Archive for December, 2011

Saturday, December 31st, 2011

Gear of the Year: Tech

This year’s best gear round-up from Music Radar celebrates gear diversity; whether you’re sitting in a studio, standing on stage or commuting to work, great tools have been released to help you create music. READ MORE  

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Friday, December 30th, 2011

Top 20 Audio Products of 2011

Year one of the new decade offered up a slammin’ set of new audio products sure to make any audio-head squeal with joy. Check out my picks for the best products of 2011 based on their uniqueness, great feature sets and overall quality. READ MORE

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Friday, December 23rd, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Burlesque

The film Burlesque took away two Grammy nominations for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Song Written for Visual Media. No less than seven CRAS grads worked on the project in the capacity of Mix Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Pro Tools/Digital Engineer and Percussion Engineer. Click on their names to view a full list [...]

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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber is up for a Grammy this year for Best Song Written For Visual Media. CRAS grad Chris Kraus worked on three records with the Biebs including Never Say Never, My World 2.0 and My World. He’s also worked on MIMS Guilt, Akon Freedom, Pastor Troy Stay Tru, Bobby V Fly On The Wall [...]

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Brandon Heath

CRAS grad Erik Jahner worked with gospel artist Brandon Heath who was nominated for the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance Grammy. Erik has worked with India.Airie Testimony: Vol. 1, Live & Relationship, Cyminology Bemun, Chris Tomlin And If Our God Is For Us, Jesse McCartney Right Where You Want Me and more.

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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Blake Shelton

Blake Shelton was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance and CRAS grad Aaron Kasdorf helped make the record. Aaron has worked on records for Bon Jovi Tour Box Miley Cyrus Can’t Be Tamed, Carrie Underwood Play On, Kenny Chesney Lucky Old Sun, Reba McEntire Reba Duets and more.

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Monday, December 19th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Paul Epworth

CRAS grads Sara Killion, AJ Clark and Jeremy Miller worked with Paul Epworth who is nominated for the Producer of the Year. Epworth is an award-winning British music producer, musician, and songwriter who’s production credits include Adele, Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Plan B, Friendly Fires, Foster The People, Bloc Party, Primal Scream, [...]

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Friday, December 16th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Mandisa

Mandisa’s What If We Were Real is up for the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album Grammy and CRAS grad Taylor Stevens worked on the record as Assistant Engineer. Taylor has worked as a programmer, sequencer, keyboardist and assistant engineer for Blake Shelton Red River Blue, Jonny Diaz Jonny Diaz, New Song One True God, Rachel [...]

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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Katy Perry

Katy Perry is up for Best Pop Solo Performance and Record of the Year Grammys and CRAS grads Andrew Wuepper and Justin Roberts worked on the record. Andrew has engineered for Jennifer Lopez Love?, Mary J. Blige My Life II, Justin Bieber My World 2.0, Kelly Rowland Here I Am, Christina Aguilera Bionic and more. [...]

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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

CRAS Grammy Watch: Kanye West

Kanye West earned four Grammy nominations this year for Best Rap Album, Best RapSong, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Song of the Year. CRAS grad Christian Mochizuki worked with Kanye on his Grammy nominated album and has also assisted and engineered for Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Jay-Z.

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