As a part of the sales department here at Stephen Arnold Music, I know that the instruments I play are my Toshiba telephone and my mighty Mac PowerBook G4. That’s my daytime life. But when I go home, it is another thing altogether. In my home office (sometimes I refer to it as my stage), I keep three of my best friends: a (what can now be called vintage) C-1 […]
Read More »Imagine walking into a Bentley dealership and saying, “Gee, I sure like that $375,000 Azure, but I only have $30,000 to spend. Do you think you could accept that?” This an interesting excerpt from a book by Tom Petty’s publishing manager, Randall Wixen. (The Plain & Simple Guide To Music Publishing.) Wixen hits on how everyday, music is becoming “devalued” and how important it is for us (writers and publishers) […]
Read More »When we were asked to write the song for CBS Early Show’s new “A Lot Happens Early” promo campaign, CBS called and outlined what they wanted to hear, their objectives, the audience they were targeting, and gave us a few reference tracks. It had to be a song you knew was a hit the first time you heard it. At SAM, we all agreed: Let’s knock the ball out of […]
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Read More »According to Wired, the Maasai people are taking the first step to copyrighting their tribal tunes and twirls. The World Intellectual Property Organization, or the WIPO, gave the East African tribe a “laptop, camera and digital recorder” worth $11,000, believing the idea to be a “huge potential for communities to record, archive and also draw income from their cultural richness.” The Maasai are as much a part of East Africa […]
Read More »In a recent article for the China Daily newspaper, Quincy Jones claimed he would ride with bravado against the 21st century’s dark knight, a phantom menace called copyright infringement, and rescue his beautiful maiden in distress, the haggard and threadbare music industry. From the article: “We are going to reinvent the record business, in China, because it’s dead,” the 76-year-old producer of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which has sold over 100 […]
Read More »Fresh off of Promax/BDA, and fresh out of Road-Worn Fender guitars, Stephen Arnold Music is proud to present the lucky winners: And finally, we have the online winner. The drawing took place this afternoon at our studio outside of Dallas; you can see it here: The winner is Ray Lambiase with Fox Business Network. Congratulations, Ray and thanks to everyone for your comments and participation – we hope you’ll keep […]
Read More »SAM is featured in the June edition of Post as part of a story on Sonic Branding. The hard copy of the magazine published pictures of the studio and some thought provoking words from the big man himself, Stephen Arnold. You can check out the abridged online version here. Stephen’s interview is the lead story on the article, which features several other sonic brand…ers… (is that phrase fair game yet?), […]
Read More »We are finalizing the details for a new release that we are particularly excited about: the ambient instrumental group Halls of the Machine. Since several of the band members are local, we had the privilege to meet with two of them, Michael Jerome and Mike Graff, to learn about the project they conceived, recorded and produced at the end of their days with Course of Empire.
Read More »“I didn’t realize that Get Smart was a Mel Brooks production… but it’s obvious now,” I heard Clay say as I walked into the Control Room. Clay recently bought the DVDs for his wife, who used to watch the show frequently. As Clay and Paul, our chief engineer, deconstructed some old mixes in the control room, Clay mentioned this in passing. Once started on the subject of Get Smart, Paul, […]
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