Larry Chats with Manny Marroquin at a Mix with the Masters session

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Roger Nichols

by Larry Crane

Well known producer/engineer Roger Nichols is currently battling cancer, and we send him our best hopes and thoughts. Please visit his website.  George at MIX Mag had this to say: ROGER NICHOLS NEEDS YOUR...

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U2's Songs of Innocence "Review"

by John Baccigaluppi

I'm not actually going to review the music on this record; it's free, just go get it and listen to it yourself. Instead, I'm a bit fascinated by the mechanics of the release itself. As my wife said when I told her I had the record, "Does anybody...

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I Have A Credit Problem

by Count

Over the last few years we've seen an explosion of online music services. Pandora, iTunes, Spotify, Rhapsody, Soundcloud and dozens of other platforms are touted as groundbreaking ways to deliver music to listeners. But this success is on the...

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Robert Plant's use of 'spook' on National TV scares many

by Garrett Haines

Lord knows why I was up, but at 7 am on September 14, 2010 the Today Show was on my television. They had a special musical guest scheduled, legendary singer Robert Plant. Before performing, Mr. Plant, answered a few questions from NBC’s...

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The Art of Listening Documentary

by Geoff Stanfield

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sonic youth exhibition

by Larry Crane

Tape Op Magazines and the Tape Op Book Vol. II are featured in the reading materials section of the "Sonic Youth, etc: Sensation Fix" traveling art exhibition. Thanks, Sonic Youth! "The exhibition Sonic Youth, etc: Sensation Fix focuses on the...

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Journal for the Art of Record Production

by Larry Crane

Eddie Ashworth dropped me a line about the work he and many other scholars are doing with the Art of Record Production folks. Be sure to read The Journal for the Art of Record Production online. It's densely full of articles, interviews, reviews...

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Alan Sparhawk Releases White Roses, My God

by Geoff Stanfield

The husband and wife partnership of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker will forever be remembered for their work in the band Low. Their remarkable vocal harmonies always told a story of a long and storied relationship that went far beyond the music and...

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AutoTune as the Subject of a Song?

by Larry Crane

Yup. And here's the video. Funny as shit. "Thanks AutoTune!"