Susan Rogers: From Prince to Ph.D.
by Larry Crane
Not only is Susan Rogers a record producer, engineer, mixer, and audio electronics technician, she has a doctorate in psychology (having studied music cognition and psychoacoustics) from McGill...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Gary Rhamy (Bonus): 45 Years of Peppermint Productions
by Anthony LaMarca
Gary Rhamy speaks in a booming radio voice, which must come naturally to someone who’s been in broadcasting for so long. He has been recording for over 40 years in Youngstown, Ohio, opening his...
Bob Katz (Bonus): The Creativity of Reasoning
by Nicolay Ketterer
When it comes to mastering, Bob Katz is probably the engineer's engineer. Besides his mastering work — with credits like Cassandra Wilson and Sinéad O'Connor — he's written several...
Valentine: Back to Life!
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Imagine a studio where they shut the doors 40 years ago and left everything as it was. It's just not possible, right? Think again. Over the last year Nic Jodoin, with partners Brittany and Justin...
Clarence Kane of ENAK Microphone Repair: Behind the Gear - This Issue’s Restorer of Ribbons
by Garrett Haines, Curt Vincent
Walk into studios anywhere in the world and the name Clarence Kane will have preceded you. One of the true greats in ribbon mic repair and restoration, Mr. Kane started at RCA after returning from the...
Ian Brennan: Searching for the Truthful and Genuine
by Larry Crane
Described as "a manual for those on a quest for authenticity, in an age of airbrushed and Auto-Tuned so-called 'artists'," Ian Brennan's book, How Music Dies (or Lives): Field Recording and the Battle...
Lush: The Return of Sweetness and Light
by John Phillips
I remember the first time I heard Lush. Their sound was dreamy, frenetic, layered, and sounded unlike anything I had ever heard before. They were different, but had a strong pop sensibility. When I...
Brad Laner: Medicine for Your Soul
by Jonathan Saxon
Brad Laner is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, engineer, and producer whose discography is as varied as it is in size. Long before he formed the influential band Medicine, he played drums, guitar,...
Dan Wilson: The History Behind the Hits
by Jon Regen
"I'm elusive, even to the people who work for me," Dan Wilson says via phone from an airport-bound taxi, after his management team finally secured a coveted interview slot for me. If the famed...
Bob Ferbrache (Bonus): Denver’s Denizen
by Larry Crane
Denver, Colorado, is a better place for the tireless audio work of Bob Ferbrache. I tracked him down in 2012 at his home/studio to learn more about his history. Bob worked on records by Blood Axis,...
Bradley Studios’ Quonset Hut and the Nashville Sound (Bonus)
by Stephen Allbritten
Nashville has long been considered the capital of country music. Owen and Harold Bradley helped make that possible when they opened the Bradley Studios in the '50s, in the heart of Music Row. After...
Rob Chiarelli & Chandler Bridges (Bonus): Behind the Gear - This Issue’s Masters of Mics
by Larry Crane
For years Rob Chiarelli and Chandler Bridges have worked, together and separately, producing and engineering records for the likes of Will Smith, Madonna, Pink, Janet Jackson, J-Lo, Christina...