TOC Intro #63
by Larry Crane
Nashville, Los Angeles and New York: to many people these are the epicenters of recording in the United States. One cannot deny that many records are made in these cities, but the history of recorded...
Columns
by Larry Crane
Should I Record Myself? Help Me Record Myself
by Mike Caffrey, Larry Crane
I recently got two letters. The first one is from a good client (and nice guy) with whom I've done several album sessions in the past. The second is from a new reader in Scotland. I wanted to try...
TOC Intro #62
by Larry Crane
By the time you read this I will be in the middle of my first album-tracking sessions in a long time. Over the last year I was dealing with selling my home, AES SF, working on Elliott Smith's New Moon...
Lies
by Larry Crane
Over the years I've heard artists all tell me the same damn lies during the course of a session. Note that the people in question might just believe they are speaking the truth. It's some odd form of...
TOC Intro #61
by Larry Crane
As many of you might know and probably can relate to, I consider myself more a "fan of music" than a "fan of recording". Don't get me wrong, I love making records, owning a studio, editing this...
Our Fantasy Gear Wish List
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane, Andy Hong
Here's a list of things that would make our recording lives easier. Larry's List Pro Tools LE that would run on my laptop without a piece of hardware attached, even if it didn't record, so I could...
TOC Intro #60
by Larry Crane
Okay, for those of you following my misadventures over the latest issues, here's an update. We finished moving Jackpot! (my crazy studio) into our new Hamptone digs in Portland at the beginning of...
Credit where Credit’s Due
by Larry Crane
I just picked up a remastered CD version of Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding, one of Dylan's many permutations of himself, and one where his singing is more emotional than some of his other work. I'm...
TOC Intro #59
by Larry Crane
As you read this we're finishing up moving my studio, Jackpot! Recording, to a new building. Many thanks to the Hamptone company (our "landlords", but really more like co-conspirators and friends) for...
TOC Intro #58
by Larry Crane
When you open this issue I'll be knee deep in a studio move. After ten years of Jackpot! Recording Studio existing in the same location, we're moving into a newly constructed building courtesy of our...
TOC Intro #57
by Larry Crane
Recently my friend, and Tape Op writer Steve Silverstein included this thought in an email to me: "I'm having a problem lately with getting too 'good' at recording and losing some of the charm that I...
Competition
by Larry Crane
I own Jackpot!, a recording studio in Portland, Oregon. There are many other recording studios in this town, including Kung Fu Bakery, Supernatural Sound, Smegma, Type Foundry, Dead Aunt Thelma's,...