All roads lead to The Music Building.
Whether you’re an indie band, platinum-selling artist, busy side man, composer, producer, engineer, this location is traversed – at one point or another — by all. If making music and sound is part of your business, it’s nearly impossible to not have a Read more...
“I always hated tape,” says Kent Heckman of Red Rock Recording. That might seem a controversial statement at first listen – In certain corners of the audio community, them’s fightin’ words. And today, even musicians who never really used tape professionally are often expected to express some misty-eyed nostalgia for Read more...
As The Black Keys entered the stage of The 55th GRAMMY Awards recently, albeit with much GRAMMY flare that included a horn section and bass drummer, it’s interesting to think, “Has blues rock’s sound evolved that much, if at all? Has blues rock’s popularity once again reached a peak?”
Famed Read more...
BROOKLYN: You know it as soon as you hear it: A Vince Clarke creation has a way of bouncing right through you. Even at his darkest, there are vibrant energetic impulses emanating from the “King of the Synth”.
These days, this music-making royalty resides in Brooklyn. In the sub-basement of Read more...
Dungeon Beach Studios is aptly-named. To enter, you must first find a nondescript steel door on an industrial stretch of North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from Williamsburg’s main strip.
From there, you descend into a spartan cement basement, dreary and austere, and walk a few paces to find Read more...
