Dynamic Range Day

Dynamic Range Day

Dynamic is the new Loud - NO MORE Loudness War !

DRD Thing the Tenth - How Loud Should You Bieber ?

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

9pm: Thing the Tenth

Only one hour left until the DRD Webcast - please share this image and link:

So, Justin Bieber is louder than Motorhead, AC/DC and The Sex Pistols… – wait, WHAT ?

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Thing the Ninth - Reveal the real “sound” of the loudness war

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

8pm: Thing the Ninth

Post this image everywhere - it's the truth !

 

Find more Things You Can Do here

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DRD Thing the Eighth - Invite people to the webcast

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

7pm: Thing the Eighth

The Dynamic Range Day Webcast is at 10pm GMT tonight.

I'll be announcing the winners of the Award and Competition, as well as demonstrating "Perception", a brand-new plugin I'm developing with MeterPlugs which is highly relevant to the issue of the loudness wars...

Invite your friends - spread the word ! Share this link:

http://bit.ly/DRD13-webcast

And if you're on G+, invite everyone in your circles !

And do some more of the 11 Things 🙂

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DRD Thing the Seventh - Ask Boromir

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

6pm: Thing the Seventh

Spread this image far and wide !

Please include this link: https://dynamicrangeday.co.uk/about/

Find more Things You Can Do to promote Dynamic Range Day here !

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DRD Thing the Sixth - Reveal our secret weapon in the Loudness War...

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

5pm: Thing the Sixth

The loudness war is actually a huge opportunity for people who want their music to stand out !

Share this link to spread the word - and check it out yourself, if you haven't already:

Learn the Loudness War secret that will give YOUR music an edge

- and feel free to try a few of our other 11 Things To Do On Dynamic Range Day !

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DRD Thing the Fifth - Share Matt Mayfield's Video

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

4pm: Thing the Fifth

If you've been doing all the Things we suggest to help promote Dynamic Range Day today, then the chances are your friends and followers are starting to say "DRD ? WTF ?" - or, words to that effect !

Matt Mayfield's "Loudness War" Youtube video is seven years old already - and it's still the single best short illustration of the problem with the loudness war !

Share it with your social networks so people understand the problem with "wimpy loud" ! You can use this link:

http://bit.ly/loudness-war

- and here are some more Things You Can Do !

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DRD Thing the Fourth - Tell people about the competition

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

3pm: Thing the Fourth

It's amazing what the offer of free stuff can do ! And there are still a few hours for people to enter the competition - with a selection of superb prizes from out amazing supporters !

Tell people to enter now - and then watch the webcast tonight at 10pm GMT to see if they've won !

Another Thing in an hour's time - and here are some other Things You Can Do !

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DRD Thing the Third - Read the Research !

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

2pm: Thing the Third

Please share this image with the link - and check out the page, if you haven't already !

 

Here are some other Things You Can Do

Another Thing coming soon...

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DRD Thing the Second - Choose someone specific to tell about Dynamic Range Day

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

1pm: Thing the Second

Twitter and Facebook are great ways to do this - just send them the video and link from "Thing the First" and ask if they would like to share it with their followers and fans.

Hints & tips:

  • Choose someone relevant - who you think will be interested and support the idea of DRD
  • Choose someone with a large, engaged following
  • Look at their stream and make sure they reply to people - some accounts are automated or not monitored
  •  Be polite and friendly
Suggestions:

 

Music and tech magazines like Future MusicMusic Tech and Sound On Sound

 

Here in the UK, the BBC are very responsive - you could try accounts like @bbc_introducing, @BBCRadio2 or @BBC6Music, for example.

It could also be effective to contact radio shows directly, especial if they're on air - for example @BBCRadMac are on 6Music now !Music celebrities - maybe @amandapalmer, for example ?

 

Bonus Thing

 

If you have time, you could copy and paster your tweet and send it to all the people above, and some more of your own ideas ! 🙂


Here are some other Things You Can Do

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11 Easy Things to Do on Dynamic Range Day (Today !) - Thing the First

September 19th, 2026 BY Ian Shepherd

This year the theme of Dynamic Range Day  is "Turn it up to eleven".

So, every hour from now, counting down to the webcast tonight, I'm going to ask you to do one of eleven simple things to help get the message out there.

12 noon: Thing the First - Share this video on every social media channel you have


Just paste in this link:

http://bit.ly/DRD-demo

And maybe add this one too:

http://dynamicrangeday.com/

And you're good to go !

Now try some of the other Things to Do - click here...

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