by Audio Academy | Aug 1, 2019 | Audio Legends
A multi-faceted musician, composer and record producer, Quincy Jones has earned his place in the history of music. The most Grammy-nominated artist in history, Quincy Delight Jones, Jr, often known just as “Q”, has 79 nominations and 27 wins. Born in Chicago on March...
by Audio Academy | Jul 20, 2019 | Audio Legends
Sometime after the Tin Pan Alley era of music. In the late 1950s, located at 1619 Broadway in the heart of New York’s music district, stood the Brill Building. It became the center of brilliantly crafted, professional songwriting and music publishing that carried with...
by Audio Academy | Jul 12, 2019 | Audio Legends
The global phenomenon that was Motown Records, that began very modestly in Detroit, created one of the most influential sounds of the twentieth century and became a hit-making, musical legend-producing factory. The nickname, Hitsville U.S.A. was given to...
by sooraj_90 | Jun 28, 2019 | Audio Legends
Long before the music industry in the United States was as ubiquitous or global as it is now, Tin Pan Alley boasted of a group of music publishers and songwriters in New York who shaped popular music in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century. At a...
by Audio Academy | Jun 22, 2019 | Academy Success Stories
It is not typical for a boy in school to chance upon his true calling in eighth grade. And it is even more unusual for him to eventually decide that college and graduation — the path that is usually laid out for everyone after school isn’t something that he is meant...
by Audio Academy | Jun 10, 2019 | Audio Legends
Earlier this year, Ariana Grande’s song “7 Rings” topped the Billboard Top 100. The song begins with a sample of the song “My Favourite Things”, the classic song from the movie ‘The Sound of Music’. Thanks to this, 90% of the songwriting royalties go to the estates of...
by Audio Academy | Jun 2, 2019 | Academy Success Stories
Audio Academy was part of the recently concluded Palm Expo 2019, an exposition for pro audio, lighting and AV integration systems. The Indian Recording Arts Academy (IRAA) Awards that honors excellence in audio recording and mixing was also part of the two-day event....
by Audio Academy | May 10, 2019 | Academy Success Stories
What do you do when you know exactly where your passion lies but the training that you need to pursue in order to do it is elusive? Gautham Pattani started out as a musician living in Chennai and while it ignited his enthusiasm during college, figuring out how to keep...
by Audio Academy | Apr 26, 2019 | Audio Legends
Any profile of David Byrne is sure to struggle with deciding on a descriptor to use for him. Far more than an art-rock cult hero, he is an Oscar-winning film composer, record producer, actor, a collaborator with Robert Wilson and Fatboy Slim, a bike-rack designer, the...
by Audio Academy | Apr 20, 2019 | Audio Legends
1991 was a groundbreaking year in music. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Metallica, and Red Hot Chili Peppers all released full-length albums, each with their distinctive sound. In the excitement over these albums, My Bloody Valentine’s musical masterpiece...
