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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by nowaysj » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:46 am

What are artist's rights like in India? Copyright, etc.?
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:33 am

as far as legit, major releases go, artists have very little recourse-- there's no PRS/ASCAP etc in India. though now that the $ available for pro songwriters via the various film industries, ads, etc is reaching parity w/ the west-- the rumblings are definitely occuring. Otherwise it's all front-end, you get paid x amount of dollars up front-- not dissimilar to the old stable days of studio 1, channel 1, on up to motown and stax.

session players and studios do get paid tho. There's tons and tons of work for good musicians-- especially in chennai and bombay.

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we got such a response to this blog that we've been talking over how to share these goodies-- right now, I can't share any samples yet but we're trying to figure out a way to make our sounds/ridddims/home-brewed oddball percussion bits available to the public in 2010... like anything else, we'll want to do it really proper. I'll let u guys know first!
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by nefarious » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:28 am

Sharmaji wrote:we got such a response to this blog that we've been talking over how to share these goodies-- right now, I can't share any samples yet but we're trying to figure out a way to make our sounds/ridddims/home-brewed oddball percussion bits available to the public in 2010... like anything else, we'll want to do it really proper. I'll let u guys know first!

Nice. Thanks man
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:26 pm

10 months later... an update!

Our LP, Triggers, is releasing on 11/9 :)

A ton of the instruments in these recording videos wound up being worked into a tune of ours, called "Steam."

Steam is available, FREE, at xlr8r.com.

what they're saying:

"There is no question Brooklyn duo Sub Swara has been at the forefront of US dubstep for the past three years. Since 2007, Sub Swara founders Dhuruva, Haj, and Sunder have played host to Mary Anne Hobbs, Poirer, and The Bug at their monthly club night, solidifying them first as tastemakers. Dhuruva and newcomer Sharma now make up the production chapter of what is Sub Swara, having released their first album, Coup d'Yah, to critical acclaim in 2008. The Sub Swara sound is never easily pinned down —the duo has done a wide swath of unofficial and official remix work for everyone from Mos Def to Balkan Beat Box, but dubstep is certainly in the foreground. That said, Sub Swara's second full-length Triggers, out November 9 on Low Motion Records, will showcase the duo's increasing interest in live instrumentation and collaboration - album guests include Dead Prez, Lyrics Born, Kendra Foster of Parliament Funkadelic, and even session horns from the Antibalas Afrobeat crew. "Steam" is taken from the album, and it's a thundering piece of percussive energy that brings to mind UK funky's drum love and kuduro's relentlessness, all before the track does an unexpected, albiet brief about-face into dubstep's familiar shuffle. "

Finally, I'm putting the finishing touches on the already-over-a-gigabyte-of-original-samples sample CD, which will be releasing on the same day; most likely digital download only (who needs cd's???). keep your eyes peeled @ subswara.com.

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Ongelegen » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:39 pm

tune is sick! nice one

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by tripwire22 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:50 pm

ah dave ive been waitin on this :)

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by deadly_habit » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:56 pm

what's this sample cd combined with the album gonna run me? ;)

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by RandomEyez » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:56 pm

Damn you guys are puttin in the work!

Can't listen to the track til I get home but sounds promising

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:05 pm

Random Eyez wrote:Damn you guys are puttin in the work!

Can't listen to the track til I get home but sounds promising

all about the 10,000 hours, right? Though i think we're approaching a thoroughly-exhausted 20,000 ;)

deadly-- not that much! digital downloads FTW :)
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by RandomEyez » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:16 pm

That's nuts.

Hope it all pays off

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by gnome » Tue Oct 19, 2010 4:59 pm

This sounds very good indeed. Can't wait to hear more and samples :D

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Kochari » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:12 pm

This sounds excellent mate, and the timing is perfect, as I was just discussing travelling round India next year with a couple of friends making/recording music! Got any handy tips? :D
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:08 pm

^ depends on where you're goin and what you want to see-- what do you guys have on the itinerary already?
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by FSTZ » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:41 pm

awesome!

congrats to you and Dhruva!

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by upstateface » Wed Oct 20, 2010 12:09 am

Congratulations!!!! Do you show the session musicians the finished products?
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Post by Phigure » Wed Oct 20, 2010 2:00 am

that's so awesome
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:23 am

upstateface wrote:Congratulations!!!! Do you show the session musicians the finished products?
Thanks to all :) everyone we work with gets the music, absolutely!
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by 4bstr4ck3r » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:24 am

You're the one ! Can't wait to hear the new release :)

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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by Sharmaji » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:30 pm

Yo gang- everything is up and available at subswara.com :) the sample pack has 1.5 gigabytes
of material!
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Re: recording percussion... in India.

Post by deadly_habit » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:48 pm

is the 99.99 the only deal that has it or am i lmissing something navigating) damn you being broke...

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