RIVER EDGE, NEW JERSEY: Virtuoso lovers, take note: Lenny White has a new album out. It’s an intense musical experience, and it’s called Anomaly.
The native New Yorker, who was a member of the galactic-class drum/percussion team of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, fuses on with his first personal release in Read more...
WEST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Mega Playground, a NYC post-production facility encompassing three Manhattan locations, dozens of Avid edit rooms, multiple finishing and Telecine suites and production office space, has added audio to its portfolio of services.
The first of two mixing rooms, manned by resident mixer/sound designer Keith Hodne, came Read more...
NOHO, MANHATTAN: NYC-based singer/songwriter Pete Francis opted for a total change of scenery and production approach in the making of his latest record, The Movie We Are In.
Francis, formerly of the roots-funk, jam band trio Dispatch, hooked up with songwriter/producer Jeff Trott (Sheryl Cross, Rob Thomas, Stevie Nicks), Read more...
Facility Name: On Air Mastering
Website: http://www.onairmastering.com
Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Neighborhood Advantages: The best Kielbasa, borscht and goulash in the city! Plus the rent is very reasonable.
Date of Birth: January 2009
Facility Focus: Mastering
Mission Statement: To provide independent musicians with the best service, sonic quality and affordable prices. Read more...
NORWALK, CT: All work and no play make it mighty hard to be a successful video game composer. So Tom Salta plays and plays and plays, and the more he does it the better things seem to go for him.
First off, he plays with ideas. Possibilities – musical, technical, Read more...
HILLSIDE, NJ: Did you know that the Hillside High School team nickname is the Comets? That’s because the New Jersey town of Hillside was incorporated in 1910, shortly after the appearance of Halley’s Comet. WOW.
100 years later, they best prepare to rename themselves the Antelis’s. That’s right. Hillside-based mixer/engineer/producer Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Matthew Houck aka Phosphorescent played Union Pool Tuesday night, performing the twangy full-band folk-rock of his new record, Here’s To Taking It Easy. It was the day of the album’s release, on Dead Oceans, and the room filled up right quick to see the Brooklyn-based band.
Billed as Read more...
ASTORIA, QUEENS: Over the winter, Brooklyn indie-rock band Bridges & Powerlines made their forthcoming record, Eve, with producer/engineer Kieran Kelly at his Astoria studio, The Buddy Project.
As fans of Bridges and Powerlines’ debut LP, Ghost Types, with its catchy-cool synth-pop meets indie-rock sound, we jumped at the opportunity Read more...
Greenwich Village, Manhattan: Take a look into the music industry sweet spot, and you may see a company like Razor & Tie Entertainment. Co-founded in 1990 by co-founders Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld, a company that started out as a record label now has mushroomed, growing out with precisely the Read more...
Facility Name: Spin Recording Studios
Website: http://www.spinmusicstudios.com
Location: Long Island City (L.I.C.), NYC
Neighborhood Advantages: L.I.C. is a very culturally diverse neighborhood that is friendly to all of the arts. Musicians and artists are at home here. We love having the studio here and so do our clients. Extremely close Read more...
