We first heard Locksley in 2005 at Guy Benny’s studio, The Space, in the Lower East Side. It was a Kinks vs. Beatles garage-rock sound, catchy as can be. A fresh-faced four-piece, newly in town from Wisconsin, Locksley was just rough-and-tumble enough to pull off this British Invasion-style in a Read more...
“There’s nothing new that can be said in pop songwriting,” says Claude “Studio Beast” Kelly, in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. “So, it’s not about writing some groundbreaking love song, it’s about writing a love song the way Miley Cyrus or Kelly Clarkson would write it. It’s the Read more...
The production duo Midi Mafia (50 Cent, Fantasia, Jennifer Lopez) is partnering with NYC-based web startup Blazetrak for an online talent search. Midi Mafia is producer/engineer/DJ Dirty Swift and producer/songwriter/artist Bruce Waynne.
Blazetrak is an online resource that puts users in touch with “top professionals” in the areas of music, Read more...
Super producer Justin “Just Blaze” Smith (Jay-Z, Rihanna, Eminem, Usher) is joining the ranks of NYC recording facility, Stadiumred Studios, bringing additional staff, equipment and newly constructed rooms to the multi-studio complex.
On his latest move, since closing Baseline Studios last week, Just Blaze stated, “I’m looking forward to setting Read more...
Since hearing/loving The Soft Pack‘s “Bright Side,” a breezy punk-rock cut off of ’09’sThe Muslims EP, we’ve been looking out for the band’s first full-length record. And it turns out the California quartet came east to make this debut LP — out today on Kemado Records — with Brooklyn-based producer/engineer Read more...
