My friend and client, Joe Gigs, says that at 3 AM life slows down, and it’s a time where you can finally be one with yourself. Well I’m often one with my clients (or I’m trying to be) as we attempt to capture that great performance that represents the artist’s Read more...
Artist Amelia Robinson and her band, along with manager Karla Chee-a-tow, tracked at Daddy’s House, the NYC recording facility owned by Sean “Puffy” Combs, recently for Hip Hop Public Health. Studio veteran Tony Drootin sits on the Board of HHPH and was instrumental in providing studio time and bringing in Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: A year or more back, I was looking for a solid room for overdubbing or mixing. I found it in Seven Seas Studios, run by my friend Tony Drootin and staffed by the very capable engineer Drea Young and assistant Anna Eliopoulos.
Now known as Area 51 Read more...
OSSINING, NY: It was a beautiful day for a drive up to Bi-Coastal Music in Ossining to check out the new Audio-Technica (AT) AT4080 and AT4081 ribbon mics. We wanted to do a ribbon mic shoot-out and Bi-Coastal had a very nice array of ribbon mics for us to compare. Read more...
