Finding a real job in the music industry can seem like a monumental and almost insurmountable task, even for those who have studied for years to do just that.
Not only does it require you to be incredibly skilled in a specialty, but it also needs you to make connections Read more...
So I am sitting there in the lushness of an SSL control room in a major studio here in NYC. Happy.
Happy to be engineering and producing a project for a very cool young trio of musicians from an African nation. Creative energy literally making me high, motivated to do Read more...
I recently wrote about what we lose when large facilities go away. Soon after that I was at Quad NYC, which today consists of two smaller rooms and a third on the way, occupying a single floor. It was a stark contrast to the halcyon days when the studio occupied Read more...
GREENWICH VILLAGE: Next time you’re downtown, take a right off 6th Avenue and head down 8th Street. Moving east, you’ll leave behind the confusing tangle of intersections that define the West Village, and gravitate towards a more civilized grid within NYC.
One of the first places you’ll pass on this Read more...
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK CITY: A GRAMMY and TEC Award-winning engineer/producer, Ed Cherney has had the kind of illustrious studio career that puts him in the pantheon of greats to have ever twisted some knobs in this business. Iggy Pop, Bob Seger, Bette Midler, Bonnie Raitt, Wynonna, Eric Clapton, Jann Arden, Read more...
