Chazz Lyons: Surviving in Paradise.
by Larry Crane
One afternoon, late last summer, I found myself walking down a dead end street, two blocks off the famous Waikiki beach in Hawaii, looking for the address where I was to meet the owner of a local...
interviews
by Larry Crane
Doug Easley: His dad digs Loretta Lynn
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Easley McCain Recording in Memphis has been a fixture in the recording scene since the early '90s, initially with local records with bands like the Grifters, and later nationally with bands like...
Scott Bomar: Standing on the shoulders of giants...
by Larry Crane
Scott Bomar just turned 30, yet he's been playing bass professionally for 15 years, on stage and in studios. His band, Impala, churned out garage rock in the nineties, and eventually Scott's...
Jimmy LaValle: The Album Leaf Goes to Iceland
by Larry Crane
In issue #28 we interviewed Jimmy LaValle, the man behind The Album Leaf, about his home recorded instrumental albums that we really enjoyed. Now Jimmy has had the opportunity to record his new...
Air & Mellow: Air
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Walking down a typical city street in Paris, passing cafés and shops, one wouldn't guess that on the same block, down around a back street and through a small courtyard, is a private recording...
Air & Mellow: Mellow
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
John and I were in France last spring, and thought we'd search out some home recordists in Paris. I tracked down Air and we also came across some acquaintances of theirs (through the fabulous boys of...
Peter Visser of Bettie Serveert
by Larry Crane
I've been sitting on this interview so long that a new CD, attagirl, has already been released. Check out any of their albums to hear the best band in The Netherlands!Is Log 22 the first record you...
Crystalphonic
by Larry Crane
This summer I was part of a press junket to Crystalphonic Sound Studios in Charlottesville, Virginia. A press junket is a trip where they fly writers from various magazines to a...
Jason Falkner: Home studio wizard & songwriter
by Larry Crane, Andy Hong
He's been a member of The Three O'Clock, Jellyfish and The Grays. His voice and instrumentation appear on albums by Beck, Susanna Hoffs, Eric Matthews, Aimee Mann, and Air. He co-wrote, produced,...
Mixerman: The mystery continues
by Jesse Cannon, Joe Chiccarelli, Larry Crane, Tardon Feathered, Jim Kaye, Matt Newport, Geoff Sanoff, Philip Stevenson, Walt Szalva
If, by chance, you have not fallen off the face of the earth in the past couple of months, you've probably become familiar with journal of Mixerman, an anonymous diarist on www.prosoundweb.com who has...
Roger McGuinn: Rescuing folk music
by Larry Crane
Roger McGuinn is known to most people as the leader of The Byrds, the folk-rock band from the '60s who fused Bob Dylan and folk music with the rush of jangley rock and roll. He was interested in...
Noise Gates: Gates: Not Just for Noise Anymore
by Larry Crane, David Patterson
Audio gates are one of the most powerful, yet often overlooked, tools in your recording arsenal. A properly set gate can tighten your drum tracks, clean up your vocals, reduce leakage from other sound...