LOWER MANHATTAN: In February, we dropped by engineer/producer Bill Racine’s studio inside Engine Room Audio, where he was finishing mixing Miniature Tigers’ upcoming record, Fortress. Due out in July on Modern Art Records, Fortress was produced by Chris Chu of The Morning Benders. Miniature Tigers’ lead singer Charlie Brand, Read more...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: Music budgets aren’t lookin’ up for non-blockbuster film projects these days, and that means film composers must be as economical as possible when scoring a film. But what is a composer to do if the director of a smaller budget project is looking for a large orchestral sound Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: Ming does not wing it. No way could the composer/producer/remixer AKA Aaron Albano be making up a high-powered career path like this by moving from minute to minute.
But maybe that’s exactly his game plan. Ming’s talent has been getting him the call to do everything musical – Read more...
NYC-based engineer/producer and all-around audio renaissance man Matt Shane (Flight of the Conchords, John Garrison, Robbers on High Street) handled FOH/monitors for electro-pop artist Dan Black at SXSW this year. Shane, who also tours on monitors for Flight of the Conchords, has assumed all technical and production duties for Black’s Read more...
ORANGEBURG, NY: If New York City were a nonstop metropolis – just city blocks stretching out to eternity – our beloved Gotham could get a little old. But the existence of amenities like grass, trees, fresh air and quietude within driving distance is good to know about, just in case. Read more...
