The global downturn in the music industry may finally be over Exciting news! A major investment bank has declared the music industry is back on track, at least in Sweden and Norway. But, the gist is that these countries are leading the way for the future of the music industry, and that’s not a crazy […]
Video: Setting Up Templates In Pro Tools To Speed Up Your New Sessions
Starting new sessions in Pro Tools can be slow and tedious, especially if you suddenly have a big idea you want to lay down or a client waiting to start a new recording. If you’ve checked out our two previous videos (Using Shortcuts to Set Up New Tracks and Using Shortcuts to Set Up Aux […]
Video: Sends, Aux Tracks and Busses – The Shortcut Keys To Speed Up Your Routing
Setting up your busses using aux sends and returns is a very necessary but tedious process. Going track by track and selecting your busses through those long menus is enough to drive anyone crazy. In this short 4 minute video, we’ll take you through the various shortcut key commands to help you set up your busses quickly […]
Get To Know Audio Engineer/Instructor Dennis Ritchie
Audio Engineer/Instructor Dennis Ritchie has been a producing, engineering and playing music for over 30 years. He’s recorded numerous multi-platinum, Grammy and Emmy winning artists in Nashville and L.A including Johnny Cash, Vince Gill, Eric Church, Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris and newer acts such as I Am Sparticus and Earl & The Agitators. Dennis also […]
Video: Using Shortcut Keys To Create Tracks In Pro Tools
Have you ever been working in a session and you’re in a groove, when suddenly you have to stop and take time to create multiple tracks? Or, maybe you’re working on a new song idea and need to set up a new session with multiple tracks quickly. In this short 3 minute video, we’ll take […]
4 Music Business Articles You Should Read – Mar 18 2016
What’s Next for Music Streaming? Music streaming increased 100% from 2014 to 2015 and show no signs of stopping. The conversation continues to dominate the music business. Dave Van Dyke makes some well-informed predictions on the future of streaming, including Pandora’s big moves outside of streaming, increased revenues overall (that will hopefully be passed on […]
Vocal Mixing Basics – Understanding The Big 3
As the band Talking Heads famously put in their album notes, “Singing is a trick to get people to listen to music for longer than they would ordinarily.” Whether you agree with that statement or not, you’ll probably agree that the vocal does play a huge part in a song. In fact, it might be what […]
Graduate Reeve Powers Just Finished A European Tour
As you know, we love to tell you about the successes of our graduates. Often, we’ll tell you about a Dark Horse recording school graduate getting hired at a studio or company in the industry or at live sound companies. This time we’re happy to tell you about Reeve Powers, who is following his dreams […]
DHI Students To Help Run Upcoming Nashville Music Festival
Students will gain valuable hands-on experience by helping run the Music City Irish Fest on March 12
4 Music Business Articles You Should Read – Feb 12, 2016
Some big news in the music business the past two weeks. As usual, an article or two that involves streaming, plus an article about teen preferences and a fun one about the most popular Valentine’s Day songs on YouTube. Here we go… RIAA Changes Album Award Methodology For Gold & Platinum Program Some major news […]