How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Click to read the first, second, third and fourth parts of the series.
PART 5: BUILDING IT
So now comes the coolest and the hardest part, build the fucking thing.
Building was something Read more...
Instant classics are hard to come by. That’s what explains all the excitement around David Bowie’s new album, The Next Day.
When was the last time in music history that a record has earned so much global adulation – before it’s even been released? But the record is a thrilling Read more...
When it comes down to it, drums are at the core of what makes an NYC studio essential.
In the heart of Hoboken, Triple Colossal Studios is seriously specialized in that sector, providing not just premium rhythm instruments but an elite player – one Dylan Wissing — to go along Read more...
Bustling cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco and Nashville may boast more recording studios per square foot than just about anywhere else on earth. With such high concentrations of talented professionals, it’s not surprising that so many commercial records are made, at least in part, inside of one of Read more...
HOLLYWOOD: Last weekend at Universal Mastering, mixer/engineer Ryan Hewitt (The Avett Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlisle) led the first of what is to be many Master Classes focusing on the art of engineering and mixing records. It was the inaugural Studio Prodigy Master Class, a Read more...
When you’re with a media company capable of pumping out 60 minutes of new video per day, there’s a need for your music supervision services.
That’s the happy situation that Ricki Askin, Music Supervisor for Brooklyn-based VICE Media finds herself in. A constantly expanding multi-media youth culture brand, VICE has Read more...
For a bunch of sound creators that like to stay tucked inside their sonic hive all day, the people of VideoHelper have developed some impressive networking skills.
But we’re not talking about the glad-handing-VIPs or three-martini-lunch type of connecting here. With six full-time composer/sound designers on staff, sticking to an Read more...
With YouTube still serving as a primary source of sonic discovery for everyone from fans to music supervisors, crafting a standout music video remains a top priority – for artist, producers, and labels alike.
Not all of them need be high concept – as the scores of recently uploaded “Harlem Read more...
It’s no overstatement to say that a good snare sound is essential to the backbone of almost any kind of pop record – whether that means hip hop, country, speed metal, R&B, punk rock, psychedelia, shoegaze, adult contemporary, jazz or straight up rock n’ roll. So every recording studio should Read more...
MURRAY HILL: Ex Cops got their name from the frequent cover titles from the New York Post, but something tells us they’ll be making headlines of their own soon.
True Hallucinations, the band’s debut album, was released last month under Fat Possum’s label Other Music Recording Company. An imaginative and Read more...
