[389] EDISON CYLINDERS RECORD TODAY’S MUSIC FOR MTSU EXPERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

EDISON CYLINDERS RECORD TODAY’S MUSIC FOR MTSU EXPERT
Martin Fisher Gives Antique Finish to Modern Audio on “MTSU on the Record”

(MURFREESBORO) – The sounds of history come alive as Martin Fisher, manager of recorded media collections for the Center for Popular Music, discusses recording formats from the Edison cylinder to the digital download on the next edition of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, March 29, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Fisher talks about his contemporary recordings of “folk” music on a 1906 era Edison cylinder phonograph at the 2007 Reelfoot Lake Arts and Crafts Festival and the 2009 Memphis Folk Alliance. Logue will play sound from the demonstrations, which illustrates the quality of the new mechanical acoustic recordings when reproduced with modern electric pickups.
“All of the cylinder tracks … are recorded directly into a computer with an electric pickup with no equalization,” Martin says. “The files are then selectively declicked, pitch and volume are adjusted, and fades are added. They then go to CD along with their counterpart electrically recorded cuts. None of the cylinders was played back on the original acoustic equipment for transfer to CD.”
To hear last week’s program, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html anytime and click on “March 22, 2009” at the top of the page. For more information about "MTSU on the Record," contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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ATTENTION, MEDIA: For color jpegs of Martin Fisher’s recording sessions on vintage Edison equipment, contact Gina Logue in the MTSU Office of News and Public Affairs at 615-898-5081 or gklogue@mtsu.edu.