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...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: Public Enemy musician/producer Brian Hardgroove has returned to Manhattan Center, the 34th Street entertainment and studio complex where he came up as an assistant in the 90s. Hardgroove has taken over and reconfigured Studio 4, renaming it “The Fuse Box,” after his nationally syndicated radio show, which will Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Electronic music is mos def staying strong in the multimedia world — Georg Bissen is making sure of that. As both a notable solo artist and composer/sound designer for NYC’s cutting-edge house MetaTechnik (AT&T, Sierra Mist, Burker King), it’s his job to keep his tasty tastes on top Read more...
Second in a series of in-studio tutorials by Rick Slater, NYC Producer/Engineer/Warrior. Check out Part I: Pre-Pre-Production HERE.
By now, the decision of which tracking facility to use has finally been made. In a delicate balance between vibe, gear, and cost, the ultimate studio for the task at hand Read more...
UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN: The continuum continues for Umar Bin Hassan. As a core member of the Last Poets — the landmark NYC group widely recognized as one of hip hop’s founding fathers – he’s been impacting music, rhyme and rhythm for four decades nonstop.
While the Last Poets are Read more...
While Antares Auto-Tune has inspired plenty of musical garbage, as well as comedy gold (such as YouTube sensation Auto-Tune the News), Celemony Melodyne first came to us as a sort of Auto-Tune on growth hormones. It offered not only pitch correction, but also the editing of note length and timing Read more...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: The only thing low-key about Chris Adler is the man himself. While he may be a bastion of calm, the rhythms that emit from his arms and legs form a veritable shit storm of electrification.
As the drummer for platinum metal act Lamb of God, there Read more...
Once upon a time, you would have been hard pressed to find a band that talked enthusiastically about its “intellectual content” or “digital assets.”But now, an artist’s ability to produce multimedia content and propagate it across multiple platforms, is considered an enormous leg up with potential investors or record labels. Read more...
By Josh Clark
So you’re a band or musician that needs to record. Cheaply. You have a rehearsal space with a reasonable level of isolation and some basic recording gear. It can be done, but as easily as it could sound great, it could also come out sounding terrible.
It’s Read more...
