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Readers Respond to "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84

by Larry Crane

When we ran a page featuring senior contributor Garrett Haines' "Building Troubleshooting Skills" in Tape Op #84 I never expected to get the kind of replies we did below. The Letters section for upcoming issues was too full, so I'm posting these...

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MySpace Drives Me Nuts - Facebook is Disturbing

by Larry Crane

Okay, so that's not the most original headline ever. I check the MySpace site once every 6 months and see old notes from friends about things that happened ages ago. Sorry. Oops. But what really drives me bat-shit is seeing ads like "Learn Audio...

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So You're Broke and You expect the Music Biz to Provide an Income?

by Larry Crane

I've received a few pretty odd emails recently. I know times are tough, unemployment sucks, but really, expecting any sort of "bailout" from the music biz has got to be the most delusional crap I've come across. Making a living in music requires hard...

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A Look Back at Tape Op Holiday Cards

by Geoff Stanfield

Every year at about this time Tape Op Magazine sends out a holiday card to our writers and advertisers as a bit of cheer. This year, in thinking about those in our communities who are struggling, we have opted not to do a card and instead make a...

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Hurricane Sandy Relief Gear Auctions ($38,384 raised by Sound Toys!)

by John Baccigaluppi

Dear Tape Op Readers, As you know many of our family, friends and colleagues on the East Coast have been hit hard by Hurricane Sandy last week. Led by Ken Bogdanowicz of Sound Toys, several of our advertisers have joined together to help raise...

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Tape Op Publisher's Studio Closing Down and Morphing into New Places

by Larry Crane

My best friend and business partner, John Baccigaluppi, is moving out of the old building that houses his studio The Hangar (along with his Tape Op office) and had been part of his life since 1990. I played on some of the earliest records from...

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The Beatles' CDs get Remastered!

by Larry Crane

I'll be shelling out a lot of bucks for this on Sept 9th. Billboard reported this today... "All 14 Beatles titles, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available in a stereo box set. A second boxed set, "The Beatles in...

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I'm Sorry, I wish I could hear your new album

by Larry Crane

I received several CDs recently, notably the Monsters of Folk (Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis) and Porcupine Tree's The Incident, that I really wanted to listen to but was unable to hear. Why? Because these promo discs were...

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WIN PRIZES! TAPE OP PARTY SXSW GOODIE BAG GIVEAWAY!

by Larry Crane

Hey lucky Tape Op website forager: I've got an extra goodie bag from the Tape Op Party we held in March during SXSW. I don't have the full selection of swag, but I'll thrown in a couple of the SoundToys "special tin can of awesomeness" items which...