Category Archives: Blogging
Music Business DIY’r Dan Israel Visits IPR
By Cheyenne Brandt Friday, January 20th 2012 – Music Business DIY’r and award winning singer/songwriter Dan Israel offered DIY onlookers an acoustic set featuring songs spanning his 15 + year career. Not only is he unabashedly honest in presentation, Israel’s songs pair … Continue reading
Music Business DIYr’s Black Church Service Visit IPR
By Cheyenne Brandt Friday, January 13th – Today’s music business installment, filled with rock hair and loud guitars, shook the walls of Robinson Hall to the sound of Minneapolis rock ‘n’ roll quartet, Black Church Service. These rockers pull from … Continue reading
IPR’s DIY 360 Featuring Walt Chancellor’s “Funk 101″ with Conversation Piece
Friday December 2nd, 2011 – One reason I dig spending time with Instructor Walt Chancellor is that I learn something just about every time. But, today, Walt gave all of IPR a funk history lesson that won’t soon be forgotten. … Continue reading
IPR Weekly Article Recap for 12/5/2011-12/9/2011
It’s cold in Minneapolis this week, but it can’t touch what we’ll see in a few months. Every year, when the weather turns its back on me, I start questioning my decision to live in such a cold climate. By … Continue reading
IPR Weekly Article Recap for 11/29/2011-12/2/2011
Yes, the weekend is almost here, and I’ve carved a little time out of this Friday afternoon for a weekly article recap; I was wondering if I was going to meet the deadline, but, alas, here it is! The most … Continue reading
Blogging with the Experts: Kevin Bowe
What a studio rat is thankful for this Thanksgiving… 1. The Waves CLA compressor bundle… The “blackie” 1176 is super gooey and nice on vocals. I have to investigate the other ones more but I got this on Eric Olsen’s … Continue reading
IPR’s DIY 360 Featuring Kristoff Krane
On Friday, October 28, The Institute of Production and Recording welcomed hip-hop artist Kristoff Krane to DIY-360. To intro the day, Host Adam Levy read Krane’s bio; it’s something he typically doesn’t do for DIY guests, but he found it … Continue reading
Opinion Take: Are Labels Really that Stupid?
I’m finally tired of it all, but I’m going to write another piece on it, because it’s still relevant to the current music business landscape. Even at IPR there are those who believe that digital distribution is evil and those … Continue reading
Adam Levy’s DIY 360 Featuring The Cactus Blossoms
On Friday, October 21 country artist The Cactus Blossoms joined The Institute of Production and Recording for the first DIY-360 of the new quarter. Beginning with a song that resembled old country blues, members Page Burkum (guitar/vocals), Jack Torrey (guitar/vocals), … Continue reading
Opinion Take: Where Will We Land?
Just when I think I’ve got it figured out, something changes my mind. And, because of IPR, I’ve got to think about this stuff everyday: the headache continues… According to an article I connected with via digitalmusicnews.com, Cold Play is … Continue reading


