GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: As a budding producer coming up at DFA Records’ Plantain Studios, engineering for label co-founders and producers James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy — and artists such as LCD Soundsystem, Hercules & Love Affair, The Juan Maclean and Free Energy — Eric Broucek cut his teeth on a Read more...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Scratch below the surface of any of today’s independent masring engineers, and most likely you’ll find a team player there. There are a lot of one-person shops dotting the NYC landscape, but these individual practitioners weren’t always flying solo.
Case in point: James Cruz, founder and Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: NYC is quite literally the backdrop to Ann Mincieli’s brand-new Jungle City Studios. One step into the top-of-the-world Studio A, with panoramic views uptown along the High Line and west to the Hudson River, and you’re hitting the Alicia Keys chorus of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind;” it’s Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Last Fall, SonicScoop and Vintage King held a contest to pair up NYC-based singer/songwriter/filmmaker Jordan Galland with a local studio and producer to record some new material. Looking for the right engineer and room in which to track drums, vocals and piano, Galland chose Alex Lipsen, producer, Read more...
NYC-based Thwak Music! , an original music/sound design and music supervision company led by founder Tony Verderosa, did all original music for the cinematic :60 Sony spot, “Surgeon”. The commercial was shot by director Noam Murro and debuted Sunday, Feb. 6 during Super Bowl XLV.
Thwak! worked within a tight Read more...
