Mix Mistress Alice💄

"Digital recordings are perishable in their own right —far less stable, in fact, than recordings on magnetic tape. A damaged analog tape is not necessarily a lost cause: An engineer may be able to perform restoration work and get the recording to play. But when a digital medium is compromised, it is most likely gone. Many masters from recent decades are kept on hard drives, notoriously fragile mechanisms that may not function after sitting for years in a vault. Today, labels increasingly rely on digital-tape formats like LTO. But LTO is backward compatible for just two generations. Labels must either continually retransfer their archives or maintain outdated playback equipment.
All these problems are exacerbated by the structure of the music business, in which hundreds of labels have been consolidated into three huge ones, which in turn have been absorbed by global conglomerates. The necessity of safeguarding a sound-recording heritage may appear abstract to executives at a distant parent company, who may simply see an expense on a balance sheet marked “Storage.” "—Jody Rosen

nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazin

#music #master_tapes #reel_to_reel #vault #masters_vault #fire #archives #tape_libraries #UMG #labels #catastrophe #loss #music_history #archival #audio #audio_master #masters #libraries #LTO

Mix Mistress Alice💄

"UMG maintained additional tape libraries across the United States and around the world. But the label’s Vault Operations department was managed from the backlot, and the archive there housed some of UMG’s most prized material. There were recordings from dozens of record companies that had been absorbed by Universal over the years, including several of the most important labels of all time. The vault housed tape masters for Decca, the pop, jazz and classical powerhouse; it housed master tapes for the storied blues label Chess; it housed masters for Impulse, the groundbreaking jazz label. The vault held masters for the MCA, ABC, A&M, Geffen and Interscope labels. And it held masters for a host of smaller subsidiary labels. Nearly all of these masters — in some cases, the complete discographies of entire record labels — were wiped out in the fire."—Jody Rosen

The Day the Music Burned >

nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazin

#music #history #master_tapes #reel_to_reel #reels #vault #masters_vault #fire #archives #tape_libraries #UMG #Unviversal #labels #catastrophe #music_history #loss #archiving #audio #audio_master #masters #libraries

The Day the Music Burned

It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music…

The New York Times
Orange Mussolini

Since I’ve changed my hair, everybody loves me even more. I have a great hairstylist. NPR is fake news, so we’re going to do away with them. I’m gonna start my own news station. Remember he who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past. I’m working on it. America is great yet?
#law #tariff
#golf #inflation
#1stFelon #radio
#America
#USA #patriots
#president #musk
#unitedStates #musk #Trump #masters
#WhiteHouse #genius
#American #fascism #fascist

UK

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AstroMancer5G (she/her)

After I #graduate from my #astrophysics #masters #program next #year, I'm going to take a #GapYear to #improve my #resume for #applications to #PhD programs. Probably I would be doing an #internship, and given the #Trump #cuts here in the #USA, there aren't many #opportunities available.

I've heard that #France is picking up some of the slack. I'm #wondering if I should go, what I should do to #prepare, and where else there would be opportunities for me. Does anyone have #advice?
#GetFediHired

Europe Says

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Orange Mussolini

I love to play golf. Do you know what color my balls are? I really think the White House needs a putting green. I really don’t see a need for a rose garden. I’m sure all the American people agree with me. Gaza is going very well. Plenty of sand for sand traps. America is great yet? #rose #garden #roseGarden #balls #gaza #usa
#law #tariff
#golf #inflation
#1stFelon
#America
#USA #patriots
#president #musk
#unitedStates #musk #Trump #masters
#WhiteHouse #genius
#American #fascism #fascist

UK

europesays.com/uk/32447/ ‘It’s not gripping drama’: Sport stars compare Rory McIlroy’s Masters win with other historic victories #Golf #JoeBrolly #Masters #NiamhCampbell #RoryMcIlroy #Sports #UK #UnitedKingdom

UK

europesays.com/uk/30367/ Rory McIlroy arrives back in Northern Ireland on private jet after Masters triumph for family celebration with mum and dad #KevinScott #Masters #NorthernIreland #RoryMcIlroy #UK #UnitedKingdom

UK

europesays.com/uk/29706/ Rory McIlroy Masters dinner 2026: Michael Deane on what champion will ‘definitely’ serve up at Augusta: ‘He loves a fillet steak’ #Golf #Masters #MichaelDeane #PaulaMcIntyre #RoryMcIlroy #Sports #UK #UnitedKingdom

Europe Says

europesays.com/2000986/ Latvijas Florbola savienība » LV » 2005/2006 » Jaunumi » Superfinālā apbalvo Jaunatnes līgas ZU11 grupas komandas #2005 #jaunatnes #Jaunumi #latvia #Latvija #līgas #LV #masters/ulbroka #valka/bjss #vecuma

Preston MacDougall

@hipsauerkraut Speaking of #censorship in the #Trump styled #UnitedStates , people in #Canada knew that #RoryMcIlroy won the #Masters #golf championship about 5 seconds before #Americans did. Apparently, @cbssports had a time delay on their broadcast. In case something needed to be censored?

#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
#ElbowsUp

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UK

europesays.com/uk/23679/ Rory McIlroy Masters dinner 2026: Michael Deane on what champion will ‘definitely’ serve up at Augusta: ‘He loves a fillet steak’ #Golf #Masters #MichaelDeane #PaulaMcIntyre #RoryMcIlroy #Sports #UK #UnitedKingdom