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The Divine in Daniel Johnston

by Geoff Stanfield

Thanks for this guest post by John Morand I wasn’t surprised when I heard that Daniel Johnston had died. It was 9-11 and for me, there would always be a connection between Daniel and 9-11. In the days after the attack, when...

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Damian Wagner Records the Sound of the Earth! How?

by Larry Crane

So you just drop a microphone to the bottom of an 800ft hole in the earth? Damian Wagner (issue 64) checks in with Tape Op. "I've just returned from a two week audio expedition to Brazil. I was in Brazil to test nine microphones, cables, speakers...

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How to Stop Plixid from Stealing a Record

by Allen Farmelo

A band I work with is two weeks away from their release date. They've worked tirelessly to prepare for this release, hired an excellent publicist, shot videos, toured....they've done it all right and without fatigue. That record is the most...

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The Chesterfield Kings are back after 15 years with We're Still All The Same

by Geoff Stanfield

Rochester, NY’s The Chesterfield Kings have been leading their own garage rock revival since the late ‘70s. The new LP, We're Still All The Same, was recorded at Fab Gear Studios in Rochester, NY, and produced by Ed Stasium (Tape Op...

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Artist/Teacher in Studio Engineering and Recording Job Posting from ASU

by Geoff Stanfield

Studio Engineering and Recording – School of Music, Dance and TheatreHerberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University  The School of Music, Dance and Theatre at Arizona State University seeks an exceptional...

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New Blitzen Trapper Album, 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions

by Geoff Stanfield

I came across Blitzen Trapper's self-titled debut album back in 2003, and have followed their career and counted myself as a fan since. I interviewed the band's leader, songwriter, and producer Eric Earley about his 2020 release, Holy Smokes Future...

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New Music from The Decemberists

by Geoff Stanfield

The Decemberists' ninth album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, is out now. In 2003 I got a call from Colin Meloy about maybe recording his band, The Decemberists. Tape Op contributor, Adam Selzer, had already recorded some tracks for what...

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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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MIXING IN THE BOX

by Larry Crane

I recently mixed my first album entirely on my laptop. Yeah, maybe I'm a decade behind the curve but I also own a studio and have done a majority of my work there. On this job we were attempting to cut and mix a record in three days and we didn't...