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Recording Studio Sweet Spot: Swan7, East Williamsburg/Bushwick

EAST WILLIAMSBURG/BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN: The three little bears aren’t there, but Brooklyn has a studio that’s juuuuust right: Swan7.

Founded by the busy producer/engineer Matt Stein, Swan7 expended as little energy as possible on nomenclature so it could get straight to tracking and mixing for its clientele. “Swan7 stands for Read more...

Recording Metal Drums: Lamb of God’s Chris Adler Tracks “Resolution” NYC Style

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Don’t take your ears off the drums: Try listening to nothing but the precision ballistics that shoot through every song on Resolution, Lamb of God’s addictive seventh studio album, and life gets almost unbearably exciting.

The source of this rhythmic exhilaration is Chris Adler, whose advanced Read more...

When A Superstar Dies, Where Do Her Sessions Go? Why Whitney Houston Mattered to NYC

Surprised, but not surprising, was my reaction to the news of R&B superstar Whitney Houston’s passing yesterday. Her death came one day before the 54th GRAMMY Awards presentation tonight – a small shortfall mirroring larger shortcomings that unfortunately defined the last decade of her life.

Houston sold 200 million+ albums Read more...

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Behind the Release: Something – 5 Questions with Patrick Wimberly of Chairlift

Something is an unusual record. It’s atmospheric yet danceable, plaintive but poppy. Its sound sparkles with a lustrous coat of wax, but it’s unafraid to remain decidedly off-kilter if not a little weird.

Stream tracks from Something at SoundCloud

Underneath the shimmering production aesthetic are Caroline Polachek’s startlingly well-performed vocals Read more...

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“Stump the Spotify!” with Will Knox: Playing the Music Discovery Game at FLUX Studios

EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: What would you do if you were given the magical power to hear any song you could think of, at any moment?

While the economic implications of Spotify to artists are a topic certainly worth of debate, I have to say that the goblin-green platform has given Read more...

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