Copper


It’s Summer Somewhere

Issue 72Opening Salvo

Welcome to Copper #72! It's a cliche' that travel expands the mind, but there is truth in it. Having just been in  South America where Daylight Savings Time was just beginning and...

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A Tale of Two Bankruptcies

Issue 72INDUSTRY NEWS

Not all bankruptcies are alike. The two forms generally seen in business are Chapter 7 and Chapter 11; the “chapter” part refers to the section of the Federal Bankruptcy Code...

50 Ways to Read a Record Part 7

Issue 72VINTAGE WHINE

We’ve looked at a variety of methods of making music—or at least generating a signal— from a record groove. We’ve seen phono cartridges that use coils and magnets, all kinds...

5400 Hours of Fun

Issue 72IN MY ROOM

[Ken Fritz has abilities and ambition that put most of us to shame. Ken decided to build his own speakers—and the listening room for them. As you’ll see, he did...

Music in the Air

Issue 72THE AUDIO CYNIC

Somewhere over Brazil, 11/10/18: When we write about listening to music, we often refer to blacker backgrounds, greater inter-transient depth—and similar hogwash. When I talk to the engineers I work with...

Mozart String Quartets

Issue 72SOMETHING OLD / SOMETHING NEW

A classic recording of Mozart’s six so-called Haydn Quartets has been reissued as part of a box set, and that’s just one of a handful of 2018 releases focused on...

Bessie Smith Part 1

Issue 72MUSIC TO MY EARS

The Lord was walking through the Garden. He was knitting what would one day be known as a Rubik’s Cube when He came across Adam and Eve. Both of them...

Take On Me

Issue 72HAND PICKED

If you grew up in the 80’s, as I did, then you remember this song being IMPOSSIBLE to escape. “Take On Me” from Norway’s a-ha was EVERYWHERE. If it wasn’t...

James Taylor

Issue 72OFF THE CHARTS

James Taylor turned 70 this year. Before the Boston-born and North Carolina-bred songwriter struck out on his own, he sang and played guitar with a New York-based band called the...

40 Most Beautiful Arias

Issue 72QUIBBLES AND BITS

I wouldn’t normally give a “Rack Filler” CD a moment’s thought, but here I am actually recommending one! 40 Most Beautiful Arias is pretty much exactly what it says on the box,...

On Words In Music, Redux

AND OTHER ILLNESSESAUDIOIssue 72MUSIC

I was trying to figure out when and where I first tried my hand at writing lyrics. The first time that I can still remember, they were written on the...

AES NYC 2018

Issue 72FEATURED

Since coming into existence 70 years ago and still going strong, the Audio Engineering Society has hosted conventions that have become  must-see/hear events for anyone involved in the audio industry, especially on...

Putting Down Roots

Issue 72TOO MUCH TCHAIKOVSKY

I’ve just seen a documentary about a food writer. It was inspiring, it made me think—about what critics can accomplish, for instance. We can always direct you to a nice restaurant, a...

Fake Blues Is Fake News

Issue 72TWISTED SYSTEMS

Although The Beatles were my “jumping off point” in my rock ‘n’ roll dreams, they did not give me the roadmap to anything other than a dream. I needed to...

Discipline

Issue 72MUSIC'AL NOTES

As a kid growing up in Glasgow, Scotland in the 1950s, it was not at all unusual to receive a whack if you did something wrong. Today discipline, as it...