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...
The rooms at Avatar Studios have been crowded this past month, with projects for everyone from global artists to talk show royalty. Top producers and engineers have been in on many of the sessions as well.
Studio A, with its legendary 2,496 sq. ft. live room, accommodated a duet Read more...
NYC-based drummer Brian Doherty has released Volume 2 of his Keep It Simple series of royalty-free drum tracks.
Created by Doherty, the Keep It Simple series is designed to offer practical songwriting and production solutions: Each drum track is between two and three minutes long (the average length of a Read more...
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN: No slave to the studio, Nic Hard. For this in-demand indie producer/engineer/mixer (The Bravery, Aberdeen City, The Church, The Kin), professional recording often means a move away from controlled conditions into creatively comforting confines.
Hard’s latest project, capturing the arresting rock/new wave/electronic concoctions of Baltimore’s the Read more...
