Of its many beauties, one of music’s most alluring features is its ability to overwhelm our senses. Becoming fully entranced by a recording is something that happens only occasionally, but when it does—well, that’s why a lot of us are in this business.
One need not chase those cherished moments Read more...
How many hits and hit artists has producer Oak Felder been behind? How much time do you have?
Writing down the whole platinum discography for this two-time GRAMMY winner – a Turkish expatriate who came to the US in 2001 with no plans for being a music producer – would Read more...
In this new series, we’ll be discussing the pioneers of audio engineering—our innovators, giants, and audio forebearers.
If we had an audio Mt. Rushmore, these are the faces that would be on it. The first engineer in this series is Tom Dowd, the “Father of the Atlantic Sound.”
Who is Read more...
Casual music fans, some musicians—even some producers themselves—struggle with defining the word “producer”. It’s never the same job twice. The goals, the methods, the circumstances, the talent required or brought to bear is different every time.
To deal with this, we often rely on anecdotes and stereotypes: A producer is Read more...
Silas Brown grew up in “the middle of nowhere,” as he likes to put it.
His parents were artists and the family scraped by with little to no money. Thankfully, you don’t need to be wealthy to fall in love with music. First finding solace in his piano lessons, he Read more...
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