Hey there fellow record-makers,

We have lots of great stuff for you this month as we round the corner into fall.

Check out all the details below:

Earn an accredited songwriting degree online with Berklee!

Berklee Online is the only fully accredited school in the world that offers an online Bachelor's degree in Songwriting. Enhance your craft and write fearlessly with esteemed Berklee instructors who have taught Grammy Award winners such as John Mayer and Gillian Welch.

Learn and master the techniques that have helped Berklee-trained songwriters succeed for nearly 30 years. Learn more and download Berklee Online's free songwriting handbook, featuring lessons from the new Songwriting degree major.

Download Berklee's free songwriting handbook here.

 

AES FREE Exhibitor VIP Exhibits-Plus Link/Code!!

The Exhibits-Plus badge is a free ticket to getting into the AES Exhibition — the nation's largest collection of professional audio manufacturers exhibiting their products and latest technologies — plus they can attend many Special Events including the Project Studio Expo, Live Sound Expo and more. Best of all, Exhibits-Plus badges are completely FREE for those who register in advance.

You can use the link below before October 6th to get in on this deal.

Get a free AES pass.

 

Todd Tobias: Guided by Voices, Rough Treatment, and Circus Devils

For over a decade inn the United States midwest, Todd Tobias' clear, powerful recordings of Guided By Voices and Robert Pollard allowed them to transcend their original "lo-fi" pigeonhole while deftly avoiding over-production, and enact the profound influence on "alternative" music they are well known for today.

Read the full interview.

 

Vintage Is Modern Is Vintage: Jacco Gardner's Logic-based Psychedelia

Polyvinyl recording artist Jacco Gardner is a multi-instrumentalist and recordist from The Netherlands, and is a retro-psychedelic-pop aficionado with a twist — he came up with and embraces computers and digital recording, and approaches analog as a "confusing yet amazing" alien world.

Read the full interview.

 

Pierre de Reeder: Rilo Kiley, She & Him, M Ward

Pierre was the bassist (and more) for So Cal indie pop luminaries Rilo Kiley, and has worked with She & Him, M Ward, Ben Gibbard, Sia, Eleni Mandell, and more. Pierre and Larry had been working on different sessions on the same albums for years, so it seemed a proper time to sit down for an interview!

Read the full interview.

 

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