Sound Recording - the WellMixed.com Blog

Personal hero Derek Sivers, has this little gem recently posted to his website:

http://sivers.org/livecd

In it he retells a story from band manager, Terry McBride. The un-named band in question was selling about $300 per night in CD’s at $15 per. Then they tried an experiment:

They asked the audience to pay what they want, while making clear that they were very proud of the CD and felt like everyone should listen to it.

According to McBride, the nightly sales shot up 400%.

Sivers is asking people to comment on their experience with this technique, so check it out.

MusFormation has this …. mod tip for those of you with SM-57’s.

I can’t recommend this, as it seems a little risky, so far as exposing the innards of any piece of audio gear is inherently dangerous for that gear. But if you’re micing drums and finding the angle to be restrictive check it out.

http://musformation.com/2009/03/flying.html

Alternatively, you can buy a bent SM-57 from Granelli Audio.