Last month, the music industry got some decent news from the Nielsen SoundScan 2012 report.
In a year where Adele reigned again with 4.4 million copies of 21 sold in the US (10 million plus total), other sectors posted gains as well. Full album downloads were up 14 percent, achieving Read more...
In this episode of Input\Output, Geoff and Eli talk to David Lowery, the former frontman for Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, who is now an economics professor at the University of Georgia.
Last summer, Lowrey wrote an open letter to Emily White, an NPR intern who claimed to have had Read more...
His sets are legendary, from Europe’s TimeWarp Festivals to New York City’s EZOO. And Frankfurt, Germany’s Chris Liebing is one of the most personable DJs out there — a big smile on his face as he steals the souls of the crowd.
Delivering the darkest in mind-blowing techno music, Liebing Read more...
BUSHWICK, Brooklyn: Though still known for its relatively affordable real estate, industrial sprawl and epic loft parties, Bushwick was much more of a frontier ten years ago when guitarist and engineer/producer Josh Kessler had just built his studio there.
“This was a huge rave building in the late 90s,” Read more...
I think I am finally at the point where I can tell the story now. As I sit on this American Airlines flight #64 with my wife, bound for a place that is safe and sacred to me, a place that I have visited and revisited since the age of Read more...
Roey Shamir is a Recording-Mixing-Mastering Engineer, Musician and Producer based out of NYC — his credits include Al b Sure!, RUN DMC, SWV, Ronnie Spector, TKA, Mantronics, Roberta Flack, and Quincy Jones. He is co-owner of AREA51NYC, a recording studio and production suite in midtown Manhattan.
Songs and their respective Read more...
As high-quality audio gear becomes ever more affordable, software emulations nip at the heels of some of the most coveted audio hardware, and much of the basic knowledge of the audio field becomes widely disseminated through the web, professional studios still offer more than a few major benefits.
The first Read more...
Hype this isn’t: The mood at the music industry’s megashow known as NAMM was truly upbeat in 2013.
Common consensus among veteran NAMM exhibitors was that traffic was up, and that an optimistic outlook had returned to the attendees after a noticeable pause. The creativity among people who play instruments Read more...
What makes New York City so special? It’s the bedrock. The foundation.
It’s the material in the ground that enables skyscrapers. It is the secret element that allowed Manhattan island to be so densely built up and to harbor so many great people, places and things. And the bedrock for Read more...
How does a producer get to grow along with an artist, when they work together on consecutive albums? As it turns out, the return experience can be enormously enlightening for parties on both sides of the glass. That’s certainly true of NYC’s The NowhereNauts, which have blasted off 2013 with Read more...
