GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: NYU’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions at the Steinhardt School just cut the ribbon on a new 7,500-sq-ft recording studio and music production/educational complex. SonicScoop was there on opening day, and toured the new “James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio,” as John Scofield & ensemble Read more...
MIDTOWN WEST, MANHATTAN: Scott Hull officially launched his new venture, Masterdisk Indie, this week.
The acclaimed mastering engineer — who came up at Masterdisk, later opened Scott Hull Mastering, and returned to Masterdisk as its owner in ’08 — has a major agenda in rolling out this new “indie” mastering Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: At SonicScoop, we love things that work reel good. And we would certainly put DubFiler in that category. Released from the mad mind of Corey H. Maass, this Brooklyn-based file-sharing service just might take over the world and vanquish all its inhabitants.
OK, it will probably never Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: “I went to Disney World last year, and I thought Tomorrowland was so cool,” explains an enthusiastic Robert Schneider, lead singer/songwriter of The Apples in stereo. He’s showing me an illustration of a retro-futuristic society, one of those Atomic Age renderings of an urban skyway predicting Read more...
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: You WILL rent a Distressor from this woman. But that’s not just because Valerie Gentile is the most badass audio rental specialist to hit the five boroughs in some time, but because sometimes renting gear is a darn good idea.
Artists who aren’t aware that they may have Read more...
