Aug 1, 2008,
By Peter Cooper
In Nashville, celebrities are often treated just like other human beings. Lyle Lovett can eat among the Pancake Pantry proletariat without being hassled...
Aug 1, 2008,
By Barbara Schultz
Before Sweetwater became an audio household name, Chuck Surack's mega-successful retail business began as an offshoot of the studio business he started...
Aug 1, 2008,
By Janice Brown
The newly formed Vel Records (www.myspace.com/velrecords) and its Brooklyn, N.Y.-based studio began as the private studio of EMI songwriter/producer Camus...
Jul 1, 2008,
By Matt Gallagher
Bob Fowler has persevered in the music industry for 40 years while wearing a number of hats as a veteran gigging bassist in the Atlantic City, N.J., area,...
Jul 1, 2008,
By Bud Scoppa
During the 1970s and '80s, I made frequent visits to the Sunset Marquis, a high-end but unpretentious hotel tucked away on Alta Loma, a side street a...
Jul 1, 2008,
By David Weiss
His and hers studios? We've heard of such a distinction for bathrobes, luggage and even Corvettes, but not audio facilities not until we met experimental...
Jul 1, 2008,
By Barbara Schultz
In the San Francisco Bay Area studio scene and beyond, Fantasy Studios (www.fantasystudios.com) and the Fantasy Records label are the stuff of legend....
Jul 1, 2008,
By Barbara Schultz
Hit Factory Criteria Studios (Miami) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and recent upgrades show how the studio continues to thrive in this...