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...
There are only three people who can say they lead the one of the United States’ Performance Rights Organizations (PRO): Michael O’Neill just became one of them.
Beginning September 16, O’Neill will be President & CEO of BMI. Read more details in this article by Jessica Nicholson in Music Row. Read more...
How do you go from home studio to a flourishing indie facility, in the thick of New York City?
There are a lot of ways to answer that question, but one approach can be seen in the expanding universe of Galaxy Smith. There’s a lot going on at this two Read more...
Summer’s over, back to business. There’s a looooong list of records en route from studios and labels around the country due to drop over the next couple months. Here’s our quick-hit list of anticipated releases with as many production details as we could muster.
September
Australian grunge band, Violent Soho Read more...
