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Welcome to issue #120 of Tape Op.
Real "magic" is not in a vintage console. It is not imbued in the walls of a famous studio. It's not in the floor of an old, rented house. It's not in the crisp air high in the mountains, or in the thick atmosphere near the swamps. It's not in a tube circuit within a steel chassis. It's not in a blank reel of tape or an empty hard drive. It's certainly not in a microphone, sitting alone in an empty room.
It's in collaborations. It's in seeing the beauty in mistakes. It's in being open to all possibilities, yet finding a clear direction. It's in supporting emotional connections. It's in protecting pure beauty, or exaggerating ugliness.
Magic is in the music. It's in you.
— LARRY CRANE,EDITOR & FOUNDER
IN THIS ISSUE
Mac DeMarco: Varispeed and Beyond
Mac DeMarco's persona precedes him. He's a bedroom auteur in the great tradition of R. Stevie Moore and Ariel Pink, and he's managed to cut some of the most fan-beloved records of the 2010s. Budgets?...
AUDIOTREE.tv: Talking with Rick Fritz and Patrick DeWitte
By Andy Hong
I've been a fan of Audiotree's video webcast for a couple of years now. It's by far my favorite live-music program available online and, in my opinion, it's the best sounding and best looking one too....
Jeremy Ferguson: Battle Tapes Recording
Battle Tapes Recording has been at the epicenter of left-of-Nashville rock and indie music since 2003. Tristen, PUJOL, Forget Cassettes, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, HeCTA, Turbo Fruits, and Lambc...
Dusty Wakeman: Managing Mics and More
By Larry Crane
Mojave Audio makes some of the highest quality mics at a great value; I've used several of them since they debuted and am a big fan. Dusty Wakeman has been running the company for years. I wanted to k...
Jeremy Ferguson: Battle Tapes Recording
Interview with Jeremy Ferguson
Recording the 50th Anniversary Monterey International Pop Festival
So my phone rings, and Tape Op contributor Jesse Lauter tells me he needs some help putting together a multitrack recording rig for a documentary film he is co-producing on the 50th Anniversary Monter...