My projects are getting larger in ProTools 9 and my MacBook Pro was starting to strain a bit. (2.93 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB ram 1067 MHz DDR3 on Mac OS X Version 10.6.8). Here’s info to optimize your Mac laptop for Digidesign Pro Tools 9. Probably works for optimization with ProTools 8 and below and other Mac computers as well.
Email Q&A: What Is a Music Producer?
Email question received:
hi i’m joseph i’m just intersting to know what is a music producer, what are
there jobs and what do they do
My Answer:
Hi Joseph,
Direct answer to your question is that a music producer produces music. I’m not being a smartass when I answer that. A music producer needs to produce music. And actually I think for many up and coming artists that doesn’t really sink in or connect.
老鼠愛大米 — 王啟文 – Blind Girl and the Mouse
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB10PYnabwM
This is a music video about a Chinese love story. I’m sure I have bits of this story wrong but this is how I remember it being told to me:
Zaia 2011 Promotional Video
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hF8YZfz7j8
Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show promotional video released September 2011. Zaia is the resident show that opened in August 2008 at the Venetian in Macau (SAR) China. Acts in the video include Straps, Trapeze, Hand to Hand, Gypsy, Skate, X Board, Aerial Bamboo, Lion Dance, Firedance and of course Zaia’s dragon. Music composed by Violaine Corradi.
Richard Dawkins: Enemies of Reason Episode One
Richard Dawkins: Enemies of Reason Episode One
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyQ57X3YhH4
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Cirque ZAIA Third Anniversary
August 28, 2011 was the 3rd anniversary of Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show in Macau (SAR), China. Above is one of the new promotional posters. You can click it for a larger view.
Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA band
Maria Elena Medina (cello, viol), Olivier Milchberg (guitar, plucked strings, flutes), Gabriel Cloutier (singer), George Manz (key 2), Conrad Askland (bandleader, key 1, accordion), Rose Winebrenner (singer), Darrin Johnson (drums), Eduard Harutyunyan (percussion), Justin Wilman (violin, recorder).