Profiles

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

Jackson Browne wrote “The Birds of St. Marks,” the song that kicks off his superb new album, Standing in the Breach, when he was...

By Robyn Flans ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

The Record Plant in Los Angeles was the place to be on Sunday nights in 1973, when owner Gary Kellgren convinced drummer Jim Keltner...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

Remember when engineers weren’t even credited on albums? Labels haven’t always acknowledged the essential role players on both sides of the glass. But at...

By Lori Kennedy ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

After 13 years in London, Sphere Studios recently made the journey across the pond, closing up shop in the UK with plans to reopen...

By Matt Hurwitz ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

Jazz saxophonist Dave Koz stands beside the console, listening to a mix in Rickey Minor’s new Red Lotus Studios on the historic Sunset Gower...

By By Barbara Schultz // Photo: David Goggin/Mr. Bo ⋅ Published: 10/01/2014

Between Brian Wilson and Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, you’ve got a whole lot of history, and a lot of musical possibilities.

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Panoramic House is a personal recording studio and vacation home owned by John Baccigaluppi and Bobby Lurie, located on the western Marin County coastline...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Even as women continue to make great strides in areas from politics to corporate boardrooms, they are still rare in the recording business outside...

By By Eric Rudolph ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Carole King burst onto the music world from nowhere in 1971 with her huge-selling album, Tapestry

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Gospel singer/contestant on The Voice Donna Allen worked on new material with producers Jeffrey Davis and Jody Hill (Allen also produced) and engineer Fredric...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

n Studio A at Miami’s Hit Factory Criteria, multiplatinum hitmaker Timbaland continued production on the soundtrack for the new drama series Empire, from Imagine...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Lucinda Williams first visited David Bianco’s North Hollywood Studio, Dave’s Room, in December 2012. Bianco had agreed to donate studio time for a benefit...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

Blues rocker Benjamin Booker is on the road spreading the word about his eponymous debut—sometimes playing his own club dates, other times serving as...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 09/01/2014

A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom Flemons plays guitar, banjo, jug, and an assortment of reed and percussion instruments, in old-time...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Richard Thompson’s latest album, Acoustic Classics, is an unexpected gift to his many devoted fans—solo acoustic versions of 14 of his finest songs, spanning...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Like a lot of people, my first exposure to the duo known as First Aid Kit—Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg—came from seeing their...

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

One of the all-too-true clichés of the music and entertainment industry is that it is riddled with temptation. Drug use, alcohol consumption and countless...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Videogame developer Ubisoft worked on material in Studio A with producer Dave Gossage and engineer Padraig B. Schnirer

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Revolution Recording has ordered a Neve Genesys G96—with 48 1073 mic preamps, 24 1084 equalizers, 24 88RS EQs, full dynamics, full recall, DAW control,...

By Michael Cooper ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

The process of mixing can be broadly divided into two primary challenges: whipping individual tracks into shape and achieving a proper overall balance when...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Engineer/producer Ben Greenberg says he enjoys working in “proper studios,” but he’s equally fond of the way he recorded alt-rock band Heaven’s Jail earlier...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

When producer Joe Chiccarelli describes the Morrissey album he produced last winter as “musical theater,” he doesn’t mean it in the Showboat way. It’s...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

Producer Milo Froideval spent a month in Detroit, working on pre-production with Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas before bringing the band to residential Sonic...

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 08/01/2014

There are people who know Chris Pelonis the Musician, and he is a monster guitar player. Others know him as Chris the Engineer/Producer or...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

When you look at all that Atlanta-based mixer/engineer Miles Walker has accomplished in the decade-plus since he graduated with honors from Berklee College of...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

Those who describe the music of Railroad Earth as “jamgrass” are to be forgiven. After all, the band’s sound is often dominated by a...

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

Though they both live in L.A., both at the peak of their craft in the rather small world of professional hitmaking mixers, Bob Clearmountain...

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

This month’s cover is a tribute to a man who has lived a most wonderful life in music: George Strait. The Troubador. The King...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

Owner Nick Chahwala recently moved Bravo Ocean Studios into a new 2,200 square-foot industrial loft in downtown Atlanta.

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

R&B singer/songwriter/producer Ne-Yo has been in Tree Sound for past few months working on new material with engineer Moses Gallart

By Gino Robair ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

There’s a certain level of artist who doesn’t have to think about flogging their own merch at shows. Then, there’s the rest of us....

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

L.A. punk outfit The Muffs haven’t released a full-length in a decade, but Whoop Dee Doo is worth the wait.

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

Out this month is Upside Out, a four-song OK Go EP that coincides with the use of one song, “The Writing’s on the Wall,”...

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 07/01/2014

“The process was basically, ‘Just play,’” says Tracey Freeman, who produced and mixed the Rebirth Brass Band’s latest release, Move Your Body. Freeman and...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan of jazz/rock/fusion duo Painted on Water recorded their EP Chicago Issue in Studio A with Andy Shoemaker and mixed...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

If you’ve never heard of Nestler & Hawtin, a pair of soulful young singer-songwriters from Oregon, don’t fret. They’ve barely ventured outside of their...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

Brian Deck has been a leading light of the Chicago music scene for going on three decades now, one of those classic multi-hyphenates: musician-engineer-producer-studio...

By Tom Kenny ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

Colleges, especially long-established ones, tend to develop their own cultures. For Columbia College, founded as and Oratory School in 1890 and today a four-year...

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

Chicago Recording Company recently started a project called CRC Live, which takes a close and personal look at music and the stories behind it....

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 06/01/2014

“When a performer forgets where they are and really puts it down the wires—that’s what we try to preserve at all costs,” says Joel...