Death & Black Metal
by Ron Vento
You've seen the spikes and corpse paint, Satanic or ancient themes, or maybe even the blood and guts album covers. Maybe you assumed death and black metal was something not to be taken seriously, but...
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Interviews, tutorials, etc. All about the art of music recording.
Mixing and MP3s
by Paul Abbott
I recently worked with a client who referenced a popular band as their sonic target for mastering. Although I was already aware of the band, I went on iTunes to really listen to a few tracks. After...
TJ Doherty : Wilco, Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus and more
by Alex McKenzie
Over the last few years, I've seen TJ's name show up repeatedly on some of my favorite artist's albums: Wilco, Sonic Youth, Beth Orton, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Loose Fur, The Rapture,...
Chris Tsangarides: From Black Sabbath to Depeche Mode
by Jonathan Saxon
Legendary producer/engineer Chris Tsangarides [pronounced tang-uh- reed-ez] opened his studio, The Ecology Rooms, a few years ago. Located on the southeast coast of England and perched atop the famous...
Belfast's Oh Yeah: Start Together with Rocky, Ben and Barrett
by Francis Jones
Belfast's Oh Yeah Music Centre is a 14,500 square foot complex, an assortment of variously shaped and sized rooms over three floors. It is a place of intriguing sonic possibilities —...
Carpal Tunnel
by Liz Brown, Sarah Murphy
For all of the benefits computers bring to the modern recording studio, wrist health isn't one of them. The repetitive motion typically required to operate music software using a mouse and keyboard...
J.J. Blink & Phil Paske : Behind the Gear with RMGI, Recordable Media Group International
by Larry Crane
About an hour's drive across the Netherlands from Amsterdam sits the city of Oosterhout. In Oosterhout is where you'll find RMGI, Recordable Media Group International, one of two places in the...
Stephen Street : The Smiths, Blur, Kaiser Chiefs, New Order, more
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Look at the history of UK pop music over the last twenty-five years and you will invariably come across popular singles and albums that have seen the touch of producer/engineer Stephen Street....
Robert Carranza : Jack Johnson, Beck, Ozomatli and more
by David Brogan
It's a warm, sunny, February day in Los Angeles as I take the Vine street exit off the Hollywood freeway. Immediately on my left is the Columbia Records tower, one of this city's many "temples of...
The Dragon Bros. : Beach Boys, Surf Punks, and Captain & Tennille
by Curtis Settino
At some point, I realized there was a brotherly link between drummer/engineer Dennis Dragon of The Surf Punks, one of silliest yet competent new wave/punk bands ever, and keyboardist Daryl Dragon,...
Cornelius: aka Keigo Oyamada and his Bob Moog doll
by Greg Sullivan
Tokyo's style capitol of Naka Meguro has been the long-time base of operations for Japan's foremost musical ambassador of cool, Keigo Oyamada, known to most as Cornelius. I spoke with him at his...
Christina Files: Shipping News, June of 44 and more
by Lauren K. Newman
I met with Christina Files on a crisp sunny afternoon at Peninsula Park in Northeast Portland. We discussed her past and present experiences as a live sound engineer, studio engineer and musician....