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George Marino, RIP
George Marino, a three-time Grammy-winning engineer who mastered such classic albums as Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions, John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy and Guns...
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Chick Corea and Gary Burton Mark 40 Years
Two of jazz’s busiest and most prolific players, pianist Chick Corea and vibraphone master Gary Burton, have managed to get together periodically to make...
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Classic Tracks: The B-52s, “Love Shack”
“Love Shack,” The B-52s’ campy, happy dance song from their 1989 album Cosmic Thing has become the alternative, tongue-in-cheek equivalent of Kool & The...
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The Villains Record in Nashville
The Villains, out of Atlanta, draw inspiration for their vocal-driven, country-inflected rock from the catalogs of The Band, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. For...
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Zehnder: Living in the Moment
Los Angeles–based band Zehnder (bassist Timothy Gibbs Zehnder and guitarist Tom Zehnder, with drummer Mike Boggio) set out to simply have fun in the...
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SPARS Sound Bite: The Internship Value
One of my heroes, Ray Bradbury, passed away recently. In my youth, I devoured his books and he was one of a few who...
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Bryan Clark and The New Lyceum Players
Playing with familiar forms and attempting to update them is central to the music-making process—as is championing a particular regional sound. Taking something familiar...
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Joe Jackson Takes On Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington was among the most eclectic composers of the 20th century, so it makes sense that Joe Jackson’s new tribute, The Duke (June...
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Producer Marshall Altman Talks About Working with Risa Binder
Recording 'Paper Heart' in Nashville's Smoakstack Studios
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Bryan Clark & The New Lyceum Players, ‘Southern Intermission’ (Rainfeather Records)
Playing with established forms and attempting to reshape them is common to the music-making process. Taking something familiar and making it your own, however,...
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‘Recording Techniques Of the Guitar Masters
In his new book from Course Technology/Cengage Learning, Emmy Award–winning composer, guitarist and producer Brian Tarquin reveals the recording equipment, recording and mixing techniques,...
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‘Joe Meek’s Bold Techniques’ Available as an eBook
Veteran music journalist Barry Cleveland (currently an editor at Guitar Player magazine) has published the second edition of his book about the career of...
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Tom Tucker, Minneapolis Recording Legend, 63
Renowned recording engineer and educator Tom Tucker, who worked on best-selling records with such artists as Lucinda Williams, Prince, Johnny Lang and Soul Asylum,...
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Classic Tracks: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
Before signing with Warner Bros. Records Nashville, Randy Travis spent a decade looking for a recording contract, and being rejected by everyone. In 1985,...
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More Thoughts from Tony Maserati
Tony Maserati in his mix room. Photo: Ana Gibert [Ed. Note: Mix magazine senior editor Blair Jackson continues his conversation with mix engineer Tony...
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More Thoughts from Joe Chiccarelli
Joe Chiccarelli, pictured here at EastWest Recording Studios in Hollywood working on the upcoming Jason Mraz record. Engineer Steve Churchyard has his back to...
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Jazz Artists Put Their Spin on Disney
Musicians have been interpreting songs from Disney films forever, but the recent Everybody Wants to Be A Cat: Disney Jazz Volume 1 is the...
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Mickey Hart: Out In Space and Down To Earth
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart has been touring since last fall with a red-hot new band and a batch of excellent songs he...
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Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Iris’
DANNY ELFMAN CREATES THE DYNAMIC SCORE FOR A 'JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORLD OF CINEMA'
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Editor’s Note: Music From the Heart and Head
I like Dave Grohl, and I’m liking him more as the years go by. He lives the life he believes in, and he eats,...
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Theresa Andersson’s ‘Street Parade’
The YouTube video for Theresa Andersson’s song, “Na, Na, Na,” has been viewed more than 1.4 million times. It shows the Swedish-born artist—who’s now...
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Hargo’s Radical Sounds
Hargo’s eclectic new disc Out of Mankind is alt-rock with a gamut of found sounds, “ethnic” instruments and horns. But as engineer/producer Joel Hamilton...
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Julia Nunes: Heavenly Voice and a Rockin’ Uke
Engineer/producer Zach McNees recorded most of the 18 tracks on singer/songwriter Julia Nunes’ beautiful and sometimes whimsical album, Settle Down, at The Buddy Project...
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Sound for the 2012 Grammy Awards
There isn’t a show on television that devotes more attention and resources to quality sound than the Grammy Awards, and this year, amid changes...
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SPARS SoundBite | The Concierge Updated
The studio business is the ultimate concierge service for artists and musicians. Whatever is asked for, a good studio staff bends over backwards to...
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Grammys 2011 | Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Of the five works that were nominated for Grammys this year in the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, category, three could be filed under “Americana,”...
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Mastering Ignacio Val
Symbiotic Records recording artist Ignacio Val has just completed mastering on his debut self-titled album at Bernie Grundman Mastering. The album was produced by...
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John Lennon Educational Tour Bus | Bringing Music to the People
15 YEARS ONBOARD THE JOHN LENNON EDUCATIONAL TOUR BUS
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Reliving the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead’s Europe 1972 tour is legend among Deadheads, in no small part because it spawned four prior releases, including Europe 72 and...
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Elvis Presley ‘Young Man With the Big Beat’ Box Set
Open this treasure chest and feast your ears and eyes: RCA Legacy’s Young Man With the Big Beat contains five CDs of remastered classics,...
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Classic Tracks: George Harrison’s “Got My Mind Set on You”
The last solo single by a Beatle to top the charts, George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set On You" was an anomaly in that...
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Tarsia Brings Home SPARS Legacy Award
Philadelphia native and recording studio entrepreneur Joe Tarsia received the SPARS Legacy Award before a packed house of industry peers at New York’s The...
