GREATER NYC AREA: Both through the grapevine and straight from the source(s), we’ve been hearing about a number of different recording projects going on in studios throughout the NYC area. The following is but a sampling of recent sessions, and works in progress…a snapshot of what’s going on around Read more...
There’s an awesome little book I want to hip you to. It’s one that every musician, artist, and otherwise driven creative person should read, and then keep close for reference when the chips of inspiration are down.
This will remind you why you decided to ever create in the first Read more...
Facility Name: EastSide Sound
Website: http://www.eastsidesound.com
Location: Lower East Side of New York, since 1972!
Neighborhood Advantages: The LES is the heart of live music; there are musicians everywhere, rehearsal spaces, venues etc so musicians are very familiar with the area and feel right at home… Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Late last year, the Ann Arbor-based electro-rock band known as Ella Riot loaded into Mission Sound in Williamsburg for three days of tracking sessions with Oliver Straus. Wanting to capture some muscular rock rhythms to punch up their electronic production, Ella Riot tracked live band takes through Mission’s Read more...
NORTH BROOKLYN: Our neighborhood studio tour continues with four more decidedly uncommon studios in North Brooklyn. We talked to the owners of Strange Weather, Headgear, Metrosonic, and the Fort about sessions, toys, and building an active niche in this teeming slice of the city.
STRANGE WEATHER
South Williamsburg (Coming Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: Despite its neighborly demeanor, it’s known that Park Slope has an industrial backbone. Step off the R train at the Union Street stop, walk a few blocks down, and suddenly you’re in something like no-man’s land. Welcome to BC Studio.
Martin Bisi will see you know. Read more...
Who couldn’t use some clarity these days? Honestly. When I was first asked to review the Waves Vintage Aural Exciter, I remembered my first days in the recording studio using the modern hardware version of the Aphex Aural Exciter – the Type C2 with big bottom.
The original and rare Read more...
MOUNT KISCO, NY: In lands near and not so very far away something sonic has been brewing. Boutique audio gear manufacturers – from cables to compressors — are proliferating at a nice pace in the New York Metro area, and monitors are no exception.
For multiple GRAMMY-winning mixer Mick Guzauski Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: We know what you’re thinking. You’ve seen this name somewhere before. And not only on the marquee of the Apollo or littered among the best of your old soul 45s: this James Brown‘s engineering credits appear on records alongside iconic producers including Butch Vig, Alan Moulder, Read more...
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: Keyboardist, producer, songwriter and Losers Lounge founder Joe McGinty (The Psychedelic Furs, Nada Surf) has amassed an amazing collection of vintage synthesizers over the last three decades. Lucky for him, right? Well, actually, this is lucky for you too. This collection of mint condition classics and inspiring Read more...
