NAMM is expanding well beyond its namesake winter and summer conferences that set the pace for audio and music. The organization has a busy Webinar agenda building up, offering expert advice on topics to help guide the industry through the unprecedented challenges brought on by coronavirus.
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I recently took a stretch of road less traveled to see an old friend, Tony Drootin, as he oversaw construction on David Amlen’s latest studio, the newly reborn Sound on Sound now in Montclair, NJ.
Both Amlen and Drootin were key players in the NYC studio scene during its last Read more...
How does a serious recording studio succeed? You can ask the Young Guns how they’re tackling this tricky business, but sometimes it’s best to hear it from a veteran like Tony Drootin.
Recently, Drootin took on a new challenge as Studio Manager of one of New York City’s top facilities, Read more...
Artist Amelia Robinson and her band, along with manager Karla Chee-a-tow, tracked at Daddy’s House, the NYC recording facility owned by Sean “Puffy” Combs, recently for Hip Hop Public Health. Studio veteran Tony Drootin sits on the Board of HHPH and was instrumental in providing studio time and bringing in Read more...
Area 51 Studios — owned by Tony Drootin and producer/mixer Roey Shamir — recently hosted sessions with Isley Brother Ron Isley, engineered by Jim Caruana.
Caruana also recently engineered some new material with producer/musician/singer Ryan Leslie at Area 51.
And T.I. and Gucci Mane were in the studio with producer Read more...
