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The last time we interviewed Tim Jessup, mix engineer and studio manager of Studio One Sixty Four (owned by Chicago founding member and trumpeter Lee Loughnane), he had just finished work on the Chicago At Carnegie Hall Complete box set—a mammoth year-long project that involved restoring and mixing eight entire shows from the band’s legendary April 1971 six-night residency at...

Photo Copyright: Mathieu Spadaro In the summer of 2022, the recording studios at Château Miraval in Provence, France, reopened their doors after nearly two decades. The studios had, in their previous avatar, hosted sessions for legendary acts like Pink Floyd, Sade, AC/DC, The Cure, and Wham! It was time to build upon that historic legacy and start writing the next chapter, and co-founders Brad Pitt and Damien Quintard left no stone unturned to build a space where artists across different disciplines could feel free to simply create. Continue reading →

This November marks the 25th anniversary of Shania Twain’s Come On Over–the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning album that broke records and catapulted Twain to global superstardom. With hits like Man! I Feel Like A Woman!, You’re Still The One, and That Don’t Impress Me Much, to name a few, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and remains a fixture in pop culture even today. Continue reading →

Australian company Wayne Jones Audio has made a name for itself in the pro audio world with its award-winning bass cabinets and studio monitors. Featuring powerhouse handmade drivers, with a focus on high-performance frequency response coming directly from the speaker itself, it’s easy to see why the company has garnered praise from the industry for the accuracy and clarity of its sound. Continue reading →

Veteran recording engineer Gerhard Joost has worked with major artists like Stevie Wonder, Usher, Missy Elliott, and Timbaland – to name a few – and is currently at the helm of Studio Hill Austin, a new recording studio in Austin, Texas that aims to produce “a new sound for the post-pandemic age”. The studio is scheduled to have its grand opening soon and will welcome artists from all over the world to record in their sunlight-filled recording room. Continue reading →

In 2021, Oklahoma State University unveiled the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music building with the state-of-the-art Dick & Malinda Berry Fischer Recording Studio. Dr. Mark E. Perry, Associate Professor and Director of the Music Industry Program considers the studio “one of the jewels of the program.” We spoke to Dr. Perry about working with Vintage King to build out the studio around a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console, his goals for the students at the Greenwood School of Music and the gear that enables the students to prepare for a future in the music industry. Continue reading →

At Radio Galactic, his North Chicago studio, John Buehler does a variety of things: film scoring, music projects and immersive sound for apps including his own holographic audio app Naturespace, which provides vividly detailed high-res 3D recordings of natural spaces. There is a common thread that runs through all the work that Radio Galactic does – emotion and well-being. The emotional impact that sound has on the listener (and the creator of the sound) is fundamental to Buehler’s work. Continue reading →