By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 05/01/2003

More on the state of the studio scene Due to a number of factors, including the growing Latin music market, the migration of many...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 05/01/2002

Dave Malekpour is president of Rockland, Mass.,-based Professional Audio Design, a supplier of new and used audio equipment, including both large- and

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 09/01/2001

Hannigan and acoustic analyst Bob Hodas have been friends for many years, making Hodas the obvious choice to help out with tuning the new...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 05/01/2001

Armin Steiner is a self-described survivor, having achieved the kind of career longevity that, in the music business, eludes all but a select few....

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/2001

Sopranos music editor Kathryn Dayak worked with series creator David Chase and producer Martin Bruestle on Northern Exposure before taking the job of

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 03/01/2001

The Mix Interview…"There are so many exciting techniques and technologies out there. To cut myself off from them would be inexcusable."

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 01/01/2001

MEMOIRS OF A FAMILY MAN These days, you hear David Thoener's mixes everywhere. There's Santana's "Smooth," of course, the blockbuster single that spent

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 12/01/2000

THE COEN BROTHERS' "O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?" Films by the Coen brothers tend to be eagerly anticipated. Blood Simple and Raising Arizona have...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 10/01/2000

L.A.'s traditional "June gloom" weather was nowhere in sight on Monday, June 19, as 40 foursomes teed off at the Malibu Country Club for...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 08/01/2000

Film sound professionals are always trying to outdo themselves. But, during the making of the soundtrack for The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, supervising

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 07/01/2000

Engineering country music is a special balancing act. Take a roomful of musicians, then double or maybe triple the guitars, add piano, stacks of...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 07/01/2000

Engineer Toby Scott has an extraordinary memory. He can tell you the date that he did his first live recording of a Bruce Springsteen...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 06/01/2000

It's a tough assignment: an interview with He-Who-Hates-To-Be-Interviewed. That sharp-tongued, laser-eyed, hypercritical guy who's been there, done that,

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/2000

Dave Way is no stranger to hot streaks. He's had more than a few in his career, from his early days with kingpin hip...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/2000

New Standard Post is a brash new company that's making big waves on the Hollywood post-production scene. Designed from the ground up to specialize...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/2000

It's well-known to the public that Jeff Bridges is an actor with film credits both popular and critically acclaimed, including The Fabulous Baker Boys,

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 02/01/2000

An ochre harvest moon rises over the eastern rim of New Orleans. It rotates smoothly across the black sky, and just before it sinks...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 12/01/1999

There's a real art to making successful transitions, whether in a career or in a life. Brian Malouf has managed to gracefully make more...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 10/01/1999

Jimmy Douglass seems too young to have done so much. His past credits include work on sessions with icons such as the Rolling Stones,...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 10/01/1999

Monday, June 14, dawned foggy and cool as intrepid golfers headed out, revved and ready, for an early start at the Malibu Country Club,...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 09/01/1999

It's not surprising that producer David Darling has the kind of cozy, comfortable project studio where musicians immediately feel at home-after all, he

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 09/01/1999

Maybe it's a feng shui thing, but "harmony" is the word that comes to mind when entering the Pacific Palisades home studio of Starr...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 09/01/1999

With the out-of-the-box success of The Matrix, and its provocative soundtrack, it's a given that sound designer Dane Davis and his company, Danetracks

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 07/01/1999

Radical recording. Hmm-what do you mean by that?" That's the response I got from various engineers when I broached the subject of this article....

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 06/01/1999

No one would ever accuse Craig Huxley of being timid. In 1985 he opened a sprawling, Memphis-modern decorated, multiroom recording complex in Burbank

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Kevin Killen has worked with some of the most brilliant artists in pop music. His diverse discography is evidence that he's an all-around type,...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Upon entering the premises of Advantage Audio in Burbank, the first impression is of decks cleared for action. There's nothing extraneous, nothing out

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 02/01/1999

Wunderkind is probably the most appropriate label for Kevin "KD" Davis. Still in his early 20s, Davis is a one-man mix factory. He works...