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Studio Class of 2022: Reverb and Echo — Hugo, Minn. PHOTO: Carter Brice

Cover Story: Studio Class of 2022, Part 3

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 06/24/2022

Mix is proud to showcase 18 exciting new creative spaces from some of the best studio designers and acousticians in the business.

Studio Class of 2022: Warm Studios — Austin, Texas. PHOTO: Aubrey Young

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Cover Story: Studio Class of 2022, Part 2

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 06/23/2022

Mix is proud to showcase 18 exciting new creative spaces from some of the best studio designers and acousticians in the business.

Russ Berger, Mark Hornsby and Matt Boggs in Boggs’ new control room at Rambling Rose, this month’s cover studio. PHOTO: Erick Anderson.

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A Chat With Russ Berger

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 06/22/2022

Four decades on, designer and acoustician Russ Berger is still reshaping his business.

Studio Class of 2022 Rambling Rose — Parker, Texas. PHOTO: Erick Anderson

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Cover Story: Studio Class of 2022, Part 1

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 06/22/2022 ⋅ Updated: 06/23/2022

Mix is proud to showcase 18 exciting new creative spaces from some of the best studio designers and acousticians in the business.

From left: Calexico’s Sergio Mendoza, Joey Burns and John Convertino. Photo: Holly Andres.

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Capturing Calexico’s ‘El Mirador,’ Part 2

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 05/24/2022

We pick up from Part 1 mid-tracking, with Calexico (Sergio Mendoza, Joey Burns and John Convertino) working in Mendoza's new personal studio, built out...

In Tucker Martine’s studio, Flora Recording and Playback, L-R: John Convertino, assistant engineer Cole Halvorsen, Martine, Joey Burns and Sergio Mendoza. Photo: Amanda Haworth

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Capturing Calexico’s ‘El Mirador,’ Part 1

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 05/23/2022 ⋅ Updated: 05/24/2022

Calexico's latest album began in a multi-shipping container studio before moving to Tucker Martine's Flora Recording.

Artist Jamil Rashad is known as Boulevards. PHOTO: Alec Basse

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Boulevards’ ‘Electric Cowboy’ Lassos Some Long-Distance Funk

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 03/14/2022 ⋅ Updated: 03/15/2022

Funk is all about vibe and the moment...so what do you do when you have to record remotely from Raleigh to Chicago? Boulevards and...

Imarhan at work in Aboogi Studio. From left: Tahar Khaldi (on bass), Haiballah Akhamouk (at the calabash), Foora Ben Amoud and Hicham Bouhasse. PHOTO: Marion Chapdelaine

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Imarhan’s Aboogi Desert Music

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 02/18/2022

Algerian rock band Imarhan built a studio for the next generation when it recorded its third album, 'Aboogi.'

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Classic Tracks: Steve Earle’s “This City”

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 01/12/2022 ⋅ Updated: 07/21/2022

Steve Earle’s ode to the city of New Orleans had a surprising start, as engineer Jason Wormer shares.

The War on Drugs, L-R: Anthony LaMarca, Dave Hartley, Charlie Hall, Robbie Bennett, Jon Natchez, Adam Granduciel

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With ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore,’ The War on Drugs Find Beauty in the Journey

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 10/28/2021 ⋅ Updated: 10/29/2021

The War on Drugs’ new album, I Don’t Live Here Anymore, took three years to make. "I have this way of working that could...

Lydia and Laura Rogers, aka the Secret Sisters, in Sundrop Sound.

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Building ‘Home in This World:’ A Tribute to Woody Guthrie’s Dust Bowl Ballads

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 10/18/2021

How Randall Poster has produced Home In This World, a new track-by-track remake of Woody Guthrie’s classic Dust Bowl Ballads collection.

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Engineering Danny Elfman

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/17/2021

Engineers Dennis Sands, Peter Cobbin and Noah Snyder share a few insights on working with legendary composer Danny Elfman after many years spent of...

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Danny Elfman: Making Music, Part 4—On Animation and the Future

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/16/2021 ⋅ Updated: 09/17/2021

In Part 4 of our Danny Elfman interview, the composer/musician discusses his approach to composing for animation and what's on his plate in the...

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Danny Elfman: Making Music, Part 3—Working with Tim Burton

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/15/2021 ⋅ Updated: 09/16/2021

In Part 3 of our interview with film composer/recording artist Danny Elfman, he discusses his long-running creative relationship with director Tim Burton.