MANHATTAN: Change rocks. Or at least, it can, depending on your outlook and what you’re ready to do when the landscape shifts.
SongCircle reacted to the drastically altered A&R environment, then took the lead with the updated options it presents to artists today. Known for over 20 years as the Read more...
JERSEY CITY: In 1979, a Brooklyn teenager and avid record collector named John Agnello landed an internship at one of Manhattan’s most prominent music studios. Thanks to some hard work and genuine affability it wasn’t long before he found himself assisting on major releases from contemporary heavyweights like Aerosmith, Cyndi Read more...
Second in the “Building Strange Weather Blog” series by producer/engineer and studio owner Marc Alan Goodman. Click to read Parts I and II.
Today is the five-month anniversary of my purchasing the building and official work still hasn’t begun. I’m expecting approval of my plans some time in the next Read more...
FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN: In an Internet age rife with phony Auto-Tuners and aspiring thug-rappers, 19 year-old Flatbush native MC D. Julien relies on a different approach.
Despite his young age, Julien attacks his work with a measured, thoughtful integrity that shines through in his obscenity-free lyrics. Evident in the way Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN, MANHATTAN: With conviction like his, James McCartney doesn’t have to convince anybody of anything. Just a few seconds into “Angel”, the opening cut of his new EP, Available Light, it’s clear to all with ears that his hooks are heroic. And they’re his.
Of course, with his bloodline, Read more...
Avid continues to expand their line of Pro Tools products, today announcing the introduction of Pro Tools SE. For the most part, the software will come packaged along with hardware bundles designed to ease first-time PT users and emerging artists into Avid’s ubiquitous music creation environment.
Music composition, editing, and Read more...
DUMBO, BROOKLYN/CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: Shane Stoneback would be the first person to tell you that he’s a lucky son-of-a-gun. Sure this fast-emerging producer/engineer has sharp ears, sharper instincts and a marvelously open mind, but he’s also got an undeniable knack for being in the right place at just the right Read more...
LOWER MANHATTAN: We meet Dan Lynch aka NYC Taper downtown near City Hall at lunchtime. This is Dan Lynch by day — a criminal defense and civil rights attorney with offices near the city courthouses. By night, his scenery changes a bit. The very next night, for example, he’ll Read more...
It’s kind of cute now how just a few short years ago we were all sufficiently impressed by how Apple Garageband gave broke college kids the ability to cut albums on a laptop with a basic, free DAW program. In the meantime, the studio has continued to shrink while the Read more...
GREENWICH VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Sometimes a record is just a recording, and sometimes it’s a resurrection. For the soulful soul-searcher Janita, her newest album Haunted shows how a singer and her muse can find a way to flourish again.
Recently released on Greenwich Village-based label Engine Company Records, Haunted sees one Read more...
