It’s hard to believe, but the New York City live venue Joe’s Pub at the Public (aka Joe’s Pub) celebrated its 15th Birthday this month.
The surprise that accompanies that news is testament to how fresh things always seem at one of NYC’s top performance spaces. Every show there manages Read more...
The designer makes the studio – literally.
While each recording, mixing, mastering, and audio post facility starts with the founder’s vision, their napkin sketch usually gets passed to a studio architect to make it a reality. These sonic-minded structuralists are thriving worldwide, and their prolific portfolios can contain hundreds and Read more...
Moving forward.
For everyone involved in the business of recorded music and sound, the onset of the 135th AES convention in New York City had question marks aplenty. Would this tradeshow – which serves as the spiritual hub for everyone involved in professional audio – represent one step ahead or Read more...
Da Vinci – it’s a damn good starting point for inspiration.
In Long Island City, experienced mixer and engineer Denise Barbarita is just the latest craftsman to find a connection with Leonardo’s famed painting, dubbing her studio MONOLisa. A hard-working participant in New York City’s audio scene since the late Read more...
When LCD Soundsystem’s debut single, “Losing My Edge,” came out in 2002, James Murphy told us the story of being there – in the right scene, at the right place, at the right time.
The song serves as a testimony to the countless memorable moments in alternative music history, where Read more...
