Known as the Sonic Sorceress, composer and synthesist Lisa Bella Donna has a talent for fusing the esoteric with the technical. Working from a remote Appalachian home-base, the composer’s days...
There is an old saying: “Only back up what you can’t afford to lose.” As musicians and audio personnel, I believe most of us can’t afford to lose any of our product (aka...
One of my favorite records of 2024 to date is Phosphorescent’s Revelator. It's a beautifully recorded album, featuring Matthew Houck's timeless songwriting and lyrics plus gorgeous...
If there was a Grammy awarded for comparing one's life with others and then suffering about it, I'd be a superstar by now. I have a long history of picking up a magazine, such as this one, comparing...
When my colleague, professor Amandine Pras of The University of York, visited Mali to study the regional recording studio industry, she was shocked to hear the same person’s name come up again...
Known as a drummer (including the band Carissa's Wierd, for singer-songwriter Patrick Park, and in an early version of Band of Horses), Sera Cahoone received much acclaim as a songwriter once her...
I caught Margo on Zoom while she was gigging in Bozeman, Montana.
I dropped by to see John's studio, Bocce, and ask him about working with Sera Cahoone (see Sera interview here) and Margo Cilker (see Margo interview here).
L to R: Rebecca Young, Sera Cahoone, Margo Cilker, John Morgan Askew - photo by Adam Levy Sera Cahoone Interview Margo Cilker Interview John Morgan Interview
In downtown Bloomington, Indiana, Mike Bridavsky owns and operates Russian Recording, where he's tracked, produced, mixed, and mastered local bands and artists from all over, including M. Ward, The...
In our interview with Mike Bridavsky (see Mike interview here) of Bloomington's Russian Recording, he mentioned his very unique, heavily modified Sphere Eclipse Type III console. I was curious about...
Jarvis Taveniere is a producer, engineer, and musician working out of Los Angeles, California. His work with his own band, indie favorites Woods, as well as with artists like Purple Mountains, Surf...
