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Sweet & Low 

Jun 1, 2004,

By Maureen Droney

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. ...

Cloud Formations 

May 1, 2004,

By Dennis Miller

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...

Live from New York 

Apr 1, 2004,

By Matt Gallagher

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....

Band on the Run 

Mar 1, 2004,

By Matt Gallagher

Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, Kinky (Gil Cerezo, Carlos Chairez, Omar Gongora, Ulises Lozano, and Cesar Pliego) enjoyed breakout success in 2002. The...

Frank Talk from Filipetti 

Mar 1, 2004,

By Maureen Droney

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....

Recording by Instinct 

Feb 1, 2004,

By Mike Levine

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 Musings 

Dec 1, 2003,

By Matt Gallagher

Random Touch's third CD release, Hammering on Moonlight (Roadnoise Productions, 2002), is graced with complex, evolving sound sculptures and spirited...

Switched-on Monk 

Nov 1, 2003,

By Gino Robair

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...

Capturing the Feel 

Oct 1, 2003,

By Maureen Droney

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....

OK Recorder 

Oct 1, 2003,

By Matt Gallagher

The Silent Kids' debut album, Tomorrow Waits (Two Sheds Music, 2003), unleashes the Atlanta-based quartet's supercharged, psychedelic brand of indie pop-rock....

Balancing Act 

Sep 1, 2003,

By Matt Gallagher

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....

Masters on Mastering 

Sep 1, 2003,

By JJ Jenkins

Interviews with three esteemed mastering engineers—Bob Ludwig, Stephen Marcussen, and Steve Hall—who shed light on their little understood yet extremely critical profession....

Production Values: The Groove Is Out There 

Aug 1, 2003,

By Maureen Droney

As a founding member of Nine Inch Nails, drummer-producer Chris Vrenna spent a lot of time exploring his dark side. He also spent a lot of time creating...

Analog in My Soul 

Jul 1, 2003,

By Gino Robair

My main instruments are modular analog synthesizers, says Olivier Gerber, who, under the name Smoo, released Traffic in My Soul (Neuronium, 2002). Working...

Band on the Web 

Apr 1, 2003,

By Geary Yelton

GrooveLily is not your average rock 'n' roll power trio. Two out of three members have graduate degrees in music; the third graduated from Princeton with...

Band on the Web 

Mar 1, 2003,

By Geary Yelton

Some bands find their beginnings in the desire to make it big, to become popular enough to gain fame and fortune, and incidentally, to make satisfying...

Experimental Journey 

Mar 1, 2003,

By Matt Gallagher

Dualities exist on many levels in Juan Carlos Mendizabal's music. Born in El Salvador, Mendizabal immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s as...

Sound Thinking 

Feb 1, 2003,

By Matt Gallagher

Steve Tibbetts's ECM release A Man About a Horse is awash in layered guitar and percussion parts that coalesce into a variety of sonic textures. The album...

Band on the Web 

Jan 1, 2003,

By Geary Yelton

Hailing from the Seattle area, rock group Superlush is singer and songwriter Liz Aday, guitarist and songwriter Chad Quist, bassist Brian Lake, and drummer...

Multimedia Magic 

Jan 1, 2003,

By Dennis Miller

Ask anyone around the University of North Texas College of Music about who's doing the most exciting work in music technology, and the answer will certainly...

Virtual-Orchestra Maestro 

Dec 1, 2002,

By Matt Gallagher

While manipulating digital audio is all the rage among many electronic musicians, San Francisco based composer Jerry Gerber is excited about the possibilities...

Cause and Effects 

Nov 1, 2002,

By Matt Gallagher

Brooklyn resident Tyondai Braxton expresses his art in varied contexts and mediums. Most recently, Braxton son of experimental multireedist and composer...

Band on the Web 

Nov 1, 2002,

By Gino Robair

One of the ways a band can maximize the time a visitor stays at its site is to create something more than just a place to hawk merchandise. Such a site...

Funky Good Time 

Oct 1, 2002,

By Matt Gallagher

Tim Ramenofsky (aka Headfridge) and Gerrit Brusse (aka King Leisure) began their musical partnership in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It was there that Ramenofsky...

Band on the Web 

Oct 1, 2002,

By Gino Robair

Few artists have taken the DIY attitude to the limits as successfully as composer, improviser, inventor, luthier, and designer Hans Reichel. For his most...

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