Back in 1995, Kenny Siegal was living in New York City, working out of a personal studio in DUMBO, long before that neighborhood had turned into the chichi business district it is today.
His studio at the time was a subterranean lair, deep in the basement of 68 Jay Street, Read more...
I mix quite a bit for film and TV where dialogue is king. For those projects, I like monitors that put the human speaking voice front and center. Many consumer TV’s, flat screens, laptops, tablets, and the rest favor the voice at the expense of other things to support dialogue Read more...
You know what I really hate? Revisions, revisions, revisions… Sometimes they go on for days. Endless prints, emails, lists of notes, confusion over which version were talking about. You get the picture?
Recently I found a really elegant solution to this vexing problem that has increased my efficiency with revisions Read more...
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN: If there’s one thing New York City needs more of, it’s gardens.
Just the word itself has a therapeutic effect, invoking a harmonious convergence of beauty and order. So it’s no wonder that stepping into the Clinton Hill studio that calls itself The Garden evokes a similar Read more...
Generally, I try to stay objective when I write about new studios. But when it comes to East Williamsburg’s Strange Weather recording, I just wouldn’t be telling the whole story if I neglected to mention that it’s one of my favorite studios in New York. By extension, I suppose that Read more...
Guitars, like people, come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Also much like people, when you look beneath the surface, they’re all made of the same stuff: In this case, wood, metal, plastic and curves.
For all the bewildering variation you may encounter in the wide world of guitars, there Read more...
Love and obsession – it’s a match made in cinematic heaven.
The latest film to go there, and then go deeper, is Love Sick Love, a new indie film released by the NYC-based mouseROAR. Directed by Christian Charles (Cheech & Chong’s Hey Watch This), the movie is a deft Read more...
Last week, VKLA hosted the West Coast premier of Universal Audio’s new Apollo 16 interface, presented through a live demonstration by Fab Dupont and an interview with Universal Audio founder Bill Putnam, Jr.
As we previously reported, the Apollo 16 is a 24-bit/192 kHz audio interface with 16×16 analog I/O Read more...
Connecticut isn’t often accused of being a cultural hotspot, but don’t underestimate the sonic steadfastness of the Nutmeg State.
One studio that’s seen the musical persistence of CT is Mother Brother, founded by Matthew Vitti in Northern Bridgeport. Clients who call on Mother Brother have two choices: rock and electronic Read more...
Bedrock.LA – the popular rehearsal and recording studio facility in Echo Park – has a new Brill Building-style studio complex in the works in L.A.’s K-Town. In an announcement made earlier this week, Bedrock has partnered with Grammy-winning mixer Tony Maserati and a real estate development company called Standard Oil Read more...
