GREENWICH VILLAGE: Next time you’re downtown, take a right off 6th Avenue and head down 8th Street. Moving east, you’ll leave behind the confusing tangle of intersections that define the West Village, and gravitate towards a more civilized grid within NYC.
One of the first places you’ll pass on this Read more...
The bonus feature from our multi-part interview series – Click to watch Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Parts 4 and 5, and Part 6 of Power Sessions: Chris Lord-Alge.
Our first interview in the Power Sessions series featured Chris Lord-Alge in a conversation with NYC artist/engineer Erica Glyn. Read more...
Skyline Recording Studios, the world-class NYC facility that operated for many years at 36 West 37th Street, has closed.
The studio, which was owned and operated by drummer Jonathan Mover, was renowned for its spacious live room, Musgrave-modified Neve VR60, and its superstar rock, jazz, and pop clientele.
Over the Read more...
Violinist Rob Moose was a sophomore in college when he responded to a classified ad that read “Britten, Buckley, Boulez, Bjork.”
That single ad led him to songwriter Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, and in the years that followed, to gigs with Antony and the Johnsons, The National and Read more...
GREATER NYC AREA: This month’s buzz finds a number of amazing singers recording around the city – from Diane Birch to Trixie Whitley, Dianna Krall to Glasser – as well as a wealth of new releases by acclaimed rappers like Kanye West, Theophilus London and Childish Gambino, new work by Read more...
Next time you get a chance, go on a day trip a little north of the city to Westchester County. When you arrive at the beautiful hamlet of Katonah, NY you’ll see artistic sensibilities in abundance – from the Katonah Museum of Art to the annual Caramoor International Music Festival. Read more...
FLATIRON DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: If you’ve lived in New York City long enough, hopefully you’ve experienced this distinctive pleasure: walking around a blind corner only to encounter the face of a long-lost friend. At these moments, the massive metropolis magically shrinks down to a small town.
If that early acquaintance just Read more...
Delicious Audio recently reviewed the Reezafratzitz distortion pedal from Emma Electronics…read a bit below, and visit Delicious Audio for the complete review!
If the crazily named Reezafratzitz distortion pedal from Denmark’s Emma Electronics (street $245) has a dual personality, both of them are nasty. But for lovers of saturated distortion, Read more...
Ari Picker, the singer and principal writer for Lost in the Trees was older than most students when he entered the film scoring program at Berklee College. Now he’s 30, a recent graduate with a bachelor’s in music, and probably one of the only members of his class who has Read more...
The sixth in a multi-part interview series. Click to watch Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Parts 4 and 5 of Power Sessions: Chris Lord-Alge.
In the final installment of “Power Sessions”, Chris Lord-Alge talks about mixing the Daughtry power ballad “Crawling Back To You”.
“I had to do Read more...
