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Classic Tracks: Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
Only an artist with the confidence and musical genius of Paul McCartney could write a song with 12 sections and make it a hit.
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Tonic for the Audio Soul
Longtime New York audio post vet Peter Fish opened his own audio post facility, Tonic, on the East side of Manhattan nearly three years...
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Neil Sedaka’s Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Born in Brooklyn in 1939, Neil Sedaka was a gifted pianist once lauded by none other than Arthur Rubinstein as one of New York's...
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Bernie Williams Hits One Out of the Ballpark
When your status as one of baseball's top players helps you land a recording contract that most full-time artists would kill for, expect critical...
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Joshua Thompson
The sign outside still said Frederic Clements, but it would be removed shortly. Joshua Thompson was in the final stages of transforming the former...
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Rick DiFonzo
You've played screaming guitar solos before the largest audience in entertainment history, tracked some tasty acoustic solos for a picky client named
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Chris O’Brien
Chris O'Brien... a drummer, programmer and composer, O'Brien has handled synth chores for the likes of Michael Jackson, Amy Grant and Lionel Richie. He...
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Beat Street Productions
Joe Franco, owner of Beat Street Productions (www.beatstreetnyc.com), has a couple of things going for him. As the former drummer for Twisted Sister,
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Joe LoDuca
Growing up in Detroit in the mid-'60s, Joe LoDuca had the opportunity to soak up the rich Motown tradition. Built on the back of...
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Howard Schwartz
The year was 1975. Communist forces capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War. Jaws, The Godfather Part II, The Towering Inferno. Carlton "Pudge" Fisk's home...
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9/11: In Memoriam
Premiered on May 26, 2002, the HBO documentary In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01 recounts the events of that extraordinary day by intercutting interview
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K.C. Porter
There are many roads to success, and K.C. Porter's parents steered him down the road less traveled. His dad was an orchestrator whose credits...
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Small Screen, Big Music
No corner of the music industry calls for a blend of composing chops, speed and production skills more than episodic television. Often working with...
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RICHARD DANIELPOUR’S AN AMERICAN REQUIEM
In the age of MP3, some may despair about the long-range prospects for high-end audiophile recordings, but their numbers do not include Tam Henderson
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Craig Chaquico
Craig Chaquico is probably still best known for his two decades as lead guitarist of Jefferson Starship. Since the early '90s, however, he has...
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Classic Tracks: Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen”
In the late 1960s, it seemed as though every corner of the pop music playing field was covered. On any given day, an AM...
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MASTERS AT WORK
Remixing isn't the right term. When artists like Kenny Gonzalez and Louie Vega get their hands on a track, strip it of everything but...
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New York Post
Setting up an audio post facility with the right people, technology and amenities is critical in the highly competitive New York market. Targeting your
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THE MUSICIAN AS ENGINEER
WHERE THE LEFT BRAIN AND THE RIGHT BRAIN MEET Big shifts in the way music is recorded over the past several years have forced...
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Kevin Odom and LL Cool J
When he's not making movies or starring in television shows, seminal rap artist LL Cool J turns his creative energies toward recording his own...
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RAY BARDANI AND LUTHER VANDROSS
It's hard to believe that 20 years have passed since a busy New York jingle singer named Luther Vandross shook up the recording industry...
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Classic Tracks: The Average White Band’s “Pick Up the Pieces”
There was something audacious about it: a group from Scotland calling itself The Average White Band. If the funk don't fly, then the honky...
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Tony Walstra
Project studio owners use a variety of different tools, but they all need a system that can accommodate analog as well as digital signal,...
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Mac or PC?
Most engineers feel they have to make a choice: Mac or PC? More and more, the savvy engineer is fluent in both and can...
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Bunny Brunel
Bunny Brunel's reputation as a virtuoso fusion bassist was cemented with the lightning solos and solid timekeeping he laid down for band leaders Chick
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