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Mastering Hits at Zeitgeist
While New York City mastering engineer James Cruz celebrated the third anniversary of his facility, Zeitgeist Sound Studios (Queens, N.Y.), his longtime client, Puerto...
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SPARS SoundBite | Make Mine High-Res
It’s hardly news that the marketplace for music is much different than it was when many of us started in this industry and built...
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Classic Tracks: Mudhoney “Touch Me I’m Sick”
Jack Endino has been in the press an awful lot in the past few months. With the 20th-anniversary celebration of Nirvana’s Nevermind, everyone wants...
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SSL for Abbey Road Online Mixing Service
To help celebrate 80 years in the biz, Abbey Road Studios (London) has opened its new production/mix room, Studio 52, which features an SSL...
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Classic Tracks: Country Joe & The Fish “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag”
In the public mind, the most famous version of Country Joe McDonald’s Vietnam War protest song, “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin-to-Die Rag,” is the one in the film...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers In Three Parts
It makes sense. As most listeners will check out a new album on iTunes—or at least the first single from a long-awaited I’m With...
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Mathien Brings the Fun(k)
Produced by Chris “Wolfdog” Schneider and recorded and mixed at Pressure Point Recording (Chicago) by Steve Kovacs, The Night I Was an Alpha Male...
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Shatner and Hamilton
Los Angeles–based producer/composer/musician Adam Hamilton christened his new home studio by producing a new release for William Shatner titled Seeking Major Tom, a “concept...
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SPARS SoundBite | The Future In Numbers
Every organization related to pro audio has been affected by the democratization of content creation. New, powerful tools that aid songwriting, music creation/production and...
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Extreme Mastering Makeover
When Extreme Music (London), the production music arm of Sony ATV, wanted to upgrade its layout and acoustics in its new mastering facility, the...
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Heading North Goes to ‘6’
Mastering engineer Ron Skinner’s Heading North Mastering (Toronto) now boasts the SADiE 6 software platform. “The most important change is the ability to switch...
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Jerry Ragovoy, 1931-2011
Jerry Ragovoy, the songwriter behind “Time Is on My Side” and “Piece of My Heart,” among many others, passed away from complications following a...
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Classic Tracks: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
Charlie Rich had made the rounds. He’d joined and left several labels by the time he signed with Epic in 1967 on the recommendation...
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Beatlemania
Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum now features a Beatles exhibit, with nearly 70 artifacts, including some “never-before-exhibited” items such as...
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Smashing Pumpkins in Pre-Production
When Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan came into Coldwater Studio (Beverly Hills), he had 30-plus songs but whittled that number down during a...
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KickDrums on Their Own
Producers Alex Fitts and Matt Penttila, under the nom de plume KickDrums, had to turn the mirror back on themselves. The same critical eye...
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‘I Love Tom T. Hall’s Songs of Fox Hollow’
REMAKE OF CLASSIC FAMILY ALBUM BRINGS OUT NASHVILLE'S FINEST
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Classic Tracks: The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed”
Nothing says 1980s L.A. like The Go-Go’s on the radio. Those sweet, bright, infectious songs were the perfect soundtrack for a sunny day
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Preserving Culture at WAM
Non-profit Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) recorded a trio of master Mongolian musicians, with funding from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. WAM founder and...
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Vanessa Carlton’s ‘Rabbits on the Run’
Singer/songwriter/pianist Vanessa Carlton’s fourth studio album, Rabbits on the Run (Razor & Tie), marks her first collaboration with UK-based producer Steve Osborne. “After my...
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Music: Disc Cutting at Grundman
Recording engineer Ryan Hewitt booked Bernie Grundman Mastering’s disc mastering studio for the vinyl release of Flogging Molly’s Speed of Darkness. Recorded at Echo...
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Music: Graham Wright’s Solo Offshoot
What started out as demos turned into a full-fledged solo album. Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright has always had songs percolating in his...
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Music: Count, DJ Shadow Back in the Groove
Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Count and DJ Shadow are back in the studio working on a new album, with Count at the helm in his space....
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Jack Richardson, 1930-2011
Canadian producer Jack Richardson (the Guess Who, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger) passed away at London, Ontario’s University Hospital. He received 38 Gold and Platinum...
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Garland Jeffreys ‘The King of In Between’
On June 14, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Garland Jeffreys released the rock- and blues-oriented The King of In Between, his first album of entirely new work...
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SPARS SoundBite | Local Music Communities
Welcome to the new SPARS column, where we will inform you of what we are doing to move the industry forward. Last month we...
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Music: Haynes to Tape
When Warren Haynes played “Save Me” for co-producer/mixer Gordie Johnson for the first time in a small rehearsal space in Manhattan, they knew they...
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Music: Paisley’s Deep Country Roots
Brad Paisley’s ninth studio album, This Is Country Music, is an homage to the genre he’s loved since he started performing when he was...
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Lon Brannies, 1945-2011
Longtime Yamaha employee (27 years) and audio industry veteran Lon Brannies passed away on April 18 after a long illness. He was initially hired...
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Behind the Scenes: Joe Barresi
Producer/mixer/engineer Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, The Melvins) and On the Mark Media release Joe Barresi: Tracking Rock, a behind-the-scenes HD...
