High profile copyright expert E. Michael Harrington tells the tale of bringing the Civil Rights-era anthem, “We Shall Overcome” into the public domain.

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Download Your Free Music Production Handbook Now: https://berkonl.in/2qmNEIW Earn Your Music Production Degree Online with Berklee: https://berkonl.in/2CAF7H1 Many devices inside of Ableton Live have multiband capabilities, particularly the Filter Delay and Multiband Dynamics plug-ins. In this video, Berklee Online course author Loudon Stearns demonstrates how to create different frequencies using Ableton. By sweeping the frequencies […]

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Prince Charles Alexander may have engineered some of the most iconic rap recordings of the ’90s, but it wasn’t until he listened to the Notorious B.I.G. that he realized how much it mattered.