ASTOR PLACE, MANHATTAN: A man capable of making 6,178 stutter edits in one song, it’s easy to see how a micromanager like BT might somehow miss the big picture. But really, it makes much more sense that BT is quickly evolving methods of mastering just as he slowly, surely is Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: Are music videos still big business? You better believe it. The NYC production company Hayden 5 Media is living proof that artists in the five boroughs and beyond are depending on their video image like never before.
Barely a year old, Hayden 5 Media is growing fast under Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — We recently caught up with Brooklyn-based producer/engineer Phil Palazzolo who’s been working on the new Nicole Atkins record. “I think this is her time,” he says of the New Jersey songstress and her new material. “She’s definitely due.”
The same could be said of Palazzolo. He’s Read more...
A great synch placement is a win-win-win: artists gain exposure and revenue, music supervisors and producers get cred, and perhaps most meaningfully, the picture gets deeper and, all hope, more memorable. Lyle Hysen, founder of Bank Robber Music and House of Hassle Publishing, is the licensing agent to some of Read more...
CENTRAL PARK SOUTH, MANHATTAN: Only two of these creatures walk the Earth, and today, you’re going to be in the room with one of them. Not only is there a Beatle inside this posh NYC hotel overlooking Central Park, but believe it or not, he’s about to spend some time Read more...
GARMENT DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: When SonicScoop needs a puppy rescued from a towering inferno, we call Spider Man. When we need the street-level report from NAMM, we call Jim Flynn.
The founder of Jim Flynn Rentals, NYC’s source for instant gear gratification in music, film, broadcast, theater and more, Mssr. Flynn Read more...
Winter NAMM brought on a flood of new production introductions last week. Check out some of the brand-new products, important upgrades and upcoming releases we’re excited about.
(Also, be sure to check out the new speakers we profiled earlier this week from Blue Sky and our roundups of New Mics Read more...
UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN: When faced with stiff film festival competition, the soundtrack can make all the difference. Sundances of all shapes and sizes are the key to breaking indie director’s careers, and when Andrew Hunt put together “The Love Game” he gave himself a leg up by paying Read more...
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN: This ‘hood is better known as “Crooklyn”, but resident Neil Benezra is only a thief of hearts. The founder of Brooklyn Sound Society, he charms the pants off his film/TV mix, art installation and 5.1 surround clients by being advanced, involved and efficient.
With two films he Read more...
In late November, we hooked up with audio engineer Paul Vazquez backstage at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. As Papercuts sound-checked, we had a look at Vazquez’s single-tower live recording station he’d setup at stage right to record Scottish indie-pop band Camera Obscura, the night’s headliners. This live recording would Read more...
