I have noticed that more and more bands, acts, and artists want their recordings to sound more live, and more raw than the now conventional “Polished” pop record. All of the little imperfections from a live recording are exactly what makes it that, “Live”. These are what we love to hear, a vocal gone slightly […]
Top Three Session Crimes As a recording engineer, I have been involved in many great, smooth, productive recording sessions. I have also been involved in some…not so productive situations in the studio. I will give you some advice to help you get the most out of a recording session and not waste your time and […]
If you look at the article I wrote “Digital or Acoustic Piano – What Should I Get My Child?” you will understand that digital pianos in today’s market are amazing and use incredible technology to “sound” and “feel” like an acoustic piano. This means that students can now start on a digital piano which is […]
A few weeks ago we had a studio first. A client had come to us with a rather unusual request. He was not a musician, not an engineer, not a producer, just a lover of music who was soon to be married, with a very romantic idea to put a personal touch on a special […]
It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in front of my old Heintzman upright piano, playing one of my first pieces from the Leila Fletcher beginner’s piano book. That old piano seemed as a big as a house to me, and I remember having to really push the keys hard to make it […]
The Yamaha U1 & Kawai K3 Review: The 48-Inch Japanese piano domination continues – is it the right choice for you? Rise of Japanese Industry in the 1970’s Many things in the North American manufacturing sector began to change in the 1970’s, and the traditionally accepted peak of domestic production across many industries was 1973. […]
It’s not easy to stay on top of technology. The second you feel that you finally ‘get’ Facebook, Twitter, and iCloud, an entirely new area of web technology develops, and you’re back to learning again. That’s what makes Merriam Music’s drive for the cutting edge of web innovations so unique. Very few companies take the […]
Merriam Music has been actively supporting McMaster University’s Music Program for many years, and the September piano sale is a significant part of that support. It has always been one of our more popular sales, however, this year for the first time ever, our Vaughan location’s customer attendance matched and exceeded Oakville for the very […]
The Bandchops program at Merriam will soon join some very elite ranks. Only a handful of schools around the world have a complete recording studio at their disposal, and starting September 2013, Bandchops will become one of them. This will allow students and bands to explore their music like never before – posting new music […]
The piano industry always seems to be dealing with its own taboos, in every era. in the 1980’s and 1990’s, composite parts was one of the loudest debates; currently, the debate over China has largely taken its place. However, just as with composites, it will very likely be customers who lead the industry on this […]