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Why Does Youtube Apologize to People Who Have Illegally Uploaded my Content?

by Larry Crane

I politely asked Youtube to remove a song by my old band that someone had posted without permission. They took it down but then apologized "sorry about that" and ran my business name as if "blaming me" for removing content. Really? Wow. Pretty...

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A Treasure Trove of Acoustic Information

by Larry Crane

My pal Ethan Winer is half of the company Real Traps and hosts a page of all sorts of articles and information about acoustics and control rooms at this site: Real Traps One of my favorite pieces nearly ended up in Tape Op Magazine but after I...

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New Daniel Levitin Book: I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine

by Geoff Stanfield

I dropped by Powell’s City of Books last night to say hello to Daniel Levitin and hear him talk about his new book, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine. I interviewed him in Tape Op #74 way back in 2009. There’s a lot of...

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Free Devil-Loc Plug-In from Sound Toys!

by Larry Crane

At our Tape Op Party during SXSW last week the fine folks at Sound Toys announced and gave away a new plug-in - the Devil-Loc! You have to grab this before March 31, 2011. Act now! Go here for the free Devil-Loc Plug-in Sharing Code:...

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There's An App for That!

by Geoff Stanfield

Hello Friends, Yes the rumours are true! We are happy to announce the release of the Tape Op iPad app! And for those folks that are not Apple product users don't despair, there is an Andriod version coming soon.  You can log in using...

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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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Tape Op one of Chicago Tribune's 50 favorite magazines!

by Larry Crane

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-07-09/features/0807080422_1_rolling-stone-new-yorker-classical-music-magazine It's an eclectic collection and somehow we made the cut. We're guessing it was an inside job... Thanks Chicago!

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Brittany Howard and Shawn Everett: Bloody Marys and the Perfect Mix

by Geoff Stanfield

Shawn and Brittany on the similarities between the perfect bloody mary and the perfect mix. 

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Jim Morrison Didn't Want to be a Producer!

by Larry Crane

Here's a clip of a rare Rolling Stone interview with the Lizard King talking about making records around 2 1/2 minutes in. “I could never produce ... because I don’t have the patience for it. I think that’s the main thing. Who's...