GREATER NYC AREA: For recording studios, this past summer had its typical ups and downs. But heading into Fall, bands like The Killers, The Vaccines and OneRepublic as well as artists like Tony Bennett, Kurt Vile, Sean Lennon, Rufus Wainright and more had been in NYC-area studios cranking on Read more...
DUMBO, BROOKLYN: In an era when a record’s “production” often overwhelms its “performances” – for better or for worse – a worthy and well-recorded live performance can sound like a revelation. The newly released, self-titled album by The Poison Tree, a Brooklyn-based project led by former King of France Read more...
Producer/engineer Steve Addabbo’s Shelter Island Sound has hosted a number of recording and mixing sessions for TV, film and album projects recently including HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, and the upcoming music film, Who’s Gonna Save You, by Robby Romero.
NYC bandleader Vince Giordano and producer Stewart Lerman were in Shelter Island Read more...
TRIBECA/CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN: Two weeks ago we joined NYC freelance audio engineer Rich Lamb (pitchie@earthlink.net) on a tour of his favorite studios in and around the city. Well, he’s not finished yet – Lamb’s telling us about more go-to rooms for you to view, use and abuse (in a Geoff Emerick Read more...
HELL’S KITCHEN: Only the eclectically exacting environment of Sear Sound would do for the likes of Rufus Wainright. When it came time to record the purely fascinating sounds of the newly released All Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu, NYC’s bastion of sonic succulence was the natural choice.
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