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...
Rough Magic Studios – the recording and rehearsal facility that’s been located in the Pencil Factory in Greenpoint – has relocated its recording studio to The End just down the block.
Occupying The End’s Studio B, Rough Magic now has access to the brand-new facility’s multiple tracking spaces, including its Read more...
“There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.” — W. C. Fields
The ‘by the tail’ part suggests a rather negative outcome…and one hopes that can be avoided. But in spirit, I tend to agree with Read more...
Vertigo Venus reviews the Gig-FX VOD (3 stage variable overdrive), which was also showcased at The Deli’s Stomp Box Exhibit at CMJ in Manhattan last October…
For more on the Gig-FX line of pedals – which also includes the Peter Frampton Mega-Wah and the Johnny Hiland Kilo-Wah, visit http://www.gig-fx.com/products/vod/. Read more...
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Under the helmet of each man who ever competes in the NFL is a future ex-player. While the heart of a lion may beat inside, another life awaits them all – some sooner, some later.
As these gladiator-like athletes learned their game, the sound of music was Read more...
This post was first published in Trust Me I’m a Scientist, March 3, 2012
In this post, we explore the tools, the best practices, and the controversy behind “Mastered for iTunes” . For even more depth and detail on mastering, try our new full-length course from SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti, Read more...
DFA Studios, the house that LCD Soundsystem built, is now open to the public.
This month, DFA Studios opens its doors to the outsiders for the first time. It’s a big change for the space, which is located near the upper limits of New York City’s West Village.
For years, Read more...
LOS ANGELES, CA: I’m sitting in Craig Wedren’s new studio, conveniently located in his backyard in Hollywood. Affectionately referred to as “Pink Ape”, this is where Wedren has been working for the last six months, fulfilling a lifelong dream of having a spacious and comfortable studio of his own Read more...
Over the last couple years, plug-ins like Mellowmuse’s SATV and CS1V as well as SoundToys Decapitator and Devil-Loc have made it so I can mix in-the-box and still get those gritty harmonic qualities of the analog gear I’d grown to love in my analog mixing days.
So, when I started Read more...
