Mar 14, 2012 12:00AM
Imagine a cast of 50 musicians spanning two countries, three recording studios and as
many engineers, a superstar producer, a Grammy-winning mix engineer, and a dazzling
acoustic guitar duo—it’s Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.’s Area 52.
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Oct 25, 2010 9:00AM
EQ.com Interview Extra Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda By Richard Thomas The December issue of EQ profiles Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns. Here, singer Mike Shinoda elaborates on the writing and mixing process in these interview outtakes. On choosing
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May 1, 2009 2:50AM
After southern doom rocker Mastodon completed its 2006 opus, Blood Mountain, the Atlanta-based quartet knew they wanted more. Drummer Brann Dailor wanted a bigger, fatter, beefier kit sound. Guitarist Bill Kelliher envisioned the songs of Mastodon’s eventual fourth album as having a greater sense of continuity. Dailor dreamt of Bonham. Kelliher imagined a magic man who would propel the band into the next phase of their career without tampering with their core metal-prog attack.
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Mar 3, 2008 2:45PM
“I think part of our success is because we’re not America’s favorite band,” says Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan. “We never strive to be part of the in crowd. If you become the flavor of the month, it’s only a matter of time before people are over that trend.”
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Mar 3, 2008 12:00PM
Dream Theater’s Percussion Demigod Mike Portnoy and Engineer Extraordinaire Paul Northfield on Getting Great Drum Sounds
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Feb 19, 2008 4:40PM
Seizing the Production Reins, Avenged Sevenfold Uncorks a Stylistically Diverse Modern Rock Album
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Feb 19, 2008 4:30PM
Ville Valo and Tim Palmer Juggle Impact and Atmosphere on HIM’s Metal Opus, Venus Doom.
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Jan 15, 2008 12:35PM
Frederik Nordström tells how he recorded Dimmu Borgir’s devilish new album In Sorte Diaboli.
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Nov 1, 2007 7:30PM
Serj Tankian Takes Total Control of His Home-Studio Produced Solo Album, Elect the Dead.
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Dec 8, 2006 12:00AM
Way back in the days you probably don’t remember, a wacky bunch of studio engineers, producers, and musicians churned out final mixes with blistering speed. They didn’t obsess over minute details, or spend hours tweaking every single element in a signal chain. They typically chose musicality over technical excellence; and capturing a performance that literally throbbed with feel, vibe, and excitement was considered far more important than worrying over some audible hiss, bits of mic or analog tape distortion, imprecise tuning, wavering tempos, and other such gremlins. By the standards of today’s digital-audio producers, these cats would probably be considered nothing more than inspired and impassioned dunderheads who couldn’t deliver a truly great mix if it crawled into their clean, white Fruit of the Loom undies.
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