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May/June 2000
Welcome to Tape Op #17.
Recently someone asked me why we ran interviews with artists, especially if they didn't have any real technical knowledge to impart about the recording process. Well, what would we be recording if it wasn't for artists and their music? The level of involvement that a songwriter/band/composer takes in the recording process can be very enlightening. Some artists want producers and engineers to handle as much of the recording as possible. Others want their hands on the faders the whole time. It's enlightening to see how different people work in the studio, and that's what TAPE OP is all about. I hope you agree. If there are things that you want to read about, let us know, and if you'd like to write for our magazine, get in touch!
Thanks, Larry Crane
Quaintly nestled in the western region of upstate New York, USA, between Buffalo and Erie, Pennsylvania, lies a small blink-and-you'll-miss-it town named Cassadaga; a place where maybe the most exciti...
Another fact is that last year they released one of the best American records in a long time, Deserter Songs. Recorded by the hot producer of the day, Dave Fridmann, it was an instant classic. We were...
Wharton Tiers has run Fun City studios out of his Manhattan basement since 1981. He's recorded some of the finest records by Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Helmet, Unrest and many more. It's an unimposing...
Robyn Hitchcock has long been one of my favorite artists, whether it's the spastic psychedelia of his former group The Soft Boys or one of his many solo records, there's always great songs with catchy...
Ween gets away with murder. It is one of the few bands that writes, records, and releases exactly what it wants. The group's songs can be daring, funny, offensive, and tender. Composed of Mickey Melch...
In his tiny apartment in New York, Dean Wilson, aka Illyah Kuryahkin, has created some of the strangest and coolest music we've heard in years. His first album, Count No Count, was recorded on a 4-tra...
So what do you do when the band you're interviewing asks you to chop up the tape, splice it back together and print it just like that. You do it of course! Well, if you have gleaned anything from chat...
We interviewed Phill Brown in issue number 12 of Tape Op. Over the years he's worked with some of the greatest artists ever, like Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppel...
