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Signing Stories: Loki's Folly
Date Signed: May 2022 Label: Kitten Robot Records Band Members: Annie Kuchenmeister, guitar, vocals; Oskar Kuchenmeister, bass, vocals; Nissa Kuchenmeister, drums, vocals Type of Music: Punk/Grunge Management: Self-managed Booking: Ryan ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Crystal Carpenter
Engineer and erstwhile studio manager Crystal Carpenter sailed into the profession on the wings of her turntables. While attending The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she’d spin records at night, ... -
Industry Profile: Eric Larsen / Outer Marker Records
Outer Marker Records launched in 2023 with the aim of servicing artists overlooked by other labels for any number of reasons: market forces, a label’s business direction or just good-old-fashioned ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Crystal Carpenter
Engineer and erstwhile studio manager Crystal Carpenter sailed into the profession on the wings of her turntables. While attending The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, she’d spin records at night, ... -
Signing Story: Arrows In Action
Date Signed: January 2020 Label: N/A Band Members: Victor Viramontes-Pattison, vocals; Jesse Frimmel, drums; Matthew Fowler, guitar Type of Music: Pop-Rock / Alt-Rock Management: Jacob McKay - Fly South, info@flysouthmusic.com ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Josh Gudwin
Producer and engineer Josh Gudwin first whet his audio appetite during his service with the United States Marine Corps. He then devoted 11 months to study at Full Sail University. ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Andy Cahan
Musician and producer Andy Cahan has dedicated more than 60 years of his life to music. He dove into the business in the early '60s—he was only 15 at the ... -
Industry Profile: Brian Tarquin-Shredding for U.S. Vets and Victims
Multi-Emmy-winning producer, engineer and musician Brian Tarquin has loved the guitar ever since he discovered it as a child. He felt equally passionate about audio gear when he happened upon ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Hill Kourkoutis
Canadian writer, engineer and producer Hill Kourkoutis began to play Toronto clubs with various bands when she was only 13. By the time she’d turned 18, she was already a ... -
Producer Crosstalk: KK Johnson
Nashville-based artist, engineer and producer KK Johnson was introduced to music early—perhaps even before she could read. Her grandmother taught Johnson and her siblings to play piano around that time. ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Morgan Matthews
Musician and producer Morgan Matthews’ love of music stretches back to his days as a child in church where he heard hymns and the like. He began his journey down ... -
Q&A with Chris Lord-Alge
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 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Jim VanCleve
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 ... -
STOCKING STUFFERS 2022
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 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Katelyn Clampett
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 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Peter Cornell
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 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Steve Dawson
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 ... -
Artists Finding Their Tone at Home
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 Crosstalk: Mike Summers (a.k.a. Seven)
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 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Manny Marroquin
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 ...
