The Master Mixer and his Conquest of CLArity Five-time Grammy-winning producer and engineer Chris Lord-Alge has worked with an enviable array of artists that ranges from James Brown to Green ...

One night when he was five, Jim VanCleve was with his parents at a local steakhouse. He was tapped to play a train whistle alongside old-school Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard ...

Rocking the Stockings Finding holiday stocking stuffers for musicians should be easy. Generally speaking, they are. However, there’s an arena-sized difference between a tired set of guitar strings—the musician’s equivalent ...

Writer and producer Katelyn Clampett embarked on her jangle journey during high school. By the time she was 15, she’d begun to experiment with Cubase. A scholarship to Berklee College ...

Seattle native, musician and producer Peter Cornell was a sworn member of the city’s rarified rock roster of the 90s. Later he moved to New York and began to record ...

Roots, Americana and blues producer Steve Dawson logged countless hours in Vancouver studios while he was on the rise. He co-produced instrumental records for his collaboration Zubot and Dawson, which ...

Music Connection speaks with musicians, composers and songwriters who’ve invested their time and money in a home recording studio. Each provides hard-won advice on the ups, the downs, their favorite ...

Producer, musician and writer Mike Summers—known widely as “Seven” because of the age at which he took up the piano—has worked with a number of hip-hop and rap artists, most ...

Originally from Guatemala, mix engineer and 11-time Grammy-winner Manny Marroquin fell in love with music when he discovered the drums as a child. Later he attended L.A.’s Alexander Hamilton High ...

Humble, cool and kind, Shinedown’s aptly named bassist-cum-band-producer Eric Bass has slid into his expanded role with all of the verve of a veteran climber as he summits Everest. His ...