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Dave Mason, Eddie Money, The Babys, Jefferson Starship . industries . those whose work involves the RON NEVISON and his flexible production techniques engineering and production of commercially ... marketable product for by Robert Carr - page 34 - Records and Tape - Film The Business Side of Production - - Live Performance SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING THE RECORD PRODUCER'S - Video and Broadcast AGREEMENT - Part Two: Payments To Producers - the magazine produced to relate recording by Neville L. Johnson ART ... to recording SCIENCE ... to recording EQUIPMENT. and Daniel Webb Lang - page 48 Concert Sound Reinforcement - SHOWCO ... Doing The Audio for THE ROLLING STONES by Robert Carr - page 62 Editor /Publisher........... MARTIN GALLAY Studio Acoustics and Construction Editor at Large MEL LAMBERT - Feature Writer ROBERT CARR SOUND INSULATION AND ISOLATION - Consulting Editors - PROPERTIES OF FLOATING FLOORS ROMAN OLEARCZUK ... Technical Operations Practical Engineering for Wood and Concrete MARTIN POLON Video by Michael Rettinger DOUGLAS HOWLAND ... Broadcast - page 80 STEVEN BARNETT ... Film Staff Illustrator HOLLY FERGUSON Disk Recording Technology - Advertising Service THE ANALOG DISK - IS THERE LIFE AFTER DIGITAL? Manager PATTY COLLINS A Roundtable Discussion with Leading Mastering Circulation /Subscription Engineers Manager SANDY ST. CLAIRE by Neil Brody - page 84 Studio Operations - ELECTRONICS, TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The Pre- Distortion Phenomenon Construction of Linearization and Distortion Analyzer Circuits "RECORDING Engineer /Producer" by Ethan Winer - page 96 (USPS 768 -840) is published six times a year by GALLAY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 1850 Whitley - Views - Avenue. Hollywood, California 90028, and is Audio/Video Recording - sent to qualified recipients in the United States. 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