by Kyle Boreing | Aug 28, 2018 | Commentary & Observations
A common tactic in SG music songwriting and production is to insert a portion of one song into another similarly-themed song. For example, in “Calvary Came Through,” written by Terry and Barbi Franklin and recorded first by Gold City in 1994, a chorus of...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 27, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
One of my most common complaints any time I do an album review is the level of auto-tuning involved. Nearly every album I review includes SOMETHING about tuning being too high (to the point that I actually started using a “tune-o-meter” scale when rating...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 23, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Tech
Let me preface this post by saying this – I am a fan of music being available in digital formats. The convenience of being able to listen to pretty much any song I want on demand (for a nominal fee) at high quality is amazing. This is part of the reason that...
by Kyle Boreing | Aug 13, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, History, Music Business, Music Tech
In 1990, Hank Williams, Jr., won a Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for “There’s A Tear In My Beer,” an award he shared with his father, Hank Williams, Sr. The video for the song, in which father and son perform the song together,...
by Kyle Boreing | Jul 18, 2018 | Commentary & Observations
In October 1973, Joe Bonsall became the newest member of The Oak Ridge Boys, replacing long-time tenor, Willie Wynn. One of Joe’s first jobs after joining was to head into the studio and recut vocals on an album for Columbia Records (much of which had already...
by Kyle Boreing | Jun 18, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech, Oddities, Recording Oddities
The first time I heard Brian Free & Assurance’s 2007 album, Real Faith, my initial reaction was, “Man, that sounds almost TOO perfect!” The album, produced by Barry Weeks, was slick and highly-polished, but what really stood out to me were the...
