June 26, 2023

Cicely Balston of AIR Studios: Mastering Engineer of The Year

Cicely Balston knows a thing or two about the mystique surrounding the mastering process, having been at the cutter-head helm on hundreds of albums, first at Gearbox Records, and now at Sir George Martin’s AIR Studios in Hampstead, London.
September 22, 2023

Experiencing Gigli with Quality Audio

Sometimes a book enters one’s life and changes or affects our lexicon, and how we lens the world around us. Experiencing Gigli with Quality Audio, authored by Paul James PhD, is just such a book for me.
October 13, 2023

Heavy Rotation: Moby – Play

Moby’s genre-shifting 1999 album Play, was recorded in a bedroom following the death of his mother. More hail Mary than mea culpa, by the time Play was finished Richard Hall was halfway out the door on his music career.