Prince, Michael Jackson, LL Cool J, DMX, Run-DMC, Nas, Lil’ Kim BACKGROUND Everyone over a certain age remembers when Prince openly expressed his frustrations with the music industry. Behind the ...

Canadian producer and engineer Justin Gray began his audio odyssey as many musicians do: when he discovered he loved recording music as much as performing it. He started with clarinet and piano but ...

GRAMMY-nominated producer and mix engineer Eric Emery has incorporated the Slate Digital ML-1A modeling microphone and Virtual Microphone System into his recording workflow. The setup allows for fast ...

From Legendary Studio Manager to Trusted Music Consultant: Few executives in the recording industry have earned the trust, respect, and enduring relationships that Paula Salvatore cultivated during ...

Marilyn Monroe is, of course, one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture alongside the likes of Elvis and James Dean. The sort of mythological figures that, unless you were alive when they ...

Three brothers from St. Joseph, Missouri broke into a university recording studio over summer break. The studio break-in happened almost by accident. "We were playing a show in Syracuse, and we ended ...

With a tagline of, “Writing on music, culture and more 1979-2025,” veteran music scribe and A&R man Tim Sommer’s book is, according to a statement, “a defiant, soulful map of the ephemeral nation ...

Tony Fletcher’s Dear Boy, the biography of The Who drummer Keith Moon, is one of the all-time great music biographies. Therefore, it’s exciting to see what he’s been up to, and this latest effort ...

Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Rush returned to Chicago for the first time in 11 years, revisiting the United Center—home of the ...

When veteran engineer and producer Trent Slatton became owner of Stagg Street Studios in early 2024, he set his sights on thoughtfully expanding upon the legacy Gary Denton and Melody Carpenter built ...

Operations Manager Robin Rose Judy Collins "Send in the Clowns" Written by legendary American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 Broadway musical, A Little Night Music.A bittersweet ...

"Do you want to live life… or do you want a life?” That simple question, asked through the ventilation grate of a prison cell, changed everything for Soulful Smallz. The Long Beach R&B artist recently ...