Recognition & Awards

With varying mandates from state and local governments — and few that apply directly to musicians — studios are working together to create best practices as they return to business. On May 5, musician Dave Madden arrived at Same Sky Productions in Austin to record his first in-studio session since the pandemic. Spotting a Rubik’s…

The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing has released “Safe Studio Considerations,” a list of recommendations aimed toward recording studio operators as they reopen in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The list was developed with input and assistance from “numerous recording studio owners, engineers, and others around the country.” In addition to basic measures…

Recording studios represent more than finely tuned rooms filled with expensive microphones, racks of compressors, and consoles. They’re incubators of dreams, places of eternal possibilities, where destinies become reality. The power and potential these facilities hold exists both in their dimensional details and the characters inside – often both. In the world of recording, you’ll…

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 1,000 independent artists are spending the weekend learning from some of the best in the business. For the first time, digital music distribution company CD Baby has brought its “DIY Musician Conference” to Austin. The event runs through Sunday afternoon at the Hilton Austin on East Fourth Street. The Roots’…

CD Baby has moved its DIY Musician conference to Austin on August 16-18. To mark the shift, the much-loved d.i.y. music distributor is adding some real star power to its already strong mix of networking, advice, and inspiration. Questlove will explore what tools and tech support a musician’s creativity and business goals. Rap legend DMC…

Messier sharpens his wide-ranging directions on sophomore LP Time Bomb without losing any adventurousness. Wielding a clever lyrical sense and hook-laden love for unexpected pop exploration, the album fuses dark and brooding, threatening to blow in its tightly wound arrangements. Read More

Austin-based singer-songwriter and producer David Messier has released the music video for his latest single, “Television is Better Than Love,” premiering exclusively at Paste. Serving as the lead single from Messier’s sophomore album Time Bomb, the track is full of cheesy, TV-influenced puns juxtaposed with the harsh realities of modern dating (in a world where…

The multi-talented, Austin based artist David Messier is set to release his sophomore album this fall. A Trustee of the Recording Academy, Messier, is an esteemed music industry leader, accomplished producer, entrepreneur, singer and songwriter. Austin Chronicle has hailed Messier as an “expanse of talent and ideas” and KUTX said, “Messier is a hurricane force…

The multi-talented, Austin based artist David Messier is set to release his sophomore album this fall. A Trustee of the Recording Academy, Messier, is an esteemed music industry leader, accomplished producer, entrepreneur, singer and songwriter. Austin Chronicle has hailed Messier as an “expanse of talent and ideas” and KUTX said, “Messier is a hurricane force…

Young pros to know: 2018 Austin Under 40 winners The 20th annual Austin Under 40 Awards were handed out Saturday night… Arts and Entertainment David Messier, songwriter, musician and record producer and owner of Same Sky Productions Inc. Read More