WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN:Who’s producing the producers? Since many of the women and men who helm recordings for a living are songwriters themselves, it’s inevitable that they’ll draw the tricky task of overseeing the production of an artistic album by a fellow producer.
Like one psychotherapist analyzing another shrink, or a Read more...
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: Winters in Anchorage, Alaska are epic. And, as it turns out, ideal incubators of NYC studio innovators.
Erik Braund, chief proprietor of the intriguing new Greenpoint facility known as Braund Sound, explains the musical connection between the sub-Arctic outpost where he grew up, and the 24-hour metropolis that Read more...
In this episode of Input\Output, Geoff and Eli interview legendary “Soul Music Producer” Bob Power. In the 80s, 90s, and 00s, Power worked with some of the most influential artists of the Hip Hop and R&B world, including A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, India Arie Read more...
I came to New York City nine years ago from Boston to work at The Hit Factory. The experience of working as an assistant engineer there during the last years that the studio was open was a time in my life and my career that I’ll never forget. The studio Read more...
Last year, the adventurous NYC electronic producer T.H. White knocked our socks off with his hallucinatory album How Bad Do You Want It?
Now he’s back to bedazzle our brains some more with the just-released How Bad Do You Want Remixes. Since we were already fascinated with the music, for Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Manhattan is a place built on changeover. When a mainstay moves on from this island, you can bet that someone young, hungry, and agile is laying in wait to take their place.
To see this New York City-style transitional phase moving at accelerated speed, look to the audio Read more...
Over the past two years, crowdfunding – whether it’s through Kickstarter, Indiegogo, PledgeMusic, or a custom page on an artist’s website – has grown at a rate that’s impossible to ignore. At the current pace, contributions to Kickstarter campaigns alone are expected to account for over $150 million in arts Read more...
LOWER MANHATTAN: Next up in our video series documenting the making of Engine Room Recordings‘ Pinkerton tribute album is…Brooklyn indie-rock band Dinosaur Feathers doing “Tired of Sex”.
This is the first song on Pinkerton, blasting the record off with a dose of loud, feedback-driven garage rock. For their rendition, Dinosaur Read more...
One of New York City’s most prominent music business disruptors has suddenly had his own career disrupted: Jeff Price, Tunecore’s CEO/President, announced that he is no longer with the company that he co-founded along with Peter Wells and Gary Burke in 2006. Wells has also left the company.
Price, an Read more...
ECHO PARK: Stepping into Vintage King’s brand new showroom in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood, it’s hard not to feel your heart skipping a few beats; unless of course, the sight of racks and racks filled with glorious recording gear isn’t your thing.
If it is, then you would also be Read more...
