WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: Since Auto-Tune The News #1 hit back in April ’09, the series’ creators — the Brooklyn-based Gregory Brothers — went from being a young, indie-soul band with a new EP to an overnight Internet sensation. Done in a format they call “news opera,” Auto-Tune The News (ATTN) Read more...
MIDTOWN, Manhattan: As powerful as publishing is in the music world, it can also stand as one of the least-understood components as well. Artists who can attract a premiere publisher like New York City’s own Shapiro Bernstein Music Publishing have a powerful ally in their revenue stream.
David Hoffman, Creative Read more...
New York, NY — Fans of the HBO series Flight of the Conchords might have a hard time imagining slacker-heroes Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement racing between the show’s stage in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and recording studios city-wide to get all of the show music fully written and produced and albums Read more...
Universal Audio released its Harrison 32C EQ plug-in this spring with fanfare about how this was the EQ that Bruce Swedien had used on Thriller. Universal Audio had modeled Swedien’s exact console, using the man himself as the arbiter of success.
Don’t get me wrong, Bruce Swedien is a legend, Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: The end of summer is nigh for Vampire Weekend. As the evening starts to show itself a tad earlier, the incredibly clever indie rock band’s next album comes that much closer to daylight.
The fast-rising four pack of Upper West Siders — Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Rostam Read more...
I can’t remember exactly what prompted me to buy the FXpansion VST to RTAS wrapper five years ago, but its been a very useful tool to me ever since. I’ve used it happily on G4s, G5s Intel Macs and all versions of Pro Tools going from 6 through to 8. Read more...
MILLVILLE, NJ: Kush Audio, the pro audio manufacturer started by Gregory “UBK” Scott, has seen its first product, the UBK Fatso, through to full-blown manufacturing and global distribution. Scott’s already deep into the development of Kush’s next product, and gave us some advance intel on its functionality and interface Read more...
MILLVILLE, NJ — With his very first product, a modification on the Empirical Labs’ Fatso, Gregory Scott, aka UBK, has tapped into something that’s eluded many pro audio manufacturers for years. Instead of targeting one type of customer, the “pro” who understands gear inside and out or the self-recordist who Read more...
CHELSEA, MANHATTAN: Is Adam Schlesinger really A Golden God? Or does he just play one on TV? The answer, of course, is neither of the above. But what’s true is this: There are few in New York City who know what it takes to make it in music – and Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: The musical alter ego of Richard Spitzer, Nite Club is worth a listen. His new album My Tronic on Tape Theory is indeed his own addictive take on organic electronic music. SonicScoop queried him thusly:
Q: One quote from Urb in your press kit reads, “Nite Club Read more...
