So I just noticed an email in my inbox from a PR person with the headline: "XXXXX MICS FEATURED IN THE BEATLES?: ROCK BAND? VIDEO GAME". What's next? "Shure SM57 seen briefly in a movie"? "Rob Thomas sings into wrong side of a mic in a video"? Oh brother.
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New King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Phantom Island
By Geoff Stanfield
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If you are bummed out that Edgar Winter, Thin Lizzy, Tower of Power, Chicago, Traffic, and Wings stopped making records, I have just the salve to...
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Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles
By Geoff Stanfield
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Since the passing of his wife and Low bandmate, Mimi Parker, Alan Sparhawk [Tape Op #31] has been on a creative tear. His recent solo record, White...
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Ronan's Recording Show features Jerks Behind Tape Op mag
By Mike Caffrey
December 24, 2009
Our pal Ronan Chris Murphy does this cool "TV" show on his site, http://ronansrecordingshow.com, and the most recent one is with me and John...
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Vinyl Lives?
By Mike Caffrey
November 3, 2009
James Goss has interviewed many independent record store owners across the country to see how they stay in business and what they sell. Every month a...
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Damian Wagner and the Sound of the Earth?
By Mike Caffrey
October 21, 2009
Ina previous blog post, we saw the beginnings of this project. Damian Wagner was in issue 64 - here's a crazy project where he's amplifying the sound...
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Meeting Your Maker
By Mike Caffrey
October 17, 2009
Well, not my maker but the man behind the baby that is our RND5088 console at Jackpot! I got to spend a little time (and a photoshoot) with Rupert...
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This happens EVERY week
By Mike Caffrey
October 7, 2009
I didn't do this video. But the guy who did must be spying on me. You can replace the style of music with any style, but the conversation is the...
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Nashville Recording Summit Nov. 13-15
By Mike Caffrey
October 7, 2009
Tape Op contributor, Chris Mara, has organized an amazing studio event coming up. I wanted to go but sessions have stopped me. If you can make it,...
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The solution, clearly, is more dissonance
By Adam Kagan
October 2, 2009
It's not Idol, technically, but America's Got Talent and its dentally-impaired overseas cousin are still franchises helmed by Simon Cowell, who I...