If you were influenced in any way, shape or form by bassist/producer/musical genie Bill Laswell – and chances are you were whether you know it or not – NOW is the moment to give a little extra something back.
Buying 100 albums with his name on it would be good, Read more...
Part II of the multi-part Altiverb Impulse Response Project. I’m on a mission to capture the sound of Brooklyn recording studios and acoustic spaces through impulse responses created for Audio Ease’s Altiverb 7 software. For more info on the scope of the project and its roots, see Part I.
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WEST ORANGE, NJ: It makes perfect sense that Bill Laswell’s place is on the bass.
A mostly underground producer who occasionally surfaces in the mainstream, Laswell has built up what easily stands as one of the most diversified client lists in modern music. Over his career as a producer, bassist, Read more...
Surprised, but not surprising, was my reaction to the news of R&B superstar Whitney Houston’s passing yesterday. Her death came one day before the 54th GRAMMY Awards presentation tonight – a small shortfall mirroring larger shortcomings that unfortunately defined the last decade of her life.
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PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: Despite its neighborly demeanor, it’s known that Park Slope has an industrial backbone. Step off the R train at the Union Street stop, walk a few blocks down, and suddenly you’re in something like no-man’s land. Welcome to BC Studio.
Martin Bisi will see you know. Read more...
