Indabamusic.com - An Online Virtual Recording Studio
May 21, 2008 by Brian James
Remember when you first heard Such Great Heights by The Postal Service? Remember how perplexed you were when you found out that Ben Gibbard and James Tamborello wrote and recorded those songs by sending recorded tracks on DATs back and forth through the US Postal Service? Well aspiring rock stars, here is your chance to follow in the steps of these musical innovators with the help of a new creative startup called Indaba Music.
I recently signed up at Indabamusic.com and it truly is a computer savvy musician’s dream come true. It’s a virtual recording studio and musician watering hole where musicians, composers, arrangers and lyricists can collaborate on songs together without ever stepping foot into the same room. The site offers a range of tools for uploading, editing and mixing audio tracks. Users can record and mix up to 12 tracks, which is pretty awesome for an online recording platform requiring no downloads.
Another neat feature of Indaba Music are the rich media and blogging tools that allow artists to communicate with each other as well as their fans. With that said, this innovative music site isn’t just for musicians. Fans have unlimited access to artists and their creative process, enabling them to engage with the artist like never before.
Don’t think this is legit? Indaba Music is already home to both professional and amateur musicians including Grammy award-winning producers. Sign up and look for me. Let’s see if we can pump out some hits!
Online Musical Collaborations 1.4 - (A 4-Part Series of Articles with Interviews) By Chris Burnett, March 6, 2003:
“Virtual Studio Technology is still changing the face of this aspect of music creation and production. On the leading edge is a company called The Rocket Network, also formally known as ResRocket.
The Rocket Network was initially one of the only places online that had the sole purpose of online musical collaborations using virtual studio technology. Unlike the process of sending audio tracks back and forth for over-dubbing parts using the Internet, this type of Virtual Studio Technology also allows for real-time interaction between musicians during the virtual studio sessions.
After downloading their proprietary virtual studio software, I eventually met one of the “Staff Jammers” from The Rocket Network site. The gentleman is an outstanding jazz pianist based in Chicago, and we ended up collaborating on one of my original compositions that can be heard recorded on my debut CD, Time Flies (UPC: 669910302521, ‘ 1999). Although this company is no longer in business, just the possibility of doing something like this was, and still is, amazing to me. “
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