OCTOBER ISSUE

OCTOBER CONTENTS

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Command HQ  
by Kaylub of Eardrum Valley Studios 

What kind of acoustical space do you need for a home studio? In most cases, home studios are built into spaces and rooms that have already existed for other purposes and must be converted. Most home studios aren't constructed for optimal acoustics, so the first thing you need to do in order to make ends meet is start walking around your house to find rooms that sound either "live" or "dead". A "live" room will echo and reverberate, creating a larger sound for instruments when they are played in these quarters. A "dead" room will do just the opposite. It will absorb sounds from your voice or instrument and will not echo or reverberate much at all. Both of these atmospheres can be beneficial or detrimental to recording at home, depending on the situation. CONTINUED INSIDE

BC Musician Magazine and Vista Radio are sponsoring a songwriting contest. There's a ton of excellent talent in B.C. and starting this fall we invite B.C. musicians and songwriters to join the first annual BCMM/Vista Radio, songwriting contest. We're working with many great sponsors including the Okanagan Centre for Arts and Technlogy & Hevy D Music so we'll have some excellent prizes, including a professionally recorded song at the renowned CATO studio A, promotion on Vista Radio Stations around Western Canada and a promotion arrangement with Hevy D Music. Click here to download the full contest details in Word Doc format.

To enter the contest email us at contest@bcmusicianmag.com

'eSession: Professional Home Recording for eVeryone! An Interview with Developer and CEO Gina Fant-Saez.'
By Jenn Ashton

Sadly, it's a rare thing to find a successful business woman in the field of music. But thankfully times are changing and thanks to people like Gina Fant-Saez, more opportunities are presenting themselves daily. Gina is the brain behind eSession.com, a new tool for the music industry that brings producers, artists, engineers, writers and musicians together into a common domain. And with her new 'Virtual Glass' plug in, anyone can be part of the action, no matter where they are physically located.

No Boundaries: Remote Recording and Modern Collaboration
by Darcy Falkenhagen

Sitting at 3400 feet, Rossland, BC is a small but eclectic community at the base of Red Mountain Resort in the West Kootenays. Known for its raucous mining history and world class skiing, Rossland also plays host to a thriving arts and music scene made up of people from across the globe. Tucked into the side of Monte Christo Mountain is High Lonesome Sound, the home of producer and multi-instrumentalist Graham Tracey.