My assistant recently left the rotation in the studio here to begin as a freelancer after three-and-a-half years of faithful service. We were both bummed but it was the right thing to do for his career.
A big complication about graduating into freelancing these days is the unspoken covenant that Read more...
Heat rises from the LA freeway. It’s a cool 90-something degrees in Pasadena and my guess is Chino won’t be much cooler.
EveAnna Manley, and Manley Vice President Zia Faruqi, give me a run down of the days events as we carpool-lane-it past strip malls on the right and mountains Read more...
The latest in a series from Downtown Music Studios‘ Chief Engineer Zach Hancock, as he boldly breaks new barriers with Pro Tools 11, and shares his experiences. See Part One “Diving In” here, and Part Two “Building a Buddy System” here.
Change is never easy. I guess the saying “growing Read more...
A few years, ago Peterson Goodwyn of diyrecordingequipment.com was living in Milwaukee, WI, perhaps an unlikely place to pursue his dream of becoming a recording engineer.
Goodwyn and his fiancee had been bouncing from one post-college job to another, hoping to land some kind of meaningful and sustainable work. At Read more...
A lot of competent audio engineers working in the field today have some real misconceptions and gaps in their knowledge around digital audio.
Not a month goes by that I don’t encounter an otherwise capable music professional who makes simple errors about all sorts of basic digital audio principles – Read more...
