Make Your Mark

Since the debut of Pete Lyman's Make Your Mark in November 2014, the mastering engineer and co-owner of Infrasonic Sound has continued to amass incredible albums credits. Among his latest achievements are two Grammy-winning albums, Chris Stapleton's Traveller and Jason Isbell's Something More Than Free, in addition to working on new records from the likes of Weezer, Lake Street Dive and Panic! At the Disco. Continue reading →

In the time since he walked the halls of the University of Vermont as a mechanical engineering student, Ben Pacheco has become even farther removed from the career path he once envisioned for himself. Bypassing engineering for a stint in Berklee’s music synth department, his love of sound led him to develop a passion for making music for commercial use. Continue reading →

All it took for Carl Craig to fall down a rabbit hole of musical discovery and innovation was a piece of "Popcorn." Not literal popcorn, but the Gershon Kingsley-composed song of the same name. "My first musical memory is probably hearing 'Popcorn' on the Michigan Lottery television show," Craig recalls. "That's what got me interested in making electronic music. It's corny as fuck, but it's an electronic music classic." Continue reading →

Many of Matt Linesch's clients would describe him and his approach to the studio in one word: "Organic." "I don't disagree with it," says Linesch, who has worked with artists like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Dave Mason. "I don't like doing things like tuning and beat detecting. I'm very much about the song and the feeling and the vibe." Continue reading →

In nearly every music scene, there is the one kid that gravitates toward the more technical aspects that revolve around functioning bands. They are the one who picks up a four-track tape machine, looks at it as another instrument and proceed to act as an archivist. It's the same path that led Chris Dugan, JingleTown Recording engineer and studio manager, to a life-long love affair with recording. Continue reading →

As Mark "Mooka" Rennick recalls his family's history of Midwest farm living, it begins to seem more than appropriate that he opened Prairie Sun Recording Studios on the same kind of land. Making his move onto a 12-acre plot in Cotati, California in 1980, Mooka used the serene space to create a laid-back studio environment capable of producing quality sounds. Continue reading →

Most people remember playing with their first child-size recorder, but Steve Lehane envisioned something different when using his simple plastic mic and tape set-up. It makes sense, as the conventional way of doing things has never fit quite right for Steve. Continue reading →

As a second-generation studio owner, Matt Grondin was raised in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, where his family opened their recording space in 1999. Getting a firsthand education at the age of 16, the young musician grasped onto what made the studio such a special place. Continue reading →

Rollin Weary knows that gear doesn't make the hits, but it certainly adds something to the mix. As a recording engineer at I.V. Labs, a Chicago-based recording space, Weary works with bands to use the right mix of the studio's impeccable selection of vintage and modern gear. Continue reading →

As Jaron Luksa walked through the halls of the Berklee College of Music and peered through the doors of Studio A, he saw the desk that he would soon purchase for his own studio, The Rattle Room. "I saw the SSL there and was like 'Yup, I want to be sitting in that chair. I'll be cool there for the rest of my life,'" says Luksa. Continue reading →