Category Archives: Business

NAMM 2010 Wrap Up

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Max Sidman

Every year in January, the Anaheim convention center in the heart of Orange County, CA is overrun with pro audio nerds, guitar and bass shredders, drum geeks, marching bands, producers and engineers, mad scientists, music store buyers and instrument distributors, … Continue reading →

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Reality Digital: Social Media Building Blocks 2009

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Max Sidman

If you’re in San Francisco at the end of February and you’re interested online media, social networking and the general media shift from print / television / radio to online, you should check out Reality Digital’s Social Media Building Blocks … Continue reading →

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Winter NAMM '09: Gear Porn

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Max Sidman

I’ve been avoiding this blog — most things online, really, except Twitter ’cause it’s too damn easy — since I got back from the NAMM show last weekend. It’s such a maximum saturation of sound and technology and booze and … Continue reading →

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NAMM Show 2009: Mullets & Booze

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Max Sidman

For anyone who cares, I’m in Anaheim, CA for the next few days at the mullet festival known as the NAMM show, the big musical instruments and pro-audio show, representing my day job. I’ll probably have some shit to talk … Continue reading →

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EQTV: Brain Talks About Drums on Chinese Democracy

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Max Sidman

With this week’s release of the 17-years-in-the-making Guns ‘N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy, and since I heard a review of it on Sound Opinions this morning and it all pretty much sounded awful, I thought I’d post this clip from … Continue reading →

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The Business: Von Iva Goes Hollywood, Japanese Singers Get Banned, Remix Mag Closes

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Max Sidman

I was flipping through this week’s Billboard at lunch the other day, and saw this piece about SF band Von Iva (it’s a .jpg and not a link because that section of BillboardBiz.com is gated for subscribers) and how they … Continue reading →

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Weekend Hustle: AES, 111 Minna Rap Show, Ovipositor Mastering Session

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Max Sidman

Had one of those crazy busy weekends. NERD It all started on Friday at the AES (Audio Engineering Society) Show at Moscone Center in downtown SF. It’s the nerdiest audio nerdfest I’ve ever been too, and it goes down in … Continue reading →

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iTunes 8 Rant: You Are a Target Market

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Max Sidman

I downloaded and installed iTunes 8 for my PC and my MacBook, and it’s fine — it’s still got the same clean interface, still organizes and plays my music, and still syncs with my iPod, so it’s everything I really … Continue reading →

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Bandwidth Conference 2008

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Max Sidman

This past Thursday was technically my first day back on the job after the birth of my daughter a couple weeks ago, but instead of going back to my office, I, along with my esteemed colleague Matt Harper of EQ … Continue reading →

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Bandwidth in August

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Max Sidman

I just bought my ticket for the Bandwidth Conference in San Francisco. It’s a two-day event dedicated to, as the event’s motto states, “Music. Technology. Cocktails.” — three things I’m pretty much immersed in all the time in both my … Continue reading →

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