Blog | Aug. 15, 2008

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

Tape Op is a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the art of record making.

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MICS FEATURED IN THE BEATLES?: ROCK BAND? VIDEO GAME

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...

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Goatboy's Pro Tools Suggestion

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If you're sending tracks to other folks for mixing and/or sorting out, here's a suggestion from our pal Goat(boy), Andrew Gilchrist. -LC Larry, Sitting on a plane, flying today from Spain to Switzerland, on my seemingly endless tour. Finally...

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New Episode of Creative Recording With Tape Op Video Series: Recording Simply

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Tape Op Publisher's Studio Closing Down and Morphing into New Places

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Free Passes to AES Show 2020

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Hey Tape Op Readers! The AES Show will be online this year and you can get your FREE AES SHOWCASE pass (Showcase is from Oct 19 - 23 and will be on-demand until January) by using VIP code AES2020TapeOp at checkout! Offer good until Sept...

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Damian Wagner and the Sound of the Earth?

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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Release New Album: Flight b741

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No secret that I am a big fan of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. They first caught my ear in 2017 with their Turkish Psych-Rock flavored album, Flying Microtonal Banana, and I have been a fan ever since. If you asked me what the definitive KGLW...

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Blog | Aug. 15, 2008

Press for Tape Op Book and int. with Larry

by Larry Crane

Tape Op is a bi-monthly magazine devoted to the art of record making.

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