HOLLYWOOD: With the right mix of ambition and creativity, a true do it yourselfer will be unstoppable. And Ian Sefchick is a true do it yourselfer.
From serving as front man, singer and guitar player in ‘90s alt rock band, Creeper Lagoon to a tech at legendary Capitol Studios, Read more...
In this month’s issue of Trust Me I’m A Scientist, Brooklyn musician Daniel Shuman talks to Scott Solter, the producer and engineer behind distinctive sounding records by John Vanderslice, Mountain Goats, Spoon and more. Read an excerpt below or click through to the full article.
“I wasn’t interested in recording Read more...
Every musician on this planet has dreamt of the day when they would travel across the fruited plains and over purple mountain majesty, to bring their talents to the multitude of starving American ears.
Then, one-day, once America’s ears have been given a taste, they will make a living: going Read more...
SOHO, MANHATTAN: How do you become an overnight success? It only takes about 14 years of busting your tail.
A perfect illustration of this measured move to recognition is Butter, a busy music-and-sound-for-picture company operating in the heart of SoHo. While this self-described “creative sonic collective” hasn’t been making a Read more...
For one reason or another, whether it’s culture, commerce or community, people all around the world have huddled closer to one another with every passing year.
In 1900, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in and around urban areas. By the year 2000, that portion had nearly doubled, and today Read more...
Delicious Audio recently posted on a new open source platform for developing effects. See below, by Gus Green, or click to read on Delicious Audio.
This is one of the coolest and most innovative inventions I’ve seen in pedals, well, ever! The Console : FX platform is an open source Read more...
FORT GREENE: There’s something kind of meta about Elska: Middle of Nowhere, a new concept album about an enchanting new children’s character.
Elska – an arctic adventurer who’s discovered a newly formed volcanic island – has a pioneering mind as we learn in the album’s opening song; her story begins Read more...
Have you been eating your Wheaties? Running your wind sprints? Are your composing chops in shape??? They better be if you want to create a massive package of themes for a major new sports TV network.
LA-based composer Noah Lifschey was in top musical condition for one of the most Read more...
When bands take recording into their own hands – watch out! Brian Wenckebach of the Brooklyn group Elika proves that the obsession with getting your record right can go down the slippery slope of…studio ownership.
The result for Wenkebach resides in a Park Slope apartment, at the mixing/mastering/remixing facility he’s Read more...
Part II of the multi-part Altiverb Impulse Response Project. I’m on a mission to capture the sound of Brooklyn recording studios and acoustic spaces through impulse responses created for Audio Ease’s Altiverb 7 software. For more info on the scope of the project and its roots, see Part I.
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