EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Enmeshed in the creative focus nurturing New York City’s downtown, you sense someone deep in thought. A mind is in motion.
Feel it now, in hypnotic waves? You’re drawing closer to the workbench of Philip Glass. His symphonies, operas, film scores, concertos, solo works, sonatas, and any Read more...
Brooklyn correspondent Justin Colletti listens to new releases every day of the week except Sunday. Here, he shares the twelve Spring releases that best broke through the noise and captured his imagination.
1. Booker T. Jones – The Road From Memphis
From 1962 to 1970, Booker T. served as one Read more...
Facility Name: Planet Studios
Website: http://www.peterbliss.com/planet_studio
Location: Manhattan – Midtown West 54th St.
Neighborhood Advantages: Planet Studio is located in the heart of the entertainment center of NYC right next to the famed Studio 54. The David Letterman theater is around the corner along Broadway row. Central Park is a Read more...
GARMENT DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: Orchestras are people too! Just like the multiple bands of metalheads, siren songwriters, and jazzy jazz cats, they need a place to rehearse other than the live venue where they finally shine.
One of New York City’s most versatile and forward-thinking ensembles is the Orchestra of St. Read more...
Yeah, I was late to the party on this one, I admit. I had been hearing the hit song all over the radio. But it was that voice that caught my ear; raspy, soulful, full of grit and emotion. It reminded me of something different, not a product. Something real; Read more...
NORTH BROOKLYN: Brooklyn correspondent Justin Colletti continues to visit a wide array Brooklyn recording studios. This installment features one of North Brooklyn’s most impressive new build-outs, as well as a studio that may be among the area’s oldest, and rootsiest.
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EXCELLO RECORDING
East Williamsburg
http://www.excellorecording.com
Contact for Rates Read more...
WEST NYACK, NEW YORK: Whether or not you can handle the message, there’s no denying the music. The Book of Mormon is a Broadway score that has you locked in from the first downbeat and doesn’t let go – even after its vanished from your ears, these songs are stuck Read more...
Every month, Matt McCorkle of EqualSonics.com brings you a day in the life of a New York City recording engineer.
THE MISSION: Creating a Dance Track out of a Spoken Word Recording
In the last “Psyched On Sonics” we took you on location to record some vocals in an unconventional Read more...
Our friends at Delicious Audio have reviewed TC Electronics’ new TonePrint line of guitar pedals. Read on and click for Benjamin Wigler’s entire review…
Today’s pedal market is flooded with limited-run pedals in handmade art-covered boxes. The majority are barely-modified clones of vintage circuitry pretty boxes prizing visual panache above Read more...
GARRISON, NY: When you think about it, a cover song is a love triangle of sorts unfolding before the listener.
There’s the original artist who first brought the tune into to the world; then there’s the influenced musician driven to pay tribute to their achievement; and finally there’s the song Read more...
