Music Spaces Hit Hard By Sandy – Here’s How You Can Help
Music community spaces including WFMU, The South Sound, Norton Records, New Amsterdam Records and Tape Kitchen were devastated by hurricane Sandy last week. Find out what you can do to help. When...
View ArticleShould Recording Studios Advertise Their Rates? (And How Much Should They...
One of the most common questions I get from new studio owners is whether or not they should advertise their rates on their websites. I’ve visited, worked at, and written about a lot of recording...
View ArticleAcoustic Treatment for the Small Studio
As high-quality audio gear becomes ever more affordable, software emulations nip at the heels of some of the most coveted audio hardware, and much of the basic knowledge of the audio field becomes...
View ArticleStudio Tours: Dungeon Beach and Red Rock Recording
Head over to SonicScoop to see two of our latest studio tours: Dungeon Beach, a new audio/video post house and 5.1 mix suite in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and Red Rock Recording, a 35-year veteran...
View ArticleRecording Studio Retreats – Spring 2013
Bustling cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco and Nashville may boast more recording studios per square foot than just about anywhere else on earth. With such high concentrations of talented...
View ArticleNew Studio Alert: Room 17 in Bushwick, Brooklyn
When Adam Lasus decided to partner up with Joe Rogers and Scott Porter at the new Room 17 in Brooklyn, it was something of a homecoming. Until high rents and new opportunities convinced him and his...
View ArticleNew Studio Review: Strange Weather, Brooklyn
Generally, I try to stay objective when I write about new studios. But when it comes to East Williamsburg’s Strange Weather recording, I just wouldn’t be telling the whole story if I neglected to...
View ArticleLocal Recording Scenes: Machines with Magnets Attracts NYC Musicians to...
About 5 minutes outside of the center of Providence, Rhode Island, there’s an old industrial mill town called Pawtucket. In the past decade it’s turned into a local center for arts, culture, and rock...
View ArticleRecording Retreats: Pilot Recording Studios, Berkshire County in Western MA
Until 2007, Will Schillinger’s Pilot Recording Studios operated out of Chelsea, a now-gentrified New York City neighborhood that sits just below Hell’s Kitchen and the old Garment District. It closed...
View ArticleInside WNYC & WQXR’s Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, with its huge street-level windows, is fittingly public for a venue that’s run by New York Public Radio. Looking at the Greene Space from the street, you’re...
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