Expanding
AUDIBILITIES
By Emmet Robinson
King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of
Video, Photo and Editorial Too!
Quality Professional Services Since 1967
15 East King Street, Malvern, PA 19355-0402
Volume 85, Fall, 2023 610-647-4341 www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
https://emmetrobinson.com/Reading-Room/
Expanding
Over the last fifty years this business has taken many forms. My first efforts were in recording live events as they happened. Most were coffeehouse, club and concert performances including the Academy of Music in Philly and Lincoln Center in NYC.
Then a small studio made more controlled recordings possible. A move to a larger facility allowed producing demos and albums for groups.
Expanding still further allowed video production plus restoring and preserving vintage videotapes, photos and documents.
For example, I just finished restoring an original 50-year-old audiocassette of an enjoyable combination of music and conversation. There were some technical problems.
• An intermittent microphone connection had left gaps in the audio. Sometimes the music would come from the left speaker; sometimes from the right – once in a while, both.
• The recording levels would vary suddenly.
In addition, the client wanted all of the conversation edited out – but without affecting the music.
With a little effort it all worked out well and the order was completed and delivered to the client on CD and flash drive.
Okay, moving along . . .
While this type of work has been both interesting and enjoyable, I find I’m developing a strong interest in two other creative activities.
First: I’ve been writing for publication since the 1970s, and truly love working with words. In addition to my own creative efforts, I’ve been having a wonderful time reviewing the work of other writers and suggesting those minor revisions that add impact, color, clarity and organization to their creative efforts. I’ve been trusted to tinker with materials ranging from a business card (really!) to a full-length novel (Jim McCusker’s The Edge) and everything in between. This is my idea of a really good time!
If I can help you with something, you’ll let me know, won’t you?
Details are available at www.emmetrobinson.com.
Second: Audio books are becoming increasingly popular. One reason, of course, is that they allow you to be more efficient. You can listen while you’re doing something else. Narrating audio books – and other materials – is a particular pleasure for me because it allows using the acting skills acquired over a lifetime in the performing arts. I can’t just say the words; the words must have impact and meaning – I have to make it real!
Charging a flat rate per page, I can take my time and record passages as many times as I want to in order to get the most effective reading.
I also enjoy creating narrative tracks for educational and promotional video where the same principle applies: believability.
For samples, go to www.emmetrobinson.com.
Oh – did I mention that all the usual services will continue as … um, usual?
From a business card to a novel to an audio book or training program, let me know how I can help you!
Emmet
610-647-4341
Say Cheese!
AUDIBILITIES
By Emmet Robinson
King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of
Video, Photo and Editorial Too!
Quality Professional Services Since 1967
15 East King Street, Malvern, PA 19355-0402
Volume 84, Spring, 2023 610-647-4341 www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
https://emmetrobinson.com/Reading-Room/
Say Cheese!
When you think about the photos you may have accumulated – that is, actual pictures printed on paper rather than images on your smartphone – do you ever wonder how the photographic process began?
After hundreds of years of experimentation and advances in optics and chemistry, the first recognizable photograph was created by Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce in 1822. His View from the Window at Le Gras has survived all these years, and may be seen online. At that time he called his process “heliography.” The more familiar term, “photography, ” meaning “drawing with light” was coined in 1839 by British Scientist Sir John Herschel.
In 1829 Niépce formed a partnership with Louis Daguerre. When Niépce died, Daguerre continued to develop the photographic process with ideas of his own. The result was an improved image he called, appropriately enough, Daguerreotypes. Although an improvement, they were difficult to make. By 1860 daguerreotypes had been superseded by newer, less expensive processes.
The Write Stuff
The Write Stuff
By Emmet Robinson
Is there something you’ve expressed in writing – but you’re not sure if it’s the best it can be? Is there something you want to write – but can’t seem to get started?
Let me help!
Whatever your message may be, from a business card to a full-length novel, take advantage of my 50 years of writing, editing and publishing experience to help make your best effort even better.
Call Now for Your Free Consultation!
