Posts from December, 2008
Metallica Wins the Loudness Wars
Saturday, December 20th, 2008 | by matthew mcglynn
There was a great End Rant in Tape Op about the latest Metallica album, Death Magnetic. Mastering Engineer Paul Abbott of Zen Mastering wrote, The outcry over the un-listenably loud level of Metallica’s Death Magnetic CD has become one of the more visible occurrences of the “loudness wars” in the mainstream media… now, a lowest-common-denominator […]
Tags: lars ulrich, loudness war, mastering, metallica, paul abbott, rick rubin, tapeop, ted jensen
Posted in Music Business, News, Technique | 50 Awesome Comments
Frogville Studios
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 | by matthew mcglynn
Perched atop the foothills overlooking Santa Fe, the indie label Frogville Planet and its eponymous recording studio provide over 25 albums’ worth of proof that great music doesn’t require big budgets or name-brand studio designers. What started as a temporary home studio using borrowed gear has turned into a full-time commercial recording facility that just […]
Tags: bill palmer, frogville planet, john treadwell, nathan moore, santa fe
Posted in Interviews, Studios | 8 Awesome Comments