Three and a half years ago, my good friend Charlie Loach (also a columnist in this magazine) and I are in my cozy little music room. We are discussing a...
Since 2004, I have enjoyed the privilege of writing the Zen of Recording. Whether the focus is on music, tools, or crazy things that happen in...
Carlos Santana was three well-received songs into his set in front of an exhilarated, sold-out crowd when he paused for a moment. Darkness had finally stretched...
I’m at the bar. A gooey amalgamation of chatter, laughter, and semi-familiar songs tumbles and flows across the bamboo-festooned tiki bar decor of the The Luau’s...
In 1975, composer/musician Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt published Oblique Strategies, a set of playing-style cards that were intended to shake up stasis, break deadlocks, and...
From shelves of brick and mortar to the digitized warehouses of online retailers, there is a vast variety of audio interface solutions available to recording musicians...
In the music creators’ world of audio gadgetry and recording tools, nothing shouts quite as loud as a satisfied customer, except maybe those of the dis-satisfied...
What is the definition of High Definition? I mean when you think about it (or at least, when I do), isn’t reality the highest we can...
He didn’t belong here. He looked around the room. A TV hysterically shouted Fox News in the corner, ignored by most of the 25 to 30...
