Local recording studios in Sabah...

Hello, As a musician myself, i can smell more and more recording studios in sabah are being formed every year.And now we can find quite a number of good digital recording studio offering thier services to the public. For the last decade, it was hard to find a reputable recording studio . There was only one located at kampung air, namely SEH HUAT. The company has produced albums for our talented local singers like John Gaisah, Julius Goduk , Justin Lusah and many more......and the song like jambatan tamparuli,tarajang rasuk,miniagal oh sinsing are still heard until today ( Local evergreen songs ).During those days, there were no high tech equipments were available, you can only find those bulky analog recording equipments. No computers.....everything done manually and you have to be very careful with your work...since there was no such thing as undo you mistake. If you do mistakes, you have to redo it again and again until you are satisfied with your work. But now, it is entirely different. Everything is computerised. Anybody can setup their own digital recording studio at home.Infact you don't have to spend so much to do this.For a start, you only need to have few things like a MIDI keyboard, preferably one that has a velocity touch keys, a fast computer with a dedicated recording soundcard like yamaha or m-audio delta series like the one i am using now, a sequencer with midi and audio record capable software like sonar or pro tools which i owned one, a condebser multi polar microphone, a small pair of studio powered monitor such as the rockit 5 which can produce a very sweet and punchy sound, if you prefer, an acoustis or electric guitar and a small low noise passive mixer.And that's it. You are ready to roll. I will share my experience on this field with you in my next article.tq. by marcel website :http://www.freewebs.com/marcelmusic

Local singer to sue recording company for $5 million

Local singer to sue recording company for $5 million Subject: Local singer to sue recording company for $5 million by KaTaMa on 2007/12/4 12:18:37 KENINGAU: Local singer Atama said yesterday he would sue a Kota Kinabalu-based recording company for RM5 million for copyright infringement, defamation and compensation for lost album sales. From 2005 to 2007, the singer said, he lost almost everything after the company produced pirated copies of his song Throw Your Hands In The Air, a song which fuses Kadazandusun elements with hip-hop. The company claimed it had the copyright on the ‘taragang rasuk’ song, which uses the late John Gaisal’s vocals. Two years ago, it accused Atama of infringing Section 36(a) of the Copyrights Act 1987 and sought an injunction to prevent sales of Atama’s debut album My Tribal Roots. On Oct 17 this year, however, the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak dismissed the recording company’s claim as baseless. Atama, whose real name is Andrew Mudi, said his company Atama Music Publishing (AMP) would file the suit as soon as it has identified a suitable lawyer to represent it. He said he had been subjected to physical, mental and emotional depression after being accused of copyright infringement by the recording company, and he is suing to tell the world he had been a victim of injustice. He added AMP, which produced the album, suffered millions of ringgit in lost sales in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and the USA. Atama’s music marks a milestone in the local music scene, combining the sounds of ethnic instruments such as gongs, kulintangan and sompoton with hip-hop and R&B. Throw Your Hands In The Air has become something of a hit after being aired on local radio station Sabah VFM, and has even been used as a ring tone throughout the country. Atama said he is determined to make it in the music industry, and wants to be the first Dusun to penetrate the global music market. A telemovie, Can’t Stop The Sumazau directed by Tony Francis Gitom and a biography, Atama The King are expected to be out next year. Copyrite By News Sabah Times...........