Interviews | No. 39
The history of recording music is half folklore. Tales of insinuation and glory have us turned around to the point where we don't know much about what really happened during most of the great recordin...
Walking down a typical city street in Paris, passing cafés and shops, one wouldn't guess that on the same block, down around a back street and through a small courtyard, is a private recording studio...
John and I were in France last spring, and thought we'd search out some home recordists in Paris. I tracked down Air and we also came across some acquaintances of theirs (through the fabulous boys of...
The Shins debut album, Oh, Inverted World, is a testament to the power of home recording. A band with great songs captures those songs using the gear they can afford and manipulates the recording proc...
When he's not being tortured on remote recordings, Max Feldman is responsible for taking care of Effanel Music's Chelsea studio in NYC. For those of you who aren't familiar with Effanel, their 50-foot...
Howie Statland, one of the brightest guitarist/songwriters in New York City and founder of the gritty rock group NYCSmoke, is out of milk, so he's making me drink my coffee black. Normally, I would ne...
Glenn D. White has had a long and varied career in acoustics, sound reinforcement, education, studio design and piano and organ repair spanning over 40 years. He has worked with people such as Kearney...
David Hill is the owner and designer behind the company, as well as the owner of a recording studio with a lot of customized components, not surprisingly. Compressors, preamps, digital converters, tap...
It seems like a cruel joke: Your love of music inspires you to pursue a career playing or recording it or both. You spend years honing your craft, only to find that exposure to loud music all that tim...