Episode #261 – Streaming Services Keep The Money, Beamforming Audio, And Producer-Engineer Jack Miele
NEWS
* Streaming services are keeping a lot more money even as they appeal a songwriter royalty increase
* Beamforming audio is coming to the new MSG Sphere Arena in Las Vegas
GUEST
* Producer-engineer-composer Jack Miele
My guest today is producer/engineer Jack Miele, who’s won a Grammy, Emmy, 4 Telly awards and 2 Global Music awards. Based in New Orleans, Jack has a wide range of studio credits that include Rod Stewart, The Roots, Beyonce, Aloe Blacc and the Zac Brown Band, among many others.
As a composer, Jack’s work has been featured TV shows like American Horror Story, Anthony Bourdain’s “The Layover,” and Toddlers and Tiaras, and commercials for Mercedes, IBT Clothing, Mountain Dew, also among many others.
In the interview we talked about the state of recording in New Orleans, how musicians learn on the job there, the unique ways that musicians get paid, recording to tape and staying analog, and much more. I spoke with jack via phone from his studio in Los Angeles.
On the intro I’ll take a look at how streaming services are keeping more money than they did before, and beamforming audio in the new MSG Sphere Arena in Las Vegas.
