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Across the Chronographic Divide

Issue 36Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #36! I recently crossed the Continental Divide, twice...going west, then coming back home, going east. And now we've passed the Chronographic  Divide of this year. The difference is that there's no...

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Spotify: Bigger User Base, Bigger Losses

Issue 36INDUSTRY NEWS

[Spotify has not issued a press-release on several recent developments which I feel are important, and of interest to the music and audio worlds. Unlike most Industry News columns, in this instance...

Change of Title

Issue 36

Hap Nielsen pulled his pickup off the rural highway onto a dirt road that angled off into trees, and parked it out of sight of headlights. He and the others...

Little Simz

Issue 36AND INDIE FOR ALL

The male stars (read: practically all the stars) of rap music have not done much to encourage women’s equality. How’s that for an understatement? That’s why the world needs Simbi...

The Rope and the Sea

Issue 36PARTING SHOT

Somewhere in the Caribbean….

EQ, DSP, & You: A Cautionary Tale

Issue 36FEATURED

Some of this info was presented in the Copper Subwoofery series. But it was buried within lots of set-up details, and I have felt that it needs to be addressed on its own....

We’re All Bozos On This Bus

Issue 36MUSIC TO MY EARS

(sound of thunder in the distance..the only sound in the jungle besides the smoking No Smoking sign outside the 7-11.  The power in the store is out, and three men...

Horns, Part 5

Issue 36VINTAGE WHINE

In response to last issue’s installment, a reader quite accurately pointed out that I’d skipped over RCA’s substantial contribution to the world of theater horn systems. Pleading ignorance rarely results in...

1967: The Year Rock ‘n’ Roll Became Rock

Issue 36TWISTED SYSTEMS

To all my readers; I will be taking the summer off but this last article was truly a labor of love for me. I want to thank Bill & Paul...

They Have to Hear It to Want It

Issue 36THE AUDIO CYNIC

Following last issue’s column on audio evangelism,  I’ve spent a lot of time pondering the requirements of that role. I was reminded that I rant about this subject periodically; in an interview with Jana...

Whistling Down the Wire

Issue 36MUSIC AUDIO AND OTHER ILLNESSES

Paul McGowan’s recent column brought something to mind that I’ve been thinking about a bit lately. Wires — and the nightmare of reviewing them; and more specifically, why I’ve never wanted that...

Benjamin Booker

Issue 36SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

Album: Witness Artist: Benjamin Booker 33 RPM – 1 LP Limited Blue Edition Release: ATO Records, June, 2017 Benjamin Booker’s Witness bursts open at the seams with“Right On You”, a PRIMUS– style garage punk jam full of...

Guitar Madness

Issue 36TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

Ah, but none dare call it madness. We’re speaking of the classical guitar, to which milder epithets appropriately apply. How about “modified rapture,” as in The Mikado? That comes up right before Nanki-Poo reveals...

Steve Hoffman, Part 1

Issue 36THE COPPER INTERVIEW

Steve Hoffman is one of the most highly-regarded  mastering engineers in the recording industry, and his discography is a microcosm of 20th and 21st Century music history. The thousands of...

The Thrill of the Chase

Issue 36QUIBBLES AND BITS

I had a friend named Steve (not his real name). He was originally my financial adviser, and at one time we started looking at opportunities to go into business together. ...