Columns

Sporadic and regular articles from our contributors.

Mar/Apr 2008

TOC Intro  |  No. 64

TOC Intro #64

by Larry Crane

I find that as I interview more and more people involved in the process of recording music that I feel I may be backing myself into a corner of sorts. I like the fact that a lot of our interviews are...

Jan/Feb 2008

TOC Intro  |  No. 63

TOC Intro #63

by Larry Crane

Nashville, Los Angeles and New York: to many people these are the epicenters of recording in the United States. One cannot deny that many records are made in these cities, but the history of recorded...

Nov/Dec 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 62

TOC Intro #62

by Larry Crane

By the time you read this I will be in the middle of my first album-tracking sessions in a long time. Over the last year I was dealing with selling my home, AES SF, working on Elliott Smith's New Moon...

Sep/Oct 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 61

TOC Intro #61

by Larry Crane

As many of you might know and probably can relate to, I consider myself more a "fan of music" than a "fan of recording". Don't get me wrong, I love making records, owning a studio, editing this...

Jul/Aug 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 60

TOC Intro #60

by Larry Crane

Okay, for those of you following my misadventures over the latest issues, here's an update. We finished moving Jackpot! (my crazy studio) into our new Hamptone digs in Portland at the beginning of...

May/Jun 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 59

TOC Intro #59

by Larry Crane

As you read this we're finishing up moving my studio, Jackpot! Recording, to a new building. Many thanks to the Hamptone company (our "landlords", but really more like co-conspirators and friends) for...

Mar/Apr 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 58

TOC Intro #58

by Larry Crane

When you open this issue I'll be knee deep in a studio move. After ten years of Jackpot! Recording Studio existing in the same location, we're moving into a newly constructed building courtesy of our...

Jan/Feb 2007

TOC Intro  |  No. 57

TOC Intro #57

by Larry Crane

Recently my friend, and Tape Op writer Steve Silverstein included this thought in an email to me: "I'm having a problem lately with getting too 'good' at recording and losing some of the charm that I...

Sep/Oct 2006

TOC Intro  |  No. 55

TOC Intro #55

by Larry Crane

Making records is lying. Recordings are fake performances. Even when they document a live performance, the reproduction over speakers in a listening environment is nothing like the live event. If...

Jul/Aug 2006

TOC Intro  |  No. 54

TOC Intro #54

by Larry Crane

It's only been a few weeks since TapeOpCon wrapped up. Those of you that were there know how much fun we had and how much there was to learn. I know there are a lot of you readers whom we never see at...

May/Jun 2006

TOC Intro  |  No. 53

TOC Intro #53

by Larry Crane

As I was writing the review of Glass Eye's "new" CD for this issue, it struck me how "fan-boy" my writing sounded. I wondered at first if I should tame it down, sound more removed, professional and...

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