Will Hensley was ready.
When a large part of the audio workforce had to make sudden readjustments to pandemic production, this Brooklyn-based mixer had already honed a home-based mix suite. One of several full-time pros who launched his career after assisting Michael Brauer, Hensley has established himself well in the Read more...
Everything was ideal about the location for mixer Rachel Alina’s studio in DUMBO’s famed Saltlands complex — except the raw acoustics of her room.
Fortunately for Alina, her professional portfolio includes studio design in addition to mixing. She’s also a newly minted Berklee School of Music faculty member, as well Read more...
Is it a nightclub? A lounge? A sushi joint?
A few months ago, passersby on a vibrant stretch of Bedford in South Williamsburg saw an awning go up over 327 Bedford Avenue, and started to wonder exactly what lay just beyond this stylized sign that they couldn’t miss. It reads: Read more...
Some studios just refuse to sit still.
Case in point is Kaleidoscope Sound, the ambitious facility operating from Union City, NJ. Founded by Randy and Amy Crafton, and Sal Mormando, in 2001, Kaleidoscope is a studio that’s also smart about its business – it constantly evaluates what’s working best, and Read more...
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, MANHATTAN: Putting a new spin on a classic can be a very risky endeavor. Unless you have no choice, that is – in which case you may as well gyrate away with everything you’ve got.
That’s the exact challenge that Mike Crehore and Al Houghton, the founders of Read more...
