Robert Schneider: A Live Interview
by Larry Crane
On April 14, 2018, at Jackpot! Recording Studio, I interviewed Robert Schneider in front of a live audience. Afterwards, he did a short solo set, and then The Minders played – a band both of...
interviews
by Larry Crane
Youth = Martin Glover: Happy to be Challenged
by Larry Crane
For many years, an interview with Martin Glover, commonly known as "Youth," has been on my "must do" list for Tape Op. With the release of Gina Birch's debut LP, I Play My Bass Loud, which he...
Michael League & Nic Hard: Recording Snarky Puppy and Beyond
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....
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...
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...
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...
Is That a Track or a Stem?: Sorting Out Audio Terms
by Larry Crane, Garrett Haines
When people hire me to mix their songs, I frequently come across situations where we are not using the same terminology for the sources clients are giving me to work from. Yes, sometimes one word can...
Making the Box Set Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982: with Steve Rosenthal & Michael Graves
by Larry Crane
When I heard my colleagues Steve Rosenthal [Tape Op #66] and Michael Graves [#125] had produced, repaired, and mastered Blondie’s new box set, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982, I had to drop...
John Plymale: No Right or Wrong Way
by Larry Crane
Years ago, I met John Plymale at one of our TapeOpCon events. He currently lives in Norfolk, Virginia, and has helmed amazing projects including the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Superchunk, and the Meat...