Interviews | No. 164
Ivan Julian: Let’s Try It
by Larry Crane
I’ve long been a fan of the seminal punk records that Richard Hell & The Voidoids made in the late ‘70s. Ivan Julian was a founding member, and he’s done quite a bit since,...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Alan Parsons
by Larry Crane
I first met Alan Parsons in 2004, when I interviewed him for Tape Op issue #42. We’ve been lucky enough to work together on Recording Academy presentations and meet up socially a few times...
Noah Bruskin: Getting in Right
by Larry Crane
A few years ago, my studio manager, Zach Bloomstein, needed to do a session in the Santa Barbara area, and his client hooked them up with Alan Parsons’ ParSonics Studio in Goleta, California....
David Baron: Folk Rock’s Producing Powerhouse
by Jon Regen
With a diverse discography that includes everyone from The Lumineers to Lenny Kravitz, David Baron has carved out a career as a keyboardist, producer, and arranger who can do it all. While he...
Jordan Brooke Hamlin: Recording Anthropologically
by Lisa Machac
Jordan Brooke Hamlin is multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer, and owner of MOXE Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Jordan's portfolio boasts collaborations with Grammy-winning legends such as the...
Clay Blair: Boulevard Recording Survives
by Larry Crane
I first met engineer/producer/studio owner Clay Blair some ten years ago, and we did a short interview that ended up running later as a bonus feature with Tape Op #111. His Hollywood-based studio,...
Johnny Sangster: Producing Studio Magic
by Larry Crane
Nestled in a commercial building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, you can find Crackle & Pop! Recording. Open since 2006, Johnny Sangster, with his business partner Andy...
Amen Dunes
by Ryan Sommer
In an industry where evolution is key to an artist's longevity, Damon McMahon, known as Amen Dunes, is redefining his musical journey by coming home. The self-described “luddite” –...
Alfio Annibalini: On & In Demand
by Roman Sokal
With roots in Toronto, the most populated and diverse city in Canada, Alfio Annibalini has been working steadily in recording, mixing, teaching audio, producing albums, and playing as a musician...
Alvvays: Molly Rankin and Alec O'Hanley, with Shawn Everett
by Geoff Stanfield
We interviewed Molly Rankin and Alec O'Hanley from the Toronto-based Alvvays, and producer/mixer Shawn Everett [Tape Op #115] for the Tape Op Podcast in May of 2023 to chat about crafting their...
The Making of Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere
by Sam Retzer
The inscrutably monikered Blood Incantation burst out of Denver in 2015 with their Interdimensional Extinction EP. Expanding their sound over two breakthrough full lengths and the...
Redundancy!
by Larry Crane
I was entering the third day of mixing an album at Jackpot! Recording Studio for a client who I really enjoy working with. We were doing remote mixing sessions using my console and a lot of outboard...
RZA: From Brownsville to Baroque & Back
by Sam Retzer
Born in Brownsville, Brooklyn, and the musical force of Staten Island’s Wu-Tang Clan, RZA (Robert Fitzgerald Diggs) is easily one of the most revered and gifted producers of his generation....