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On the Cover: Conway Recording Studios, 40 Years at the Top
The lush, tropical gardens are both striking and comforting. The palms and ferns and flowers in rich, vibrant colors stand in contrast to the...
Mix Regional Sessions: Chicago
CRC (CHICAGO RECORDING COMPANY) Kaleo worked on “Way Down We Go” and “Automobile” from the album A/B (Elektra/Atlantic Records), with engineers Nate Dickinson and...
Mix Regional News: Chicago
Hi-Style Studio And Reliable Records: Shared Facility Serves Roots Artists Hi-Style Studio, founded by longtime bass player/producer Jimmy Sutton, has been serving Chicago’s Americana/roots...
SFMOMA: Sound in a Space
I spent more time in museums, and thinking about museums, over the past month than I typically do.
Think Again
The part of my job that excites me the most is when I come across new technologies and approaches that change the way I...
Rooney, ‘Washed Away’
Robert Schwartzman mixed and mastered the newest Rooney album, Washed Away, three times with three mastering engineers. The final version, mixed by Dave Trumfio...
We Are Scientists, ‘Helter Seltzer’
We Are Scientists, now pared down to two core members—guitarist/vocalist Keith Murray and bassist Chris Cain—had the good fortune to have their one-time keyboard...
Cool Spin: Pet Shop Boys, ‘Super’
Super marks the second in a reported trilogy of albums the Pet Shop Boys are recording with uber-pop producer Stuart Price. Written in Berlin...
Return to the Eighties
Marianas Trench Dives Back 30 Years to Find the Right Tones for ‘Astoria’
New Products June 2016
Propellerhead Reason A-List Studio Drummer Rack Extension Features Multiple Styles The A-List Studio Drummer Rack Extension Instrument for Reason ($99) provides a fast, easy...
Acoustic Treatment: Affordable Kits, Unique Products
Acoustic treatment manufacturers sell solutions comprising a variety of physical products that must be arranged, positioned and applied correctly to work correctly. The goal...
Grammy Museum Mississippi Opens
When The Recording Academy’s Grammy Museum decided to extend its educational mission outside of its Los Angeles home base, it aimed straight for a...
Classic Tracks: Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car”
When stars align and the right producer hears an artist, gets excited and shares a vision—even helps shape that vision—magic is often the result....
Mix Regional Sessions: Nashville
BLACKBIRD STUDIOS Amos Lee was in Studios D and F with engineer Vance Powell (Lee self-produced)…Tucker Beathart worked on his latest album in Studio...
Mix Regional News: Nashville
WELCOME TO 1979 ADDS ELECTROPLATING FACILITY After cutting lacquers for three years, Welcome to 1979 studio owner Chris Mara decided to expand the recording...
Microphones for Instrument Recording
Microphones for instrument recording are often quite personalized choices, yet there are some brands, makes and models that always work well to capture the...
Producer Matt Wallace Works With 3 Doors Down on ‘Us and The Night’
Us and The Night (Republic Records) marks the sixth release of new material for 3 Doors Down. This time out the band was joined...
Tribute to ‘RVA’ Legend Thompson at The National
On February 28, 2016, more than a dozen musicians came to The National in Richmond, Va., to salute The RVA’s beloved troubadour Robbin Thompson,...
The Wild Feathers, ‘Lonely Is a Lifetime’
Pop/rock band The Wild Feathers recorded its latest in producer Jay Joyce’s St. Charles studio (Nashville) with Joyce and his go-to engineer, Jason Hall....
Black Stone Cherry Return Home for ‘Kentucky’
Recapturing the energy and sound of their self-titled first album—that’s what Black Stone Cherry set out to do in recording their latest release, Kentucky,...
Drums Are ‘The Story of Fred Short’
Although songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer Marco Benevento has just released his sixth album, The Story of Fred Short, it’s his first to be recorded in his own...
The Hit House
A motion picture’s music score is rarely, if ever, licensed for use in the film’s trailer. Indeed, it rarely ever was; more likely it...
Carlos Rodriguez-Quiros
Carlos Rodriguez-Quiros is a renowned classical guitarist with an affinity for sound. From what he hears in his brain to his fingers on the...
May 2016 New Products
Fostex HP-A4BL DAC/Amp Headphone Power and Quality Conversion The HP-A4BL from Fostex ($499.99) features newly designed digital circuitry and high-performance headphone amplifiers, balanced headphone...
Stop. Look. Listen.
We use the term “golden ears” every now and then in the pages of Mix, usually to describe an engineer whose taste and talents...
‘The Art of Listening’
It is fitting that producer Andrew Scheps is featured prominently in the new music documentary, The Art of Listening, advocating the experiential benefits of...
Classic Tracks: Journey’s “Open Arms”
VH-1 named it the greatest power ballad of all time, and even though it only went to Number 2 on the Billboard charts in...