Open the Terminal (HD>Applications>Utilities>Terminal) Navigate to the location the files are or where you would like them downloaded. Command: cd Desktop Open an FTP connection. Command: ftp domainname.net Provide your user name (case sensitive) and password (case sensitive and won't see it when you type it). Set the connection to binary transfer Command: binary Send or receive files. Send command: put filename.ext Receive command: get filename.ext Log out of your session.

Nick Landis will be speaking on the Loudness Wars and dynamics in music to Audio Production students at Austin Community College on Thursday March 22nd.  The lecture will cover topics relating to dynamics in music, thier effects, how it relates to the future of the music industry and what is being done to stop the "loudness wars."

In part I of this article I left out one exclusive right under Copyright law. . . on purpose of course.  It is Digital Audio Transmission.

Basically referring to the new online & Satellite transmission of recordings, specifically, STREAMING (streaming audio, subscription-based entities).  Examples: Pandora Radio, Sirius/XM, Spotify, etc. . .

Before I continue, I wanted to mention briefly that I was just recently asked by a reader of this article of when should a writer expect to be paid his/her royalties.  The music publishing industry works on a quarterly basis when it comes to getting paid.  So for all royalties generated by the use of the song, the music publishers will receive royalty payments every quarter.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  Wednesday, December 14 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the The Gibson Showroom, join us in celebrating the season and successes of the year!  Come network with other music pros and toast to GRAMMY nominees and Latin GRAMMY nominees and winners.  Also, meet this year’s Board of Governor Candidates up for election for the coming term.

Please join us on November 16 for the “After The Recording” seminar at the AMF Creative Media Center.  Are you working on a new recording?  Have it ready to go and not sure what to do now?  This seminar will be full of information on what’s next – CD mastering, duplication, artwork, distribution and more!  Our guest speakers will give you the information you need, and will be glad to answer the many questions you might have.

Often a source of confusion is the .cda file.  On a windows computer, when you insert a RedBook Audio CD, the tracks show up as .cda files.  One might assume that these are the audio files on the disc because they are the only items that show up in the explorer window. . . that would be wrong.  The .cda files are merely placeholders pointing to a place on the CD that the song starts.  Think of them as what windows calls a 'shortcut'.