Darrell Thorp is a 7-time GRAMMY Award-winning producer, mixer and engineer who has worked with artists such as Foo Fighters, Beck, Paul McCartney, Jay-Z, Radiohead, and many more.
In this interview, Darrell talks about what he found most difficult when starting out as an assistant engineer, which skillsets are most Read more...
Peel away the fabulousness, charisma, and nonstop celebrity of the Beatles, and what you re-discover are…songs.
Beatles expert Scott Freiman has extended the understanding of their unmatched songwriting gifts with the latest in his “Deconstructing the Beatles” series, Chords and Progressions. He’s studied their secret of the John Lennon, Paul Read more...
They say you should never meet your idols, but recording and mixing engineer Bruce Sugar would surely disagree.
Growing up near Atlantic City, Sugar was a bright-eyed kid who was introduced to music early on and spent his childhood practicing piano. Then, one day in 1964, he heard a sound Read more...
It will be a fabulous three months of anticipation for fans of the Fab Four.
That’s because The Fest for Beatles Fans, which bills itself as “the world’s longest running Beatles celebration”, will take place in New York City on February 7, 2014 – the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles’ Read more...
Music producers know a return trip is never guaranteed.
That’s true even for audio experts like David Kahne, whose production discography is a who’s who across the artistic spectrum, including Tony Bennett, Fishbone, Sublime, Sir Paul McCartney, The Strokes, Sean Lennon, Linkin Park, Ingrid Michaelson, and Regina Spektor. But he’s Read more...
