Dan Garcia

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If you look back over the history of recording studios, you soon realize that in the '40s and '50s engineers used to have to custom build their own mixing consoles. Nobody was selling "ready-to-go" boards for recording purposes back then. What a difference to the world of today. One afternoon I meet this engineer/producer, Dan Garcia, through a former client of mine, Arrica Rose. Dan had produced and recorded her recent album, La La Lost. So he mentions that he's built his own console and uses it at his Radio Hill Recorders. I'd always wanted to tackle the same project, but didn't have the time or gumption to really do it. Plus I've only become worse at soldering over the years. So I asked Dan a few questions and told him to interview himself for Tape Op, because I'm sure this was a crazy experience and maybe he'd have some warnings and wisdom for anyone thinking of attempting this themselves. Me? I'd never try doing this at home. No way. -LC

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Tape Op is a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the art of record making.

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