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Exec Profile: Maureen Droney of Recording Academy P&E Wing
Senