PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: Role reversal can be a beautiful thing in the music world. When world-class musicians step out of the live room and into the producer’s chair, the possibilities are tantalizing.
One of the elite players of NYC experiencing this fluid situation is Bashiri Johnson, a highly sought-after percussion Read more...
The large-scale media production complex Manhattan Center, located at 34th and 8th Avenue, has expanded the availability for live concerts at its well-known venue, the 3,500-seat Hammerstein Ballroom.
Previously operating under an exclusive booking arrangement, the Hammerstein Ballroom — the century-old opera house which has hosted thousands of top-tier artists Read more...
Manhattan Center Studios has had a string of big sessions for major artists, film and Broadway at their expansive facilities on 34th and 8th. Recent highlights from the Grand Ballroom include:
Recording a 52-piece orchestra for Tony Bennett’s Duets Album 2 on Sony. The all-star team on the sessions included Read more...
On Wednesday, August 11, the Sennheiser Sound Academy will host a session on key recording techniques, concepts and practices at The Fuse Box @ Manhattan Center Studios.
Jim Anderson, past president of the AES and a professor at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at NYU, will be the Read more...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: Public Enemy musician/producer Brian Hardgroove has returned to Manhattan Center, the 34th Street entertainment and studio complex where he came up as an assistant in the 90s. Hardgroove has taken over and reconfigured Studio 4, renaming it “The Fuse Box,” after his nationally syndicated radio show, which will Read more...
