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DPA 4011 Microphone Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
The DPA 4011 cardioid microphone – world-renowned for close-miking applications and for handling an exceptionally large dynamic range - has been in production for 20 years this year.
“When the 4011 was launched in 1988, its use was entirely aimed for the studio,” says DPA’s co-founder Morten Stove. “However it has become just as popular on the live stage, due to its fantastic specifications.”
Over its 20-year history, the DPA 4011 has become the mic of choice among professionals for handling high SPLs while simultaneously delivering a clear, well defined sound. Noted for its flat on-axis frequency response, the 4011 is also extremely linear off-axis, making it ideal as a spot microphone in addition to its close-miking applications. As testimony to the 4011’s instant recognition by the pro audio industry, it immediately won a TEC Award for Technical Excellence and Creativity following its launch in 1989.
Thousands of 4011s are in use internationally, with artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Herbie Hancock, the Rolling Stones, Seal, Monserrat Cabale and the KLF and Nigel Kennedy touring and recording with the mic. The 4011 is used by broadcasters worldwide including the BBC, Danish Broadcasting and the RAI, as well as at world-famous venues and studios such as the Hollywood Bowl, the Sydney, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki opera houses, Abbey Road, Galaxy Studios and Peter Gabriel’s Real World.
http://www.lightsoundjournal.com/viewnews.php?id=20517
Over-the-top, outgoing Matty Mailler keeps customers happy at unconventional convenience store
The chances of entering Matty’s and encountering a disinterested cashier with a frown and a phone pinned to his or her ear are virtually nil.
Instead, you are far more likely to be greeted by a boisterous long-haired man with a gift for gab and a camera in his hand. He’s also the guy responsible for the goofy sign in the window.
This would be Matty — Matty Mailler, one of the wackiest, funniest, friendliest convenience store owners you’re ever likely to come across.
He loves to talk sports (he’s a diehard New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Steelers fan), is constantly adding new playlists to the store’s iPod, which blasts everything from Pearl Jam to Michael Jackson to Leona Lewis, and good-naturedly brags that his variety of Green Mountain coffees is “the best in the state.”
And you all know by now that Mark geragos will represent Chris Brown. There are, of course by no surprise, many articles today who are mentioning Chris Brown. Michael Jackson, Winona Ryder and Kobe Bryan are often mentioned in those articles too...
A Lesson in Music
Branden Price reflects on past artists' influence on today's industry using examples of the greats.
Growing up in the musical era of artists that varied from Michael Jackson and Outkast to Whitney Houston and the Wu-Tang Clan, it is safe to say that I was born into a very interesting time period.
As a child, I had musical backing from artists mainly in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, as with most American children. If you were to ask any student of the music they listened to that is not recent, it would most likely come from that time period. I too love this time period but being a musician myself, I feel there is so much more to music than just the Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Prince and the Jacksons.
The Question I have to you is, do you know that what you are listening to probably came from another artist's work? Do you know where it originated? Well here is your history lesson.
We will start in the 1920s-1940s, when music was the most pure. Pure in a sense that there was more instrumental music, and the dawn of classical blues and jazz. There is not a greater sound than those of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra.
During this time period you had war and even the Great Depression, but that did not stop these musicians from cranking out what seemed like happy songs about life and love. If you need an example of reference: "Ol' Blue Eyes" by Frank Sinatra, "My Way" or "As Time Goes By". If you need more check out "The First Lady of Song" by Ella Fitzgerald featuring Louis Armstrong on "Summertime."
You will find the songs lyrics were more different then and more like a story.My personal favorite part of this musical era is the instrumental sounds, you can not get any more musical than that! Needless to say, this era was pivotal to the development of some of the newer styles of performance and even genres. The 50s-70s, which is very familiar to many of us, happens to be my favorite musical era there are so many changes in style and delivery and the music was definitely the most poetic.
Grammy viewership up 11% from last year
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- About 19.05 million viewers watched the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, compared to 17.18 million last year, according to preliminary figures released Monday by Nielsen Media Research.
The 11-percent increase in viewership for the coverage of the Grammy Awards by Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) was due to a diverse lineup of performers and an aggressive marketing effort, which led to a 23 percent increase among viewers aging 18 to 34, CBS said.
"The Recording Academy put on quite a show -- an unprecedented 24 performances and a range of artists that appealed to teens, young adults and boomers," said Jack Sussman, CBS Entertainment's executive vice president for specials, music and live events. "It was a broadcast with something for every generation."
The achievement countered the trend of declining ratings for awards shows. Viewership for awards telecasts has generally fallen in recent years, because the increasing number of such shows makes each one less unique.
Additionally, like all forms of television programming, they are subject to increased competition from cable television, the Internet, video games and home video for viewers' attention.
Despite the increase, viewership for this year's ceremony was just one-third the record 51.67 million viewers who tuned in when Michael Jackson, at the height of his popularity, won a record eight Grammys in 1984. That telecast came when there were just three major broadcast networks and less competition for viewers from cable television.
Final national figures are scheduled to be released Tuesday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/10/content_10794258.htm
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Michael Jackson History
Michael Jackson History
1979 - The Jacksons performed "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" on "American Bandstand."
1992 - MTV's first global sweepstakes, "My Dinner with Michael" began.
1993 - Michael Jackson granted his first interview in 14 years to Oprah Winfrey. In the interview, Jackson claimed that he has a disorder (vitiligo) that destroys the pigmentation of the skin and that he had had very little plastic surgery.
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