Why I Need One/Reason for Purchase
As an independent engineer/producer for over 25 years, I’ve been somewhat reticent to outfit and install a “home” or “project” studio. The majority of my work has taken place in major commercial studios, only occasionally moving to a smaller mix or editing suite if Read more...
Who remembers being electrified by great singers and their great performances? We all do. They were all around us at least until 1997 when Antares’ Auto-Tune showed up: the license to sing out of tune and still find the courage to release a record!
Advances in digital music technologies have Read more...
Sear Sound has had a strong spring, with big sessions in their Neve 8038-equipped Studio A, and the sun-kissed, Sear-Avalon custom console-equipped Studio C.
Sting was in Studio C composing and recording with Sear Sound’s 1973 Steinway “D” grand piano. Rob Mathes was arranging and co-producing with Sting. David Shoenwetter Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN, MANHATTAN: Modern music can get shaped by the most unassuming of influencers. David Kahne is one such source: often unseen, but always very well heard.
Spend some time with him, and it’s clear that he always puts sound first. If you’re lucky, you’ll be there when Kahne hears Read more...
SoHo/WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: Why record your debut album at one slammin’ NYC studio when a dozen would do? That’s what the NYC rock three-piece The NowhereNauts thought as they attacked the making of their stirring, wise-beyond-their-years self-titled release that came out this week.
As it turns out, a dozen studios Read more...
