March 2020 has been a strange time for most of the world due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Subsequently, the music industry at large has been extremely quiet, but before the outbreak and lockdown rules became widespread there were several interesting events and technological advances relating to music copyright law.
The importance of saying yes while building a career in audio is important, but the importance of saying no is almost more important than saying yes, however, can be much more difficult!
Reference tracks are important because often while mixing, your ears can lose perspective. A reference track is helpful to have this happens, you can play the track and compare it to where your mix.
Jen Athan offers tips for creating effective transitions with musical tracks.
Maya Finlay is a sound engineer that works in live sound, as well as in the studio recording, editing, mixing and producing. Maya works both freelance and for the SFJAZZ Center as well as Dolby Laboratories and recently has started touring with Rosanne Cash as her Monitor Engineer. She has been working in professional audio for the past 11 years.