Peter Gabriel and the Future (expanded edition)
by Larry Crane
interviews
by Larry Crane
Dawn Landes
by Larry Crane
Years ago I met a young woman who was assisting at several studios and working with music people around New York City. She hooked Tape Op up with an interesting interview with stomp box designer John...
David Byrne: Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Soundtracks
by Larry Crane
When the chance to interview David Byrne presented itself, the first thought I had was how enjoyable it would be to talk about David's work over the years with Brian Eno. Sure, Eno produced some great...
Pat Dillett: David Byrne, Brazil, Mariah Carey
by Larry Crane
When we got a chance to drop for an interview with David Byrne, he was joined by engineer/producer Pat Dillett, with whom he had just completed the Here Lies Love album, as well as worked with him on...
John G. Petersen: Behind the Gear with Tube-Tech
by Larry Crane
Denmark's John G. Petersen has been designing and building audio equipment since the seventies, but is certainly best known for 25 years of producing the fine Tube-Tech line of equipment, seen in...
Pat Dillett (bonus): David Byrne, Brazil, Mariah Carey
by Larry Crane
You always hear, "Oh yuck. Mixing in the box." I used to have a problem with that, especially the old versions of Pro Tools where their internal mixer and summing was much less advanced. Ever since...
Terri Winston
by Larry Crane
Years ago I got an email from a college teacher in San Francisco stating that she was planning to start up a program to encourage and foster women in music production and the recording arts. Soon she...
David Bock : Behind the Gear with Bock Audio Designs
by Larry Crane
David Bock has fostered (and weathered) the changes in the microphone marketplace over the last 14 years, first as cofounder and main designer for Soundelux Microphones and now with his own Bock Audio...
Ernst Nathorst-Boos and Marcus Zetterquist: Behind the Gear with Propellerhead
by Larry Crane
Ernst Nathorst-Boos and Marcus Zetterquist, along with Peter "Pelle" Jubel, founded Propellerhead Software in 1994. Propellerhead, based in Stockholm Sweden, has given us some unique software for...
Mac McCaughan: Superchunk, Portastatic and Merge
by Larry Crane
Mac McCaughan is well known for his 20 years as the front man for the Chapel Hill, NC, band Superchunk, co-owner (with Laura Ballance) of the influential independent record label Merge Records and the...
Alan Evans: Playonbrother Studios and Soulive
by Larry Crane
Drummer Alan Evans and his bandmates (Eric Krasno on guitar and Alan's brother Neal Evans on keyboards) have led the funk/jazz trio Soulive through over 10 years of tours, albums and studio sessions....
Gurf Morlix: Rootball Recording in Austin, TX
by Larry Crane
Gurf Morlix likes to produce, engineer, perform, write and even just plain talk about music. It might sound hackneyed to say, but music is his life's blood, the passion that drives his spirit. Born in...