Hit Factory NYC Closes

Mar 1, 2005, COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY

It's a rare occurrence that the pro audio industry makes headline news across the nation. Reports spanning from Reuters/Billboard to the Seattle Post-Intelliger...

The Other Side of Austin Music

Mar 1, 2005

Artist Development 2005

Mar 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

Way back from the 1950s through the '70s it was common for record labels to operate their own recording facilities. Detroit's Motown, CBS San Francisco,...

Nashville Skyline

Feb 1, 2005, By Rick Clark

A few miles northeast of Nashville in the hills of Madison is a sprawling low rancher that was once the residence of country legend Jim Reeves. This is...

PAD, WSDG Are High on Each Other's List

Feb 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Call it fate: When Professional Audio Design was retained by Platinum hip hop producer Tim Mosley and his engineer, Jimmy Douglass, to provide the gear...

Cider Mountain Opens in Idaho

Feb 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Recording engineer/producer Chris Phillips fled L.A. to build his dream recording facility, Cider Mountain Recorders, located just north of Coeur d'Alene,...

L.A. Grapevine

Feb 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

A visit with producer Matthew Gerrard at his Santa Monica cottage studio left me amazed: so much music from such a tiny space. One of the busiest producers...

New York Metro

Feb 1, 2005, By David Weiss

Sesame Street is shot upstairs, but that doesn't mean KAS Music & Sound kids around. Actually, this studio deep inside the historic Kaufman Astoria Studios...

Vagabond Settles in Chicago

Jan 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Co-owners engineer/sound designer Drew Weir and producer Riso Sanders have expanded their commercial sound design and audio post facility, Vagabond Audio,...

Nashville Skyline

Jan 1, 2005, By Rick Clark

When it comes to bluegrass and bluegrass-influenced country, there are few artists who have attained the high status that Ricky Skaggs has earned. During...

MCP Brings in New Manager

Jan 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

With studio management positions at Edison Recording Studio, Mayfair, Counterpoint Studios and most recently at Clinton Recording (all in New York City),...

L.A. Grapevine

Jan 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

Midas Records (www.midasrecords.net) in Canoga Park is a company with a plan, a major component of which is a full-service studio dedicated to nurturing...

New York Metro

Jan 1, 2005, By David Weiss

The sound of music has always been loud and clear in New York City, but the liveliest source of those sounds is constantly changing. One of the most consistent...

Avatar Studios

Dec 1, 2004

Adding to studios A, B, C, D, E and R, Avatar Studios (New York City, www.avatarstudios.net) recently opened Studio G, a mid-priced tracking room located...

L.A. Grapevine

Dec 1, 2004, By Maureen Droney

Hollywood Boulevard was typically crazy. At Mann's Chinese, tourists gawked over movie star footprints, a man with an antenna on his head held court among...

L.A. Grapevine

Nov 1, 2004, By Maureen Droney

As the music industry continues its wrenching changes, so do commercial recording studios. Amazingly, however, the L.A. recording scene during the past...

Nashville Skyline

Nov 1, 2004, By Rick Clark

When I first moved to Nashville almost 10 years ago, one of the first things I learned is that the region is loaded with all kinds of non-country music...

New York Metro

Nov 1, 2004, By David Weiss

How does one of the ultimate small-studio applications, Propellerhead's Reason, cross paths with Avatar's Studio A, one of New York City's ultimate big...

Ray Charles Landmark Studio

Nov 1, 2004, By Chris Walker

On August 31, 2004, the posthumous release date of Ray Charles' Genius Love Company, fans caught a glimpse into the icon's spawning grounds. People from...

Margarita Mix Brings in New GM

Nov 1, 2004, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

The L.A. Studios' Westside facility, Margarita Mix de Santa Monica, has tapped veteran producer Jonathan Whitehead as its new general manager, operations...