Emmet Robinson
Writer, Editor and Publisher
King Street Recording Company
610-647-4341
emmetsemail@aol.com
Author
How to Prosper in Business Regardless of the Economy
Coping with Competition – How to Tilt the Playing Field in Your Favor
Little Boy Found – One Man’s Search for Self-Esteem
Typical Writing and Editing Assignments
Business cards • Business letters • University application letter • Directory listing • Radio commercials • Marketing materials • Signage • Newsletters • Scripts for Speeches • Scripts for educational and promotional videos • Magazine articles • Short stories
Full-length novels
You Asked For It!
AUDIBILITIES
King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of
Video and Photo Too!
Quality Professional Services Since 1967
15 East King Street, Post Office Box 402 Malvern, PA 19355-0402
Volume 83, Winter, 2023 610-647-4341
www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
You Asked For It!
In the business world, being a “One-Trick Pony” can be risky, and diversification becomes necessary for continued growth. Sometimes that happens as a natural process of evolution. When someone asks me, “What do you do at your studio?” my usual answer is, “What do you want?”
• The business started in 1967 as a location recording service for musicians, capturing their performances “live” as they happened.
• Then, when someone asked about an actual studio, I had to create one.
• Requests for recording larger groups led to moving to larger quarters.
• When someone asked about a video interview with a parent, lights, camera and tripod were added.
• An advertising executive heard me emceeing at a club, liked my voice, and asked me to narrate the script for a radio commercial.
Last Call!
King Street Recording Company
610-647-4341 kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Last Call!
Friday, November 25th, will be last call
for placing Holiday orders.
To order a gift for a friend or loved one,
please do so on or before November 25th.
Current Services Include:
• Restoration and preservation of vintage materials, including
Open-reel, cassette and micro cassette tapes
Original disk recordings
Videotapes
Photographs, 35 mm slides, documents, letters, awards, etc.
• Repair of damaged audio and videotapes
Precision splicing
Replacement audio and videocassette shells
First and Best
AUDIBILITIES
King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of – Video and Photo Too!
Quality Professional Services Since 1967
15 East King Street, Post Office Box 402 Malvern, PA 19355-0402
Volume 82, Spring, 2022 610-647-4341 www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
First and Best
The first and best musical instrument is the human voice. No other instrument can approach the flexibility, nuance and range of emotional expression of a voice raised in song. Singing, in fact, may predate language.
Musical Forms
Before the development of singing, there were no melodies – there were no musical instruments to create them with! So, singing must have begun with simple chants. Over the millennia, the chants naturally developed into primitive songs with words and simple, repeatable melodies. As language grew in sophistication and religious practices began to develop, special songs were created for religious ceremonies. In time, basic folksongs gradually emerged. These served both as a form of entertainment and a means of disseminating the events of the times. Now, after thousands of years, musical forms for voice range from Gregorian chants of the 9th and 10th centuries to grand opera – and everything in between.
Your Mother’s Voice
How many pictures do you have of your mom, dad, family members, friends and other important people in your life? The photos may preserve what these special people look like, but what do they sound like? Their voices may exist only in the form of old sound recordings tucked away in a carton, closet or desk drawer.
Chances are your photos are protected in some way. But what will happen to those old records and tapes?
Continue reading →GRAND RE-OPENING!
AUDIBILITIES
King Street Recording Company
Professional Audio Services for Any Purpose You Can Think Of –
Video and Photo Too!
Quality Professional Services Since 1967
15 East King Street, Post Office Box 402 Malvern, PA 19355-0402
Volume 81, Spring, 2022 610-647-4341 www.kingstreetrecording.com kingstreetrecord@aol.com
Blog: www.emmetrobinson.com/wp/
GRAND RE-OPENING!
After a two-year break from live recording, musicians, singers and voice actors are welcome in the studio once again – vaccinated and masked, of course!
Continue reading →How to Live Forever
How to Live Forever
In the Hearts and Minds
of your Family and Friends
Here’s something to think about . . .
You’re having an interesting life – from earliest childhood until now. You’ve had a remarkable range of experiences – both the good kind and the regular kind.
Over your lifetime, you’ve known unbridled joy and devastating loss. There are personal and professional accomplishments you can look back on with pride. You can also recall tragic mistakes that taught you valuable life lessons. All of your experiences combine to make a fascinating story that can both inform and entertain those who know and care about you.