My guest on the podcast this week is Michelle Moog-Koussa, the daughter of the man who’s name is almost synonymous with the word synthesizer – Bob Moog. Michelle has been the executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation for the 12 years since its inception. She has guided the organization through the creation and growth of its hallmark […]
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Over the years the engineer/producer Ed Cherney, who sadly passed away recently, contributed mightily to many of my books and podcast. You probably know this already, but Ed had deservedly great credits as he recorded and mixed projects for The Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Was, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Bob Seger, Roy Orbison, […]
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When it comes to remixing “classic” songs for the distant past, it’s a lot tougher than you might think. For one thing, with many hits done on 4 and 8 track tape where many mix elements might be together on one track, there’s not much to mix or place in stereo. For another, it’s sometimes […]
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If you thought large frame recording consoles were dead, you’d be wrong. Just about every manufacturer that makes them are having no trouble selling what they have at the moment. And there’s even new ones being introduced, as evidenced by SSL’s new Origin console. The Origin has 32 inline inputs, 8 stereo busses and a […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Michael Romanowski, who is a Grammy nominated mastering engineer and the owner and chief mastering engineer at San Francisco’s Coast Mastering. He’s also the co-owner and founder of the analog tape label The Tape Project, and a trustee of the The Recording Academy San Francisco Chapter (NARAS). Michael has worked […]
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I can’t tell you how sad I am to hear the news that Ed Cherney has passed. Not only was he a super engineer, but he was an even better person who cared deeply about others and always wanted the best for everyone. Ed engineered an album that I produced for SNEW a few years […]
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So I bet you always wondered what happens to all those old iPhones that you’re not using anymore. Well, at least 107 of them have ended up in a custom Telecaster-like clone called an iCaster. Yep, the guitar is mostly made up of discarded phones, and it even sounds like a Tele in the end. […]
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Ahhh, gates. We love them and we hate them. They always almost seem to do the job, but never quite 100%, especially on drums. Chatter, mis-detection, choked and lost ghost notes are more the norm than not. But that was before the Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate, which takes gating to a whole new level when […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Yoad Nevo, who’s credits include over thirty #1 singles, more than fifty Top 10 albums and over sixty Top 10 singles worldwide as a producer, mixer and mastering engineer. Among the artists he’s worked with include Sia, Bryan Adams, Pet Shop boys, Sugababies, The Dandy Warhols, Moby, Morcheeba and many […]
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We’re inundated with sound everywhere we go, but especially when we go shopping. It may seem like simple background music (and sometimes it is), but when you enter a large national retailer sound becomes weaponized to help move you towards a purchase. In this video Julian Treasure explains how sound affects us physiologically (even down […]
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Over the last two decades Dave Pensado has taken mixing to a new level of artistry, having mixed huge hits for superstars like Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, Shakira, and Michael Jackson, among many others. Well known in the business way before his popular Pensado’s Place web series, Dave […]
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Ever since Malcolm Gladwell introduced the 10,000 hours concept in his 2008 book Outliers, the number has become a standard for the work you must put it in order to become an expert in the skill that you’re pursuing. That can be pretty daunting for anyone just starting out playing an instrument or working in […]
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Bob Clearmountain is one of the most celebrated, yet under the radar, mixers in the world today. His work on the classic hits by everyone from Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Bryan Adams, David Bowie, Roxy Music and about a hundred more has stood the test of time in that we still listen to and […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Bruce Houghton, who started his boutique Skyline Artists Agency more than 25 year ago. The agency now grown to offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, New England, Virginia, Florida and St.Louis, and serves 60 diverse artists that include Roger McGuinn, Poco, Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Motels, Freddie McGregor Zoe Keating, Darlingside, […]
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If you’re like most other DAW owners on the planet, you most likely run a software app or plugin that requires an iLok. Yes, we all hate the copy protection, but the fact of the matter is that software developers deserve to make some money for all the time they put in and this is […]
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