LOWER MANHATTAN: In February, we dropped by engineer/producer Bill Racine’s studio inside Engine Room Audio, where he was finishing mixing Miniature Tigers’ upcoming record, Fortress. Due out in July on Modern Art Records, Fortress was produced by Chris Chu of The Morning Benders. Miniature Tigers’ lead singer Charlie Brand, Read more...
FLATIRON DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: In your quest for integrity within the dark art of A&R, cast your gaze upon Ron Burman, Senior Vice President of A&R for Roadrunner Records. During his 13-year tenure at one of America’s premier rock labels, Burman single-handedly transformed the airwaves with his signing of Nickelback, followed Read more...
Musikmesse 2010 — “the international fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and music business connections” — took place last week in Frankfurt, Germany. The show provides a global stage for MI and pro audio manufacturers, many of which had new products on display. We’ve collected some highlights here Read more...
KATONAH, NY: A few years ago, when Sony closed its studios on W. 54th Street, Thom Cadley was one of the hundreds of Sony staffers cut loose. He’d been Sony’s chief mixing engineer as long as the studio had been running. “I was one of the first people hired at Read more...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: Music budgets aren’t lookin’ up for non-blockbuster film projects these days, and that means film composers must be as economical as possible when scoring a film. But what is a composer to do if the director of a smaller budget project is looking for a large orchestral sound Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: Ming does not wing it. No way could the composer/producer/remixer AKA Aaron Albano be making up a high-powered career path like this by moving from minute to minute.
But maybe that’s exactly his game plan. Ming’s talent has been getting him the call to do everything musical – Read more...
Before SXSW, there was fire, stone wheels, a couple of caves to live in. Now that the little gig in Austin has blossomed into the mama of all music and interactive gatherings, showing up Down South has become an annual rite of passage for all those in the biz.
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NYC-based engineer/producer and all-around audio renaissance man Matt Shane (Flight of the Conchords, John Garrison, Robbers on High Street) handled FOH/monitors for electro-pop artist Dan Black at SXSW this year. Shane, who also tours on monitors for Flight of the Conchords, has assumed all technical and production duties for Black’s Read more...
ORANGEBURG, NY: If New York City were a nonstop metropolis – just city blocks stretching out to eternity – our beloved Gotham could get a little old. But the existence of amenities like grass, trees, fresh air and quietude within driving distance is good to know about, just in case. Read more...
By Mark Kondracki
Trust-worthy monitoring is the most critical and, perhaps the most challenging component in the mastering process. If the sound, frequencies, and dynamics don’t translate to your ears, your decisions will be crippled.
When I was presented with the opportunity to listen to the CEntrance DACport, I initially Read more...
