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Please Hold, Jenny Lewis Is “On the Line”
Artist Explores Her Own Self, Surrounded By a Few Music Legends
By Matt Hurwitz
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Analog Men
Jack Douglas Producing Aaron Smart, With Mixes by Shelly Yakus, Jay Messina and the Late Geoff Emerick
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The Hollywood Bowl: A Unique Blend of Natural Acoustics and Amplified Sound
The Hollywood Bowl, that iconic Los Angeles venue so named for the landscape it occupies, not the shell covering its stage, hosted its first...
Technology
The Audio Story Behind ‘The Beatles Mono Masters’
While Beatles fans were treated two years ago to the group’s catalog on vinyl in stereo, many have also been waiting for the original...
SFP
Isham, Abbey & Jackie: The Old-School Score for ‘42’
When Jackie Robinson took the field as the first African-American baseball player in the major leagues in 1947, it was a momentous event in...
SFP
The ‘Revolution’ Will Be Televised
Life is full of noise, most of it produced by all things electric. But what does a world without electricity sound like? Fans of...
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John Roesch: Foley Artist Honored for a Lifetime of ‘Breaking the Rules’
A Foley artist on more than 400 motion pictures, Roesch recently received the MPSE’s Career Achievement Award at the 2013 Golden Reel Awards, the...
SFP
Classic Stooges
What made those original Stooges sound effects so funny? Where did they come from? Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt has been on the hunt...
SFP
Sound Design for ‘The Three Stooges’
What makes a Stooge sound like a Stooge? Like when Curly gets conked on the head with a pipe or when Moe pokes Larry...
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On the Cover: Pianella Studios
After years of using a converted walk-in closet in a rental in Malibu, Calif., as a demo production studio, Oscar-nominated film composer Marco Beltrami...
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Classic Tracks: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Watching the Wheels”
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Grammy-winning album Double Fantasy was released in November 1980, just weeks before Lennon’s tragic murder. The disc spawned three...
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Classic Tracks: Gary Wright’s “Dream Weaver”
In April 2009, at a party inside Capitol Studios in Hollywood honoring his late friend George Harrison, Gary Wright found himself chatting at a...
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Classic Tracks: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son”
Engineer Russ Gary talks about the recording of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son” in 1969
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Classic Tracks: The Traveling Wilbury’s “Handle With Care”
The Traveling Wilburys were perhaps popular music's most unusual George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison wrote all the material
