Jacob Collier: It's Proper Special
by Andy Hong
I first heard of Jacob Collier when I watched his arrangement and multitracked solo performance of Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" on YouTube almost a decade ago. Jacob's creativity...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Craig Leon: Repeated Listening
by Ian Brennan
Craig Leon produced a host of who’s who New York band debuts in the mid-1970s, including Blondie, Richard Hell the Voidoids, and Suicide. He went onto work with many stalwart artists such as Guy...
Will Yip: Sheer Will Power
by Sam Retzer
Will Yip’s rise to fame is the stuff of legend. After digging for production credits on locally-produced hip-hop by Schoolly D and Fugees, he discovered that Studio 4’s Phil and Joe...
Shahzad Ismaily: Filling in the Rest of the Puzzle
by Larry Crane
I first heard about Shahzad Ismaily when our pal and Tape Op contributor, Eli Crews [Tape Op #88] told me he was moving to New York to help his friend Shahzad open a studio. Soon, I realized...
Sam Cohen: Comfortable in All the Roles
by Jacob Paul Nielsen
For Sam Cohen, what started as a means to an end as a teenager in a band has blossomed into a long, fertile career in record production. Sam and I spoke about his recent works with Curtis Harding, his...
Kevin Morby: on Sam Cohen
by Jacob Paul Nielsen
With every new project comes something new, right? Every other record I’ve ever worked on – every single one – I’ve had another one happening in my mind, like I was working on...
John Simon: Value the Artist
by Howard Bilerman
The credits add up. Seminal, massively important, and popular works for Simon & Garfunkel, The Band, Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and many others...
Dave Stewart: Setting Up for the Goal
by Larry Crane
Record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer, Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart is a man of many talents and skills. Beyond co-producing all of the Eurythmics’ catalog with Annie Lennox,...
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Bella Blasko: Creating Space in the Studio
by Lisa Machac
Recording engineer Bella Blasko has worked with bands like The National, Big Red Machine, Feist, and Bonny Light Horseman. Additionally, she earned a Grammy nomination for her work on Taylor...
Mike Campbell: Dirty Knobs & Heartbreakers
by Larry Crane
As a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, guitarist Mike Campbell found himself co-writing some of their biggest hits, plus songs for many others like Don Henley and Stevie Nicks. He...
Vince Clarke: The Idea and The Song
by Bren Davies
Since 1985 Vince Clarke and vocalist Andy Bell have helmed the group Erasure. Vince also was an original member of Depeche Mode, the music behind the duo Yazoo (or Yaz in the U.S.), remixed many songs...