Giles Martin: The Beatles Revisited
by Jeff Slate
Giles Martin certainly comes from an enviable musical pedigree. His father, the legendary producer Sir George Martin, had more number one hit records, and broke down more barriers in the recording...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Larry Villella: Behind the Gear with ADK Microphones
by Larry Crane
ADK Microphones began in 1997 as the dream of Larry Villella — recording engineer, piano expert, and vintage mic collector — to build quality microphones for his friends. ADK's...
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Poor Man's Neve (or, how I got an incredible analog console on a shoestring budget)
by Jim McGee
I've been in the recording business for about 35 years, coming up through all the formats. 2-track to 24-track, 2-inch to Pro Tools. My mentor was the late great Peter J. Helffrich of Helffrich...
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Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs on Recording Lost in the Dream
by Dave Hidek
With 2014's Lost in the Dream, The War on Drugs have made it onto most people's playlists. Frontman and producer extraordinaire Adam Granduciel was kind enough to take a break from touring to...
Happy Accidents: How A Chance Meeting Took Catherine Marks from Architecture Student to Top-Shelf Producer/Engineer
by Larry Crane
An Australian architecture student bumps into famous producer/engineer Flood while studying in Ireland, returns home to start playing in bands, and eventually moves to London and becomes an...
The Blow: On collaboration...
by Alex Kostelnik
The Blow is the power of cocaine, sex and fistfights delivered by the gentle exhale from a mouth onto your skin. A blow can be hard, as in a punch to the gut, or soft like the breath of your lover....
From WWII Planes to Stax Consoles: Behind the Gear with Bill Cheney & the History of Spectra Sonics
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Bill Cheney and Jim Romney are the men responsible for keeping the amazing legacy of Spectra Sonics, a legendary, if criminally unheralded, pro-audio company alive.
Brad Blackwood: Mastering in Memphis
by Hans Dietrich Faulhaber
Brad Blackwood mastered the recording of my friend Brandon Herrington's band's Fast Planet at his studio Euphonic Masters. The sonic quality was incredible! His mastering production skills were...
Seth Kauffman: of Floating Action
by Ryan Barrington Cox
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Kauffman has been crafting exotic music for over a decade. Whether he's recording albums under the moniker, Floating Action, sitting in on sessions with Dan...
Al Schnier: moe. & more
by Larry Crane
The band moe. has been going strong since forming in Buffalo, NY, over 20 years ago. Guitarist/vocalist Al Schnier joined up in 1991; the band has been busy on the road, as well as releasing albums,...