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Press for Tape Op Book and int. with Larry
by Larry Crane
One of the local Portland weeklies did a blurb on me and the Tape Op book for the reading tonight. Mercury
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Manual Dexterity?
by Larry Crane
I just stumbled across an interview I forgot I did. Snarky answers and all. Man, I'm a jerk sometimes. All the time?
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New Episode of Creative Recording with Tape Op: Drum Panning
by Geoff Stanfield
Check out the latest episode of our Creative Recording with Tape Op video series. Tape Op's editor, Larry Crane, and our online publisher, Geoff Stanfield discuss the oft-debated topic of how to pan the drums when mixing!
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New Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: Woodland
by Geoff Stanfield
Woodland is the name of Gillian Welch and David Rawling’s studio in Nashville, and it’s also the name of their new album. On Woodland, the duo continue to show their deep connection as collaborators. The album has a wide open sound that...
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Fievel Is Glauque New Album: Rong Weicknes
by Geoff Stanfield
Fievel Is Glauque New Album: Rong Weicknes by Sam Retzer Fievel Is Glauque is the trans-Atlantic duo of keyboardist Zach Phillips (Brooklyn) and vocalist Ma Clément (Brussels), who lead a “series of live bands” to...
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An Intern Rebuttal
by Larry Crane
I was gonna run this in the letters section of issue #78 coming up, but I just felt it was too long to fit well. -LC I just finished reading the letters section in the new issue [#77] regarding interns, and wanted to relate my experience. A couple...
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It Helps to Get Paid
by Larry Crane
I often think about the relation of commerce and art. It's a convoluted one, but necessary. How could one continue to create the best art possible if they were destitute? They won't - they will be focused on survival instead. A recent...
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Just say No?
by Larry Crane
I'll bet if you asked any busy business owner or manager what they spend the the most time doing, it would be the art of telling people, "No." For years I've found this to be true in regards to running Tape Op Magazine. "No" may seem a negative...
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Complete and Utter Ignorance vs. Belief in Yourself
by Larry Crane
A few years ago a Northwest music mag (now defunct) interviewed some Portland "best new band" character and the moron spouted out that nothing had been going on in Portland before his band moved to town - that this was the turning point when...