Music Production
HotWax Delivers A ‘Hot Shock’
The electric full-length debut by HotWax, recorded at RAK Studios, captures the UK trio’s raw, live-performance energy.
Recording
Events
Guitar Center Foundation to Honor Jam and Lewis, John McBride
The Guitar Center Music Foundation will honor sound mixer John McBride and songwriting and record producing duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
Facilities
Nashville Music Row Studio Hits the Market for $4.65M
The former Emerald Sound Studio captured hits for Johnny Cash, George Strait, Bon Jovi and more, and now it's up for sale.
Blog
‘Buzz Me In’ — A Summer Beach Read for Those with Studio Tans
'Buzz Me In' features "tales of inspired performances, visionary engineering, needlessly destroyed equipment, pranks, drugs, government surveillance, fights, romance, sex and drugs. Yes, drugs...
Facilities
Making Tracks at an Old Train Station
The Music Station, a creative hub launched by Warner Music Spain and Warner Chappell Music in Madrid, has been outfitted with equipment from SSL.
Facilities
Focusrite Moves into Cypress Hill’s Studio
Cypress Hill member Christian Olde Wolbers has updated his studio with Focusrite RedNet.
Business
Sony Expands Access to 360VME Technology
Sony's 360VME technology will become more available via collaborations with Custom House and GC Pro, and Advanced Systems Group.
Facilities
Legendary Sausalito Facility Opens Revitalized Studio A
The Bay Area’s 2200 Studios (formerly Record Plant Sausalito) now has an SSL Origin 32-channel analog in-line mixing console in its flagship Studio A.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Christopher Cross’s “Ride Like the Wind”
Michael Omartian first encountered Cross’s music at a Wednesday morning A&R meeting, where all the Warner Bros. producers sat around a table, listened and...
2014
Classic Tracks: The Ramones’ “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”
Did Phil Spector really hold The Ramones at gunpoint in the studio? Ed Stasium sets the record straight.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls”
"I knew 'Girls, Girls, Girls'—the song—was a hit from the first time I heard it," says producer Tom Werman.
2016
Classic Tracks: Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car”
“The second day we were going to have a meeting,” says David Kershenbaum. “She said, ‘I have this new song I want to show...
2016
Classic Tracks: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “An American Dream”
The story behind “An American Dream," which put the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band back on pop radio after 10 years, was nothing less than...
Music Production
Kicking Back with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’, Part 2
Eight years after the Grammy-winning TajMo, two blues masters reunite to let the world know that there is always Room on the Porch.
Music Production
Kicking Back with Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’, Part 1
Eight years after the Grammy-winning TajMo, two blues masters reunite to let the world know that there is always Room on the Porch.
news
UMG To Build Studios, Label HQs and More in Midtown Manhattan
UMG will move into new recording studios, label offices, retail spaces and more above NYC’s Penn Station by 2027.
Facilities
Keith Urban Brings A Nashville Classic Back to Life, Part 2
Country supersrtar Keith Urban takes us inside his new studio—the legendary facility formerly known as The Tracking Room.
Facilities
Keith Urban Brings A Nashville Classic Back to Life, Part 1
Country supersrtar Keith Urban takes us inside his new studio—the legendary facility formerly known as The Tracking Room.
Facilities
Berlin Firm Joins WSDG Network
WSDG has expanded its international network with the official renaming of ADA Acoustics & Media Consultants GmbH (ADA-AMC) in Germany to WSDG Berlin GmbH.
Facilities
Chilean Studio Installs New Analog Console
Studio owner Raúl Aliaga Lewis has upgraded his TOC Música facility in Chile with a 32-channel SSL Origin analog mixing console.
Events
Mix Nashville Announces “Entering Phase 2 of Immersive Music Production: What’s Next?”
Art and technology will intersect this Saturday as producer/engineers Chuck Ainlay and Ben Fowler sit down with Ceri Thomas, the industry’s leading technology expert...
Facilities
Synth Engineer and Musician Opens Immersive Track/Mix Studio
Two immersive spaces, with Focal 7.1.4 monitoring system in the main mix area, and quadraphonic playback for tracking/rehearsal.
Music, Etc
The Songs of Coleman Mellett
Late jazz guitarist sends a posthumous love letter to his wife—and vice versa.
Events
Mix Nashville Announces Keynote Conversation
Legendary producer, engineer, inventor and educator George Massenburg to sit down with three talented, up-and-coming Nashville engineers for a conversation titled: “Emerging Engineers…And What...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Elvis Presley, ‘Burning Love’
It's one of Elvis' best-known songs, but "Burning Love" nearly wasn't recorded by The King.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried”
Country music legend Merle Haggard recounts how he came to record the massive hit, "Mama Tried."
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Jennifer Warnes’ “Right Time Of The Night”
“Right Time of the Night,” released in 1976, was all about firsts—and it was no easy gig for producer Jim Ed Norman.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm”
“When we first recorded ‘Riders on the Storm,’ it was a nice, light song—but when we got into mixing it is when it all...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Cars’ “Just What I Needed”
The Cars' self-titled album is a quintessential new wave classic, taking the sound of the 50s and making it modern and new.
Post and Broadcast
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Sidebar: Peek Inside Endpoint Audio Labs
Peek inside the audio stronghold that meticulously transferred all the rare audio formats in 'Becoming Led Zeppelin'.
Post and Broadcast
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary, Part 3
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Post and Broadcast
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary, Part 2
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Music Production
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Business
Level West Studioworks Opens to Create Modular Studios
Level Acoustic Design and Westwood Joinery have teamed up to found Level West Studioworks, a modular studio brand.
Business
Mix Nashville III Announces Studio Crawl!
Once the day ends on Music Row, the night begins in Berry Hill, with stops at Blackbird Studio, East Iris, Custom House by GC...
Music Production
Fame Studios Teams with UA for Console Rebuild Documentary
Muscle Shoals’ legendary Fame Recording Studios has teamed with Universal Audio for a documentary series on rebuilding the facility’s UA 610 recording console.
Music Production
Chaikin Keeps Things Real for Acoustic Recording
Engineer Peter Chaikin recently recorded a duet between Ian McCrudden and Wendy Joyner.
Business
Sony and BandLab Partner on Spatial Tools
360 Reality Audio to be integrated into the BandLab app, including selection of beats, sounds and immersive music production tools.
Facilities
Beijing’s 8082 Audio Studio and the Immersive Boom
More than 100 Genelec monitors add consistency, confidence across 10 studios, 14 production rooms.
news
UK’s 2025 MPG Award Winners Announced
A.G. Cook named Producer of the Year for his work with the likes of Charli XCX; Danny L Harle garners Writer-Producer of the Year.
Facilities
Bob Bullock Looks Back While Moving Forward
Classic Harrison 32C console sound in a new 500 Series three-pack for producer/engineer’s Nashville studio.
Facilities
Josh Gannet Gets Comfy at Skunk Hollow Recordings
Interface lineup wired through the patch bay and then routed into the computer, or connected via Dante for control.