Last week, we introduced our new “Power Sessions” video interview series with Part 1 of Erica Glyn’s interview with Chris Lord-Alge at Avatar Studios in NYC. Click to watch Part 1: NYC Roots and read on for Part 2…
In Part 2 of our Power Sessions interview, “Mixing & the Read more...
The New York City music business has gotten two significant personnel reinforcements.
In today’s NY Times, Ben Sisario reports that Martin Bandier of Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed a long-term deal to continue on as Chairman and Chief Executive of that company.
In another Manhattan music industry development, Joie Manda Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Over the next few months, SonicScoop will track synch licensing developments — which directly affect artists, producers, engineers, studios, publishers, and many more music professionals – in our “Music Supervision Mastery” series. NYC-based concerns of all forms will be included, and you can expect their observations to Read more...
I started working as an audio engineer just as the home studio market began to blossom into what it is today.
This means that throughout my career, I’ve been as much of a counselor as a craftsperson, because so many of my clients spend nearly as much time recording at Read more...
Chris Lord-Alge is one of the biggest, baddest names in mixing.
His discography is like a field trip through decades of musical history – from James Brown to Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks to Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Snow Patrol to, most recently, Shinedown and Daughtry.
Beyond the sheer Read more...
EAST LOS ANGELES: For Pete Lyman, mastering engineer and co-founder of L.A.’s Infrasonic Sound, ‘revival’ is not the right word for what’s happening with vinyl. In his world, the format never died in the first place.
The 37-year-old came up in punk and hardcore bands releasing 7” records, and as Read more...
Welcome to Meta-Four-on-the-Floor, a monthly source of musical insight from NYC-based Producer, Remixer, Writer & Engineer David Sisko of Disco Pusher. Visit him at sisko.com / discopusher.com.
Metaphor:
A literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: Role reversal can be a beautiful thing in the music world. When world-class musicians step out of the live room and into the producer’s chair, the possibilities are tantalizing.
One of the elite players of NYC experiencing this fluid situation is Bashiri Johnson, a highly sought-after percussion Read more...
There’s a record-making resurgence in Brooklyn … and the world.
According to Nielsen Soundscan, sales of vinyl records rose by a shocking 39% in 2011 to reach totals of nearly 4 million.
And those are just the conservative estimates – Soundscan’s rankings only include barcode sales at retail outlets. The Read more...
GREATER NYC AREA: This month in NYC recording found Skrillex producing Wale, Nicki Minaj working with Big Sean, The Kin recording with The Rondo Brothers, and a ton of bands recording in Brooklyn. There’s no way to report on everything, but here we run down some of the highlights Read more...
