Location Sound Effects Recording for Film
ERIC POTTER AND JOHN FASAL HAVE BECOME HOLLYWOOD'S GO-TO GUYS
Classic Tracks: David Crosby’s “Laughing”
At the dawn of the 1970s, David Crosby was on top of the rock world, as 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' and...
BLAIR’S BLOG: Michael Jackson, Batman and Keren Ann
As I write this, the Michael Jackson verdict is less than 24 hours old, yet already I’ve seen literally dozens of articles in newspapers...
Quality in the Age of Good Enough
I It was the late, great Nashville engineer Denny Purcell who, in a moment of frustration and resignation, opined about the audio industry, We...
Wynton Marsalis and Ken Burns in Jack Johnson’s World
The issue of race is a thread that goes through nearly every documentary that the outrageously talented and amazingly prolific Ken Burns has made....
The Gourds Dare to be Weird
It's difficult to describe the music of Austin-based indie heroes The Gourds. doesn't quite do it justice. On the group's Website (www.thegourds.com),
Classic Tracks: Wall of Voodoo’s “Mexican Radio”
You have to love a band that comes up with an image like this one: "I wish I was in Tijuana/Eating barbecued iguana."
Stroke 9: Reclaiming Their D.I.Y. Spirit
Two years ago, it really looked like the San Francisco band Stroke 9 was going to take off. Their long road began, incredibly enough,...
The Nick Luca Trio: A Little Night Music
Little Town, the remarkably moody and evocative first album by the Tucson-based Nick Luca Trio, evolved over a period of months during which Luca...
Gross Out at the Movies
As a culture, we have become completely obsessed with mega-success. As little as 15 years ago, most of the general population didn’t care a...
Enhanced CDs: The Multimedia Promise Fulfilled
With the plunge in compact disc sales over the past few years and the ongoing threat that the growth of DVDs, file sharing and...
Out of the Ashes, Into the ’60s
One of many interesting footnotes about the great earthquake and fire that leveled much of San Francisco in 1906 is that the great Italian...
Living on the Faultline
Okay, let's cut to the chase. We don't have room in our beautiful San Francisco Bay Area for all of you AES attendees to...
Shark Tale: A Different Kind of Fish Story
SOUND DESIGNER WADE WILSON TALKS ABOUT HIS UNDERSEA CHALLENGE
The Big Beat
From congas to tables, there's a world of amazing percussive instruments to enliven your sessions