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Classic Tracks: Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler”
Kenny Rogers' recording of the Don Schlitz-penned song The Gambler turned a simple record into an entire industry.
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Classic Tracks: The Runaways’ “Cherry Bomb”
Kim Fowley and the Runaways recorded “Cherry Bomb” in a store room on purpose—or so he said.
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Classic Tracks: Big Brother & The Holding Company’s “Piece of My Heart”
Janis Joplin got her start in folk music, surprisingly enough.
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Classic Tracks: John Fogerty’s “Centerfield”
John Fogerty’s “Centerfield” is the only song formally “inducted” into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.—it plays there ’round the clock.
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Classic Tracks: Mudhoney “Touch Me I’m Sick”
Jack Endino jumpstarted his producing career with EPs for Soundgarden, Green River and Mudhoney, and its debut single, “Touch Me I’m Sick."
Business
Wildfires Tear Through Los Angeles Audio Community
Thousands of homes and buildings, including studios, venues and more, have been destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires, adversely impacting the pro audio community.
Blog
Mix Blog: If You Don’t Have It in Two Places…
Sometimes things are clichés because they're true.
Music Production
On or Off the Road, Nico Has a Speaker for That
FOH and studio pro Nicolas “Nico” Ramirez discusses his monitors of choice for each application.
Business
New Bob Dylan / T Bone Burnett ‘Ionic Original’-Format Record Emerges
T Bone Burnett’s Ionic Original "acetate on steroids" format returns with second Bob Dylan recording headed to auction.
Music Production
Green Day Goes for the Grammy Gold
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and longtime mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge talk capturing lightning in a bottle—and three Grammy nominations—with ‘Saviors.’
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Harrison Audio Looks Back to Move Forward
Harrison Audio's 32Classic console revives the desk that was a mainstay in L.A.'s The Village Recorder during the 1970s.
Music Production
Classics Power Nottingham Duo’s Debut
ALT BLK ERA—sibling duo Nyrobi and Chaya Beckett-Messam—recently completed its debut album, Rave Immortal.
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Vinegar Hill Sound: Brooklyn’s Hybrid Recording Haven
Analog is alive and well and cohabitating with digital in the hybrid recording haven Vinegar Hill Sound, located in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood.
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Prajin Parlay Studioz Installs Harrison 32Classic
George Prajin, CEO of Prajin Music Group, has upgraded his Prajin Parlay Studioz with the first Harrison 32Classic analog mixing console to come off...
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Classic Tracks: John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Watching the Wheels”
John Lennon's top-10 hit, “Watching the Wheels,” was among producer Jack Douglas' favorite songs on 'Double Fantasy.'
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Classic Tracks: Ray Parker Jr.’s “Ghostbusters”
You know the movie and you know the classic track, but do you know how the song really came to be?
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Classic Tracks: Jim Croce’s “Time in a Bottle”
Posthumously released, Jim Croce's “Time in a Bottle” reached the top slot on the pop charts in December 1973.
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Classic Tracks: Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”
When Warren Zevon emerged in the midst of L.A.'s vibrant singer/songwriter scene in the mid-'70s, he was like a breath of...well, strange air.
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Classic Tracks: R.E.M.’s “So. Central Rain”
Mix takes a deep dive into the recording of R.E.M.'s 'So. Central Rain' with producer Mitch Easter.
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Berklee NYC Collaborates with Focusrite
Berklee NYC has integrated Focusrite AoIP equipment into its programs, expanding its relationship with the brand.
Music Production
The ‘Big Ideas’ of Remi Wolf
It’s safe to say that the making of Big Ideas was a dream come true for emerging singer, songwriter and self-described “funky-soul-popster” Remi Wolf.
Blog
The Weird History of Recording In Cars
UK singer Sinéad Harnett recently recorded in a Renault 5 E-Tech electric vehicle, joining the small, unique group of artists who've tracked in an...
Business
Fleetwood Mac Producer Ken Caillat, ‘Stereophonic’ Team Settle Lawsuit
Legendary producer/engineer Ken Caillat has tentatively settled a lawsuit filed against the producers and playwright of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit, Stereophonic.
Music Production
Rudy Bethancourt Builds Nine Lives Immersive Studio
Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning audio engineer, music producer and show programmer Rudy Bethancourt recently made the transition from stereo to surround at his new...
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Students Prep for the Future with New Console
The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna recently updated its Studio B.
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 4: Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University in Boone, NC built a Dolby Atmos control room as a project between Professor Scott David Wynne and students.
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 5: Southern University
Southern University has opened a new Dolby Atmos studio in the Tourgee A. DeBose Music Hall on the university’s main campus in Baton Rouge,...
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 6: Stephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Music unveiled a new recording studio on its East Texas campus at the beginning of 2024.
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 2: LIU Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment
Long Island University’s Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment, founded by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in 2008, recently unveiled a new Dolby Atmos...
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 3: Full Sail University
In September, Full Sail University opened what it says is one of the largest Dolby Atmos-enabled classroom facilities on a university campus.
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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 1: Line Studio at WMS
Mix's annual look at the state of audio education focuses in on the emergence of immersive mixing facilities in schools.
Music Production
Scott Sedillo: Preserving U2’s Rarest Deep Cuts
Some of U2’s deepest cuts have come to streaming for the first time, thanks to meticulous work by BGM’s Scott Sedillo.
Music Production
Squids on Mixing Mötley Crüe and The Hu for Atmos
Engineer Nick “Squids” Squillante recently tackled Dolby Atmos mixes for Mötley Crüe’s “Dogs of War” single and The Hu’s Glastonbury live set
Music Production
Producer/Musician Andy Paley Passes at 72
Andy Paley produced everyone from Brian Wilson to Spongebob Squarepants, in addition to hitting the charts as half of 1970s power-pop pioneers The Paley...
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EastSide Sound Nabs NYC’s First Harrison 32Classic Console
One of the longest running recording studios in New York City, EastSide Sound, gets decked out with a new desk.
Business
P&E Wing to Honor Jimmy Douglass During Grammy Week
The Recording Academy's P&E Wing will honor producer, engineer, mixer and five-time Grammy-winner Jimmy Douglass at its annual Grammy Week Celebration.
Music Production
Fidlar Returns With A Big, Bold, Self-Produced Sound
Five years after its last album, surf-punk stars Fidlar are back with a self-produced monster, 'Surviving The Dream,' created and executed at Balboa Recording.
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RE-Mix: Eddie Kramer’s Tips For Success
From the back pages of Mix comes timeless advice from legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer.
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Rock Producer Shel Talmy Passes at 87
Shel Talmy, who produced legendary tracks by The Kinks and The Who, died Wednesday, November 13, 2024, of undisclosed causes.
Archives
Shel Talmy: The Mix Interview
In the October 1990 issue of Mix, legendary producer Shel Talmy sat down to look back at his days producing The Who and The...
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Classic Tracks: Traffic’s “Dear Mr. Fantasy”
Although Steve Winwood was just shy of 19 when he formed the group Traffic in the spring of 1967, he was already a veteran...
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Stevie Wonder, ‘Superstition’ and the Immersive Music Pioneers, Part 2
Fifty years before Atmos, Auro and RA360, Stevie Wonder’s classic “Superstition” was recorded and mixed using the original immersive music format.