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" I always sense an undercurrent of either blind ambition or trepidation. Those that are new to the game have blinders on and stars in their eyes, ignoring the realities of a very low-paying, very competitive business. Those that have been around long enough to survive a few shakeouts are constantly on the edge, looking over their shoulders for the axe.
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I didn't wait in line like some, but a couple months later when the hype died down, I was a proud owner of a brand new iPhone -- and I've been through four of them since. When the iPhone App Store was introduced, the cool factor of the iPhone grew exponentially, and I knew it was only a matter of time until there were apps that would help me with my everyday work as an audio engineer. This holiday season, chances are you've got an iTunes gift card to spend. If you're looking for the top apps just for working musicians like yourself, you've come to the right place! After a few months of testing, here's a list of my top 5 recording & sound apps. KELISSA - Love Letter [ANBESSA MUSIC] #GREATWHYTEENT. SOCA: Serious Organised Crime Agency.
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To most older (or shall we say “classic”) engineers and producers, it’s avoided like the plague, preferring to work the singer until he gets it right. Of course, no one complains when it’s used on that one note that just can’t be comped. Then there’s T-Pain, who took Auto-Tune to a new level, using it as a integral piece of his act by using it on literally every song. It was bad enough when Cher did it way back in 1998 on her hit “Believe,” when we thought the fad was over. Not so, apparently. But perhaps the real story is that Auto-Tune was that it was accidentally invented by an Exxon scientist while interpreting seismic data using sound waves. To his credit, Hildebrand, who loves music, determined that his method could be used to help singers everywhere, and so he founded Antares Audio Technologies in 1990.