Alan got his start doing tech and assisting at NYC’s Electric Lady Studios, covering sessions for The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and Hall & Oates. Thereafter, he accepted a staff engineering position at A&R Recording, where he worked with legendary producer Phil Ramone and renowned musical artists Billy Joel, Kiss, and Judy Collins. He recorded and mixed musical scores for film directors David Mamet, Francis Coppola and Frank Oz, and top composers Elmer Bernstein and John Barry. He also fostered professional relationships that would come to last decades – he and Judy Collins still work together on numerous projects…
Videos
Paul Abbott’s Zen Approach to Mastering – Part 3
Paul Abbott is an audio mastering engineer, musician, and owner of ZenMastering (located in San Diego, CA). Paul established ZenMastering in the late 1990s — at a time when there were very few high-end independent mastering studios. Since then, Paul has mastered over 1,000 projects for clients throughout the United States and around the world, ranging from up-and-coming indie bands to award-winning artists and labels.
Community Video: Porsia Camille — Can’t Say the Same
Porsia Camille is a passionate singer and songwriter who started singing before speaking. She grew up in her dad’s home studio, where she was introduced to the writing and recording life. She spent years practicing her craft in school choir, as well as honor choirs as her favorite practice, singing classical and musical theatre. Her […]
Community Video: The Wilderness — If I Have to Die
The Wilderness is the next big band you haven’t heard. However, the fans are talking about their over 400 live shows across the USA and Canada in the last four years alone. The Wilderness is an indie rock sextet based in Kingston, ON that has a massive and mighty sound — a propulsive and potent […]
Mastering Process Explained with Alan Silverman – Part 1
Alan Silverman is a Grammy nominated engineer and producer. He coproduced, mixed, and mastered “Winter Stories” by Judy Collins, named “The Best Folk Album of 2019” by Digital Journal. “Mountain Girl,” a single from the album, hit #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart. He mastered Catherine Russell’s “Alone Together” a Grammy finalist and the most played album on jazz radio in 2019, and the ground-breaking “SYSTEM EP” by DJ Delia Beatriz, listed in Pitchfork’s 10-Best EDM albums of 2019…
Community Video: altre di B — Salgado
Since its debut in 2011, the indie rock band altre di B, comprising members Andrea Ortolani, Alberto Laffi, Giacomo Gelati, and Giovanni Ruggeri (this vintage name comes from the matches not included in the B leagues’ sports betting) has secured a place in the flourishing scene of its hometown Bologna, Italy, mixing the inventiveness and […]
Community Video: J.C. Andersen — I Go Out
Norwegian-American artist JC Andersen is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter. He spent his earliest years growing up in Stavanger, Norway before eventually moving to Central Florida. Music has always been a huge part of his life. Following high school graduation, he took his passion to music city, Nashville, TN which proved successful, landing him and his band […]
Community Video: Galand — Storyline
In 2013, Jose Jimenez — known professionally as Galand — attended a music festival where he saw Morgan Page perform in front of thousands. Since then, he fell in love with electronic music and even attained a bachelor’s degree in music production from Full Sail University. His music is heavily influenced by modern acts like […]
Community Video: Hitha — We Will Last
15-year-old singer, songwriter Hitha, from California, is a talented artist on her way to becoming a teen singing star. Her love for music started when she was 4 years old, a musical child prodigy who got to experiment with multiple styles of music growing up and who loved to perform. Her formula for success is […]
NAMM Show 2021: Product Spotlight on the Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone
Yamaha recently introduced the YDS-150 Digital Saxophone, a first-of-its-kind instrument that allows saxophonists of all levels and those new to playing a wind instrument to create great sounding music from the very start. The YDS-150 effectively emulates an authentic saxophone experience digitally—from the sound and key layout to feedback from the instrument—while maintaining the sense […]