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January 1st, 2010 | Posted by admin

In the late 1950s a genre of music was born that was to become Memphis Soul Music. Soul is a style of music that combines R&B music with Gospel music. It has been said that Memphis Soul Music is similar to Gospel in almost every way. The only difference between the two would be to replace the word Lord in Gospel to the word Baby and its all Soul from there.
The catchy, new, unique blend of R&B and Gospel quickly spread through the African American communities in Chicago, Philadelphia, Memphis, and Detroit. Memphis Soul music was most heavily influenced by gospel. The unique sound of Memphis Soul music was described as unpolished and raw. Up North, the sound had been more polished and smooth. Memphis was gritty and raspy.
Memphis Soul music gradually spread through Beale Street to Sun Studio, where both Black people and White people worked together to make and record the music. Just south of the Downtown Memphis area is where the deep hearted Memphis Soul music continued, giving the area the name Soulville, USA. It was in these small neighborhoods that Memphis Soul music was born and raised.
In the middle of Memphis Soul music was the label Stax Records. The local Soul talent focused its efforts on the little record company, and soon the label was producing just about every major artist in the local area. Although Stax Records began as a small company, it wasnt long before they were producing artists like Maurice White, Al Green, and Aretha Franklin.
Another studio that catered to the Memphis Soul music was Royal Studio. Royal Studio would become one of the most important studios in Memphis, and it supported artists like Bill Blacks Combo and Ann Peebles, and Al Green. Royal Studio, along with Hi Records added a depth to the number of local artists that went beyond any comparison in other cities in the country. Even today, Royal Studio still records the music of Memphis Soul artists and others.
1957 is considered the year that Memphis Soul music was born. In 2007, the city of Memphis held a celebration in homage to the 50th anniversary of Memphis Soul, hailing Soulville, USA for bringing the genre to the place in music history that can only be from Memphis.

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January 1st, 2010 | Posted by admin

Online music is one of the most popular ways to acquire music these days. It makes sense, since almost every person here has or has heard of the iPod. Downloading music from the internet makes it more convenient to upload the songs directly onto an M3 player. However, not everyone that has an iPod is going to be aware of the fact that they just might be downloading music illegally. Now it is harder to find the music sites that are using these pirated music downloads.

Many people are involved in music sites with a file sharing concept. These music sites are called peer to peer sites, in which people can download music from other people’s music libraries. While this is easier, some people are finding that they are being connected to illegal music, without even knowing it. What makes it harder is that these libraries are almost untraceable; to everyone except for the ones tracking people down.

One note that should be taken is that not all file sharing is illegal. In fact, most music sites are just that; the only difference is that the legal music sites have the permission from the music artists to share their music. Some unsigned music bands use the file-sharing networks to distribute their music hits through free music downloads. In these cases, these music sites are actually helpful. It is when big music artists’ music hits are being downloaded for free, and they are not getting paid for their music hits that create the problem.  Read more...

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January 1st, 2010 | Posted by admin

Music production services are now available to artists through the virtual venue called MyVoice Studios. The company is located on the Internet The website based business provides both an integral service for previously recorded projects, as well as the option to construct custom instrumental or vocal tracks. Real professional musicians are employed by MyVoice Studios for the creation of these custom tracks. Spatial boundaries are torn down by this opportunity to virtually access a myriad of specialists, capable of completing any musical deficits the customer or group may seek to remedy.

Digital creation of musical projects is what precedes marketing and distribution. The process in which the music is created can be broken down into two main steps: Recording and mixing. The latter is what most refer to as producing, the step in which recorded audio is mastered across a variety of digital facets. In the past, artists were limited to seeking production engineers locally or peripherally through recording studios. Now with the availability of Internet production through MyVoice Studios, location is no longer a restriction. The removal of this limitation interrupts the current paradigm for competitive pricing and allows this service to be very affordable, even for amateur patrons.

“The existence of this online production studio will level the playing field,” said Nick Baltazar, member services director for MyVoice Studios. “But not only will it facilitate how music is created, it will address how the industry itself has evolved with innovative and contemporary solutions. ”  Read more...

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