I finally had to concede that it was time to buy a new computer. It seemed wasteful to get rid of a perfectly good machine, but Pro Tools 9 had just been released, and my Quad Core G5 was a full version behind and losing ground in the endless cycle Read more...
SoHo, Manhattan: Travis Harrison — record producer, engineer, founder of Serious Business Records & Studio and Guided By Voices super-fan — met late era GBV guitarist Doug Gillard when his band, The Unsacred Hearts, shared a bill with Gillard at Piano’s.
Harrison gushed about GBV, Gillard dug The Unsacred Hearts, Read more...
Gigging musicians will want to check out the Nord Piano 88, which has been designed with live performance in mind. This new 88-key stage piano from Nord weighs in at just 39.6 pounds, but it’s heavy on features.
In addition to 24 banks of 5 programs totaling 120 different program Read more...
WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: For partygoers seeking a culturally diverse event where dancing and music takes precedent over pretension, and where the DJ seamlessly weaves urban and world music through clever intersections of house, funk, jazz, and dub, the legendary “Turntables on the Hudson” parties founded by NYC’s DJ Nickodemus are Read more...
Catch MTV’s latest teen docu-drama-style show, Skins, this week? The chiptune theme song, by Brooklyn-based duo Starscream was tracked at NYC’s Stratosphere Studios, with producer/engineer Gabe Liberti. The cast of the show also joined Liberti in the studio to record vocals.
Stratosphere has also welcomed songwriter and former Epic Read more...
