/2001; 700+ words ; ...province, of all the recording studios and recording...mnpicker@agt.net studio-lessons.com...Me-O Music Recording Studio 606 1st Ave...Night Deposit Studios 139 18th Ave...ca Powersound Studios 11610 105 Ave...5380 Premier Recordings 1123 Falconer...Rocky ...
Recording studios
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 3/1/2000; 700+ words ; ...380-3684 The Banff Centre Recording Studios Music and Sound Department...Fax (403) 250-2698 studio@eksound.com http...403) 854-2125 Milestone Studio 4732 Ross St. Red Deer...milestonemusic.com Night Deposit Studios Inc. 139 18th Ave. N...night-deposit.com Premier Recordings 1123 ...
Trio 'got with it' and opened their dream recording studio.
Newspaper article from: Post-Star (Glen Falls, NY); 3/8/2006; 700+ words ; ...moving busily over the recording equipment in front...the speakers into the studio. Six other people...of the few recording studios in the area, and to...rest worked in the studio, friends and family...into the hall. The studio, which is open from...T-shirts. Also, recordings ...
a SOUND investment.(designing a home recording studio)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...cost of renting studio time, engineers...found myself with a studio," he says. Although...or "project" studios has become a lot...artists to commercial recording studios for their demos and recordings. Now some record...small-scale] studios, they can save...own in-house ...
The Canadian recording studio guide
Magazine article from: Canadian Musician; 3/1/1998; 700+ words ; ...mnpicker@agt.net Airwaves Recording Studios Ltd. 1505-17...wave.com The Banff Centre Recording Studios Music and Sound...2125 The Night Deposit Studios Inc. 139 18th Ave. N...403) 277-8020 Premier Recordings 1123 Falconer Rd. Edmonton...403) 469-2115 Shoults Recording 104 ...
New Orleans' recording industry loses momentum as smaller studios carry workload
Newspaper article from: New Orleans CityBusiness; 4/20/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...and early 1990s, but local studio owners said the city is unlikely to regain its status as a recording destination. Piety Street Studios co-owners Mark Bingham...the decline in professional studio recording locally and nationwide...and big indie (independent studios) controlling 95 ...