Tucker Martine is a Seattle-based producer, engineer, and drummer who works with noted experimental musicians, such as Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz....
Since 1994, Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma of Mouse on Mars have rocked dance floors while searching for uncharted sonic frontiers. We don't aim for a particular...
When describing the sound of the band Cake, many music reviewers often have to stretch their imaginations to come up with just the right words. Wry, ironic, iconoclastic, contrarian, sardonic, mechanized, organic — the list goes on and on — are all appropriate descriptions for the band's unusual sound. Although...
The art of composing music for picture has a rich heritage, dating back to the very beginnings of cinema. One could easily argue that its roots date back...
San Francisco Bay Area group PC Munoz and the Amen Corner offer a scintillating mix of R&B, funk, hip-hop, rock, and gospel. The Amen Corner consists...
John Frusciante is a man of extremes. At the tender age of 33, he's already experienced the best and worst that life has to offer. The former refers to...
Philadelphia-based singers, songwriters, and multi-instrumentalists Maggi, Pierce, and E.J. have cultivated a deceptively simple sound. Their quirky music...
In these days of high-quality, easily portable studio gear, good recordings can be made in unlikely places. One such recording is the most recent release...
I was always interested in futuristic-sounding music, says Chicago-based recording artist, producer, and label owner John Hughes III, who records under...
With his cerebral style and ivory-tower electronic music education (Carnegie Mellon, Cal Arts, and NEA Jazz grant), composer Gary Chang might have ended...
Andre LaFosse began creating improvisational, loop-based music as a student at the California Institute of the Arts, pairing a guitar with a Gibson Echoplex...
Electronic Musician’s interview with Neal Pogue, the Grammy-winning mix engineer behind OutKast’s mega-hit "Hey Ya" talks about his mixing methods and philosophies....
Recording acoustic instruments requires a certain level of technical prowess and an acoustically sound environment that has good isolation. Guitarist...
In this Electronic Musician feature, three pro engineer-producer-musicians who’ve recorded artists ranging from Tower of Power to Dwight Yoakam to Santana, give you the lowdown on getting great electric bass sounds. They’ll talk about the gear they like to use, how they like to set it, and the specific signal chains they employ when tracking bass. ...
Curtis Roads is best known as the author of several landmark texts on computer music and as former editor of the prestigious Computer Music Journal (MIT...
As a first-call drummer in New York City, Terry Silverlight works with many top-level musicians. He also works in his personal studio as a composer, a producer, and an arranger....
Electronic Musician’s interview with Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer Frank Filipetti covers a wide range of subjects including miking drum kits, the difference between “good” and “bad” leakage, using polar patterns to your advantage, and much more....
Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, Kinky (Gil Cerezo, Carlos Chairez, Omar Gongora, Ulises Lozano, and Cesar Pliego) enjoyed breakout success in 2002. The...
Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron and Monster Magnet founder John McBain are the producers, engineers, and primary musicians for the psychadelic rock project the Wellwater Conspiracty. Self-taught as engineers - they both cut their teeth on 4-track cassette recorders in the predigital days - the two are not afraid to use unconventional techniques to pursue their recording goals....
Random Touch's third CD release, Hammering on Moonlight (Roadnoise Productions, 2002), is graced with complex, evolving sound sculptures and spirited...
I was probably listening to too much Esquivel and Tomita at the time, explains Joe Welsh about the genesis of Thelonious Moog. But I always wondered how...
Electronic Musician’s interview with iconoclastic producer and engineer Joe Barresi, who has worked his magic on acts such as Queens of the Stone Age, the Melvins, and Powerman 5000. He has a knack for capturing killer guitar sounds, and never loses sight of what makes music groove....
Producers Jez Colin and Matt Cooper have a wealth of album credits to their names. Colin has remixed songs by Bjork, Maxwell, Sade, and Stevie Wonder. Cooper records for U.K. label Dorado Records under the name Outside, and writes and tours with Incognito and David Sylvian. In 1998 Colin and Cooper forged a partnership as The Latin Project....
Interviews with three esteemed mastering engineers—Bob Ludwig, Stephen Marcussen, and Steve Hall—who shed light on their little understood yet extremely critical profession....
