CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN/FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN: What headspace are you in? For a music producer/engineer/mixer like Allen Farmelo, getting your talents to that sought-after place is all about finding yourself.
In the process of doing that, of course, people will find you — that explains why one of Farmelo’s fans is an Read more...
Walter Sear’s spirit lives on at Sear Sound, where artists including Bono, Broken Social Scene, Lizz Wright, and more have recently recorded new music.
U2‘s Bono and The Edge were in Studio ‘C’ recording music for Spiderman, the Musical, with producer Teese Gohl and engineer Carl Glanville. The project also Read more...
Hipper than thou. Walter Sear didn’t have to try to be cooler than most everyone else on the planet – he just was.
All of us at SonicScoop were deeply saddened to learn that Walter, the founder of NYC’s Sear Sound, passed away on Thursday. We knew that he had 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.
Consisting only Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Seems like new, small- to mid-sized rooms are blooming again in NYC. Just in time for spring, Sear Sound has opened up Studio D, an analog/digital hybrid room that adds a welcome new dimension to the city’s offerings.
A mix/edit/overdub suite, Studio D stands out for a few Read more...
