WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Seems like there’s more and more music festivals in New York City, and this is a good thing.
There are too many local/regional sonic gatherings — already past and still to come this year — to list them all. Just a few include Northside Music Festival, Celebrate Brooklyn, Read more...
SonicScoop was saddened to hear of the passing of Nick Ashford at age 69, due to throat cancer. One half of the legendary duo Ashford & Simpson, New York City was his home for almost five decades. Together, the pair co-wrote such monumental hits as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” Read more...
TRIBECA: Reverb seems to be one of the most distinguishing sonic attributes for not only setting the mood of a song, but also identifying the era in which it was recorded. And few reverbs have left quite as big a footprint as the Lexicon 224.
Whilst at its core Read more...
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: There’s no substitute for experience, a fact that Anthony “Rocky” Gallo is taking firmly into account as he expands the buzzing Brooklyn studio scene by another degree. His addition to the Broken Land’s soundscape: Virtue and Vice, a just-right room that he’s growing in Greenpoint.
Gallo has set Read more...
Ah, Friday – the best day of the week for many. How could we possibly make it any better? Let us show you: FREE FRIDAYS. From this day forth, we will be posting great collections of free plugins we find around the world wide web. New or Old? Who cares, Read more...
Latest in the “Building Strange Weather Blog” series by producer/engineer and studio owner Marc Alan Goodman. Click to start at Step 1: Finding A New Home; Step 2: Design; Step 3: Waiting For Permits (Part 1) and Step 4: (Part 2); and Step 5: Stops & Starts, Step 6: Demolition, Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Slip into the musical continuum, and you’ll find yourself streaming ahead with Erica Glyn. But exercise caution when absorbing her densely engaging new album, Static – this is an audio solider you’re dealing with, one who will sound off using any means necessary.
Even the most dedicated band Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN: In 1999, Walter Sear added something big to the New York City studioscape: Sear Sound’s famed Studio C.
Sear and his crew put together a room that was lavished with sunlight, and as rich in atmosphere as it was in technical excellence. The tracking and mixing facility is Read more...
The studio scene in Queens is often overlooked, but perhaps not for much longer. Long Island City is home to a burgeoning musical community, while Astoria has been the home of one of NYC’s busiest production facilities since 1921.
Today we take you for a tour of a few of Read more...
Have you heard the expression; “You can’t polish a turd”? I remember the first time I heard it. I was sitting in Studio C at Battery Studios with Shane Stoneback working on a live track for a major pop star that — to put it nicely — was going to Read more...
