“It’s been a crazy year,” says Ayad Al Adhamy.
It’s easy to understand why he feels that way. 2016 is when Al Adhamy took it all to the next level with the opening of Diamond City Studio in lower Manhattan, enacting a welcome rebirth for a prolific facility that has Read more...
The year 2012 was a late-career landmark for Philip Glass.
In the beginning of the year, the composer celebrated his 75th birthday with the premiere of a new symphony and the first major production of his 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach in ten years.
By December, Beck had curated Read more...
NORWALK, CT: Among the flavors of the Nutmeg State, deep tribal rhythms are not necessarily what this sleepy Northeast enclave is known for. But as you soar through the clouds and into the sanctum of Tom Salta’s studio, the pulse of advanced, yet ancient, beats beat louder.
Here Salta – Read more...
EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: Enmeshed in the creative focus nurturing New York City’s downtown, you sense someone deep in thought. A mind is in motion.
Feel it now, in hypnotic waves? You’re drawing closer to the workbench of Philip Glass. His symphonies, operas, film scores, concertos, solo works, sonatas, and any Read more...
For electronic music producers and sound designers, soft synths can become something of an obsession. Whether they’re freeware or come with a price tag, virtual instruments are a constant source of discovery: Every time you sit down to play or program, you have infinite possibilities for the invention of new Read more...
