"With him?" Mark Knopfler seemed amused about us coming along for an interview with engineer and producer Chuck Ainlay at Mark's British Grove Studios in Chiswick, London. Mark predicts it will only...
When it comes to mastering, Bob Katz is probably the engineer's engineer. Besides his mastering work — with credits like Cassandra Wilson and Sinéad O'Connor — he's written several...
Producer/engineer/songwriter Ben Hillier's work ranges from indie guitar bands to synth-driven music. He's produced the last three Depeche Mode records, singer/songwriter Nadine Shah, Blur's Think...
Throughout the years, Nick Launay has worked with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, PiL, Gang of Four, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Midnight Oil, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, INXS, Talking Heads/David Byrne,...
If someone has mastered 8,000 to 9,000 albums to date — many of them rock and pop DNA — they are probably doing something right. Bob Ludwig started cutting lacquers at A&R...
Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, and solo artist Jonathan Wilson has worked as a session player with artists like Erykah Badu, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson,...
