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Industry Profile: The Martha Quinn Show
"I want my MTV!” Such was the seminal music video channel’s infectious and often-shouted tagline. It’s also where legendary day-one MTV VJ Martha Quinn got her start in media. In ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Steve Sykes
Producer and recording/mix engineer Steve Sykes’ exposure to music began as a child via his mother who worked as a Philadelphia jazz booking agent. He took up guitar at the ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Charlie Peacock
Grammy-winning writer, musician and producer Charlie Peacock is the child of a musician and music educator. As a lifelong fan of literature, his love of music and words blended early ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Jim Greer
Bay Area musician, producer and engineer Jim Greer taught himself piano as a child and became obsessed with four-track recording once he reached his teens. In college he frequented studios ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Dave Trumfio
Producer, musician and studio owner Dave Trumfio started his first band with his brother Harry in the Chicago suburbs before either were even teenagers. In true wunderkind fashion, he began ... -
Stocking Stuffers 2024
Ebenezer Scrooge is notorious for asserting that Christmas coming only once a year was "A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every 25th of December!" However you feel about ... -
Alex Van Halen: Brothers
On October 24, Alex Van Halen – drummer of the legendary rock band that bore his and his brother Edward’s storied name – participated in a Q&A at Culver City’s ... -
Producer Crosstalk with Dan Carey
Musician, producer and engineer Dan Carey has had his hands in music ever since he was a child, literally and figuratively. He fabricated his first four-track recorder when he joined ... -
Producer Crosstalk with Jesse Lauter
Producer, engineer and music filmmaker Jesse Lauter was introduced to music by his parents. Indeed, they took him to his first Phish show when he was only eight. He’s now ... -
Jack Antonoff: Eleven Grammys and Counting
Musician, producer and eminent East-Coaster Jack Antonoff has had a relationship with music since he was old enough to know what it was. Like many successful artists, he began to ... -
Producer Crosstalk with Lynne Earls
Raised in Ireland, musician, engineer and producer Lynne Earls was initiated into pro audio at 15 when she recorded a song she wrote for a contest. Encouraged to relocate to ... -
Producer Crosstalk with Bonzie
Self-taught multi-instrumentalist, engineer and producer Bonzie (A.K.A. Chicago native Nina Ferraro) discovered her love of music in elementary school. While the other kids romped at recess, she stayed inside and ... -
Cigarettes After Sex are Lighting Up the World
Formed in El Paso, TX, in 2008 by Greg Gonzalez, indie dream pop trio Cigarettes After Sex (CAS) has crafted its unique sound, built its audience and harvested the fruits ... -
Industry Profile: Marc DiLorenzo, CEO of Seymour Duncan
As a child, Seymour Duncan CEO Marc DiLorenzo was inspired to pick up the guitar by his British Invasion harmonic heroes Pete Townshend and Keith Richards. He bought his first, ... -
Producer Crosstalk With Chris Dugan
Drummer, engineer and producer Chris Dugan’s intro to audio came when he was a teenager. His band wanted to record some songs and he was able to score a four-track ... -
Producer Crosstalk with the Excellent Matt Ross-Spang
Few could receive a better birthday present or a better start to a production and engineering career than multi-Grammy nominee Matt Ross-Spang did. When he was 14 his parents gifted ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman
At 15, Grammy-nominated jazz guitarist and producer Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman attended Berklee College of Music for a five-week summer program. Later he completed his undergraduate degree at the same institution. ... -
Producer Crosstalk: The Ivy
Band and production team The Ivy—Wyatt Clem and Shawn Abhari— met in 2016 while studying music production at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Oklahoma City. Both arrived with a ... -
Green Day at the House of Blues, Anaheim
In mid-March, punk powerhouse Green Day was neck-deep into its four-day Saviors rehearsal at Anaheim’s 2,200-capacity House of Blues. But playing to a virtually vacant venue wasn’t a particularly telling ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Mark Everton Gray
Engineer and drummer Mark Everton Gray learned a large chunk of engineering by recording himself and friends’ bands. Later he went on to study the music industry in college and ...
