As mixers, two of our main objectives are to achieve a balance in both the frequency response and the dynamic range. Many might assume that EQ and compression are the tools used to address these objectives.
You wouldn’t be wrong — they certainly can be. But the more I do Read more...
Is the record label recording studio back on the rise?
Time was when a record company and their own recording studio were inseparable. Some of the most cherished music ever has sprung from facilities that were entirely owned and operated by the labels that constructed them: Atlantic, Capitol, Columbia, Motown, Read more...
We’ve been making music for a long time. And we’ve been lucky enough at Stephen Arnold Music to produce branded music packages for some of the largest networks in the world.
When we produce a volume of production music for our production music collection, The Vault, our same standards carry Read more...
Every mix I do starts with a conversation with the artist.
My goal is to deliver something great. The best way for me to do that is to get a clear understanding of what each artist considers good. Music, like food, is all about taste. So the only way I Read more...
The stars are out in Brooklyn. And when we’re talking about Ground Control Studio in Williamsburg, it’s a veritable constellation of attractions that make this facility worth a look.
On the technical tip, there’s a custom Neve A10118 Custom 20 sidecar that consistently knocks clients of all stripes off their Read more...
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During a recent band practice, my mind began to wander, as it sometimes will when you’re playing the same song for the 100th time. I started thinking of future article ideas: “Maybe I should research and write something about mindfulness and music,” I thought, Read more...
In approximately 4,000,000,000 years, the Milky Way galaxy we call home will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. No one will be injured in this slow-motion crash, but the interaction of all the spiral arms will fling every visible star hither and yon, transforming our night sky forever.
Too impatient to Read more...
Are you an electronic musician/producer who needs to translate your studio swag to a stage setting? Are you a band attempting to use a laptop on stage in lieu of human bodies playing instruments? Are you a DJ who just joined a band and are trying to find your lane? Read more...
The band Vacationer released an album near the end of June that sounds bigger, glossier and more alive than their past efforts.
Their first record, 2012’s Gone, had been competently produced in a repurposed loft space in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, drawing heavily on shoegaze and tropical influences Read more...
Although the technology and methods used in our industry have changed and will continue to change, the overall goal of recording hasn’t evolved much at all: We still must start with a sound source, transducers to change the signals into other types of energy, and finally a storage medium for Read more...
