Nic Hard: Just Keep Cooking...
by Larry Crane
Working with Michael League of Snarky Puppy, Nic Hard has engineered much of the band’s catalog. After starting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a DJ, he soon found himself studying...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Michael League: Just Keep Cooking...
by Larry Crane
As the leading force behind the popular instrumental group Snarky Puppy, bassist/producer/composer Michael League has plenty on his plate simply by keeping up with the band’s prolific output....
Gina Birch: She Plays Her Bass Loud
by Larry Crane
Along with Ana da Silva, Gina Birch led The Raincoats from 1977 to 1984 in England, reforming in 1993, and still collaborating to this day. Their unique approach to music inspired many, including...
Will Putney: Sounds of a Graphic Nature
by Sam Retzer
In the past few decades, something wicked has crept out of the Central Jersey swamp, slowly rising into the foothills and beyond. Horrific sounds that meld flesh and circuitry in a cyber-metallic...
Drew Vandenberg: Make it Sound Awesome
by Adam Selzer
Drew Vandenberg talked his way into interning at the iconic Athens, Georgia, 40 Watt Club and the legendary Chase Park Transduction studio [Tape Op #14] by the time he was 16 years old. Today,...
Julie Last: The Technical With The Emotional
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With a start at New York City's Record Plant in the mid-'70s, Julie Last continued with her career at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles. Now living in Woodstock, NY, she runs her own Cold Brook...
Mindfulness in the Recording Studio
by Kyle Michael Nicolaides
Jerry Harrison: A Life In Music
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
As a member of the Talking Heads and forming The Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman, Jerry Harrison would have a career of note if this was all he’d done. But as a successful producer over the...
Eric “ET” Thorngren: Throwing Out Reality
by Larry Crane
Recording and mixing much of the Talking Heads catalog would be one achievement, but then throw in tracking some of the earliest hip-hop at Sugar Hill Records, mixing Robert Palmer’s...
Marta Salogni: Having that Knowledge
by Larry Crane
A pure obsession with sound drove a young woman from her rural Italian home to the UK and into London’s recording studios. A relentless drive to learn how everything in audio works then set her...
Russ Gary: Lookin’ back
by Mike Robbie
Russ Gary is a self-professed countrified rocker and a recording legend who is still working and actively making original music today. Whether working at Wally Heider Studios, Fantasy Studios, DSR...
Isabelle Banos: Opening the Door
by Lisa Machac
A producer, songwriter, and a founding member of the alternative pop band Caveboy, Isabelle Banos is based in Montreal, Canada. Her passion for empowerment through education has led her to become a...