Summer is often a slower season for recording studios — the big artists are all on tour, vacationing, etc. But check it out: many of the biggest names in pop music, from will.i.am and Kanye to Rivers Cuomo and N.E.R.D. have been writing, recording and mixing new material over the Read more...
Summer’s damn-near over (sure doesn’t feel like it), which means it’s time for ELECTRIC ZOO, the electronic music festival happening this weekend on Randall’s Island.
This year’s Main Stage artists include The Chemical Brothers, Armin van Buuren, Benny Benassi, ATB, Major Lazer, Dirty South and Boris, while three other stages Read more...
LOWER MANHATTAN: In all incarnations, including its latest, Mark Christensen’s Engine Room Audio has run ahead of the curve, taking risks to provide the local artist and producer/engineer community with something it really needs. Back in ’03, Christensen opened a multi-room production and mastering facility on Canal Street, making Read more...
UNION SQUARE, MANHATTAN:Welcome to the indie city. No, we’re not talking about Chicago, but the big — and often scary — habitat that exists for the independent music community.
For the times that this place feels more like a jungle, the national NYC-based organization American Association of Independent Music Read more...
Second in the “Building Strange Weather Blog” series by producer/engineer and studio owner Marc Alan Goodman. Click to read Part I.
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Since I opened the first Strange Weather, I’ve considered myself an amateur acoustical designer. I’ve always had to look at the space available to me and figure Read more...
