Bounce to Disk

The duo Here Now plays an improvised set at a bar every week in Seattle, creating loops with Ableton Live. They multitrack-record every show and the recordings are totally good. They release an EP every week! Download their 15 FREE EPs here. You can friend them too.

At Snow Ghost Music, you can watch a video where Stephen Malkmus and Joanna Bolme discuss recording Real Emotional Trash.  Nothing too technical, but there’s some good recording footage.  Snow Ghost is where most of the tracking was done for this record.  Engineered by T.J. Doherty (Wilco, Sonic Youth, etc) and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes.  Here’s a text interview with Malkmus where he discusses the recording process.

Pre-order Real Emotional Trash at Amazon.com.

Here’s a blog dedicated to researching and documenting the recording process of Iggy Pop’s album “The Idiot”

“One of the greatest rock and roll records is Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot”. Recorded in 1976 and released in 1977, this record found the friendship between David Bowie and Iggy Pop flower into artistic collaboration. This blog is an attempt to document the technical and creative magic that drove this seminal record. “

The Idiot on Amazon.com

Sorry for the silent couple of months there…I hope to get back on track with content on a regular basis!

Programmer Alex le Lievre has developed software which allows you to control ProTools LE remotely with your iPhone. Genius.

I’ve been doing mastering on and off for almost 10 years now, but a few months ago I decided to jump in with both feet. I upgraded some key components of my studio and I’m taking on mastering projects. My fee is a low per-song rate and I do free revisions. The error-checked CDR production premaster is included in the fee, as is a reference disc for listening. I’ll even do a sample mastering job on one of your songs for free if you are considering other engineers for the job. Check out my discography and contact info at towerofsong.com.

Here’s another decent soldering tutorial with photos.

Bob Weston is a legendary figure in underground music. He’s been making records for more than 20 years as a musician and recording engineer. Best known for his tenure in the rock band Shellac with Steve Albini and Todd Trainer, Bob recently opened Chicago Mastering Service with his business partner, Jason Ward. I contacted him to discuss his new facility and his transition into mastering.

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Thanks to my friend Jim Cobb for this link:

http://badmuckingfastard.com/sound/slipperman.html

It’s kind of like a graduate thesis on the topic, but with lots of cursing.

By Koji Mabuchi

Most home recording folks are familiar with and may have even experienced G.A.S. or, Gear Acquisition Syndrome—the compulsive and largely insatiable drive to buy that next microphone, preamp, guitar, or other piece of gear that will get you one step closer to the achieving the sonic Nirvana for your recordings as you imagine it in your mind’s ear. In the last year or so, I’ve become acutely afflicted with a less common variant of the disorder—G.M.S. or Gear Modification Syndrome. My thanks to TW for letting me ramble a little about what I’ve learned in the course of my affliction. A couple of caveats about this—first, if you record, proceed at your own risk as this may lead to spontaneous affliction with G.M.S., second, much of the information presented here should be filed under the category of “stuff I learned on the internet” and thus may not be completely accurate.

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