For music fans, the most exciting convergences are from genres coming together – separate sounds joining to create something even more satisfying.
To those who work to back up artists behind the scenes, the prospect of combining different business channels can feel equally enthralling. That’s what’s happened at The Press Read more...
Don’t hesitate to judge this album by its opening track.
LA post-hardcore/soul punk/progressive band letlive. arrests listeners immediately with the extreme intensity of “Banshee (Ghost Fame)”, an enthralling rock performance that leads off their latest Epitaph release The Blackest Beautiful.
Give the lion’s share of the credit to the group Read more...
When an artist is working on a record that they expect will debut at #1, it’s understandable if they take no chances with the mastering.
But the band we’re talking about here is Vampire Weekend, and it’s no surprise they went in adventurous new directions at every turn with their Read more...
Heat rises from the LA freeway. It’s a cool 90-something degrees in Pasadena and my guess is Chino won’t be much cooler.
EveAnna Manley, and Manley Vice President Zia Faruqi, give me a run down of the days events as we carpool-lane-it past strip malls on the right and mountains Read more...
The latest in a series from Downtown Music Studios‘ Chief Engineer Zach Hancock, as he boldly breaks new barriers with Pro Tools 11, and shares his experiences. See Part One “Diving In” here, and Part Two “Building a Buddy System” here.
Change is never easy. I guess the saying “growing Read more...
Attended sessions happen all the time in mastering – destination sessions, however, are a relatively rare beast.
The Ranch Mastering is bucking that trend in Beacon, NY, an upstate hamlet with a deep American history and gentle beauty. Its 4.9 square miles are home to renowned people like Pete Seeger, Read more...
Thirty-five years ago I was involved in a start-up magazine for recording studios. Those were the days when there actually were recording studios. And recordings were made on 2-inch tape, which was the source material for an historic generation of music that would have sounded a whole lot worse if Read more...
It’s no secret that YouTube is now one of the primary engines that drives music discovery on the web. Last year, one survey even showed that two-thirds of teens 18 and under used the site to listen to music more often than any other format – CDs, downloads and audio-only Read more...
A few years, ago Peterson Goodwyn of diyrecordingequipment.com was living in Milwaukee, WI, perhaps an unlikely place to pursue his dream of becoming a recording engineer.
Goodwyn and his fiancee had been bouncing from one post-college job to another, hoping to land some kind of meaningful and sustainable work. At Read more...
Musically inclined moviegoers know that the true climax often occurs right after the very last scene.
That’s when the closing credits roll, and a carefully selected piece of music provides the perfect counterpoint to what’s just occurred onscreen. Whether it’s an original composition or licensed track, the song selection for Read more...
