http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog Audio Musings by Paper Plane Pilot Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm proud to announce that If Nothing Else... For Something Else (1/5) is now available for download! The release is the first of five, two-song, mini-ep releases that will eventually make up the next Paper Plane Pilot full-length album. This way, instead of waiting for 10 songs (and for me ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/if-nothing-else-for-something-else-15-now-available-20100219/ Bob Lefsetz had a great post yesterday about albums vs singles. About how the old world of selling albums has given way to a new digital age of singles and 'a la carte' music consumption. In the old paradigm, artists sold a collection of songs because they could. Records, tapes ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/be-remarkable-or-go-home-20100204/ This interview was originally conducted for Outliered Music Magazine and published Friday, November 20, 2009. There is no denying that these days art and technology not only collide, but frequently morph and spawn the most interesting music. Dustin started Paper Plane Pilot in 2006, originally writing his music on a little ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/paper-plane-pilot-interview-outliered-reprint-20091121/ For the past few months I've been jotting down ideas for a new album. Like First Flight, the new release will have 10 tracks and will be recorded and mixed by yours truly. But unlike First Flight, the release will be broken up into 2-song segments, which means five separate ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/conceptualizing-a-new-paper-plane-pilot-release-20091009/ In the year and a half since I built the second version of the Paper Plane Pilot website, much has changed around here. I've added a couple releases, joined a few social sites, started a blog and even created a store. So it's not surprising that a version three would ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/launching-a-new-website-from-concept-to-build-and-even-some-free-music-20090731/ Today in the mail I received two of my three magazine subscriptions. (The third, as a bi-monthly mag, won't be here for another month.) All three are related to creating music, and tend to focus on using computers to do that. Most of the articles center around DIY music creation ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/magazines-for-electronic-musicians-20090627/ Last week I mentioned that First Flight was available at CD Baby. Today, I'm happy to announce that the CD is now available for purchase direct from the website through PayPal. Head on over to the CD section of the Paper Plane Pilot store for more. http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/paper-plane-pilot-first-flight-cd-available-direct-20090614/ With all the different DAW (short for Digital Audio Workstation) software packages out there, it's hard to know where to start when thinking about recording music on a computer. While the technical aspects of computer recording are beyond the scope of this article, a quick presentation of the top software ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/daw-software-guide-a-digital-audio-workstation-round-up-20090610/ Update: The CD is also available direct from me through PayPal. Head on over to the Paper Plane Pilot store for more. A new batch of First Flight CDs are now available for order at CD Baby: The CD is also part of their 3/$15 promotion - buy 2 other CDs and ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/paper-plane-pilot-first-flight-cd-now-available-at-cd-baby-20090608/ When people ask me about Paper Plane Pilot, one of their first questions is usually about the gear I use. And what better way to answer that question than to give a quick run through of my recording studio gear. Whether this encourages you to build your own music studio, ... http://www.paperplanepilot.com/blog/building-my-home-recording-studio-20090607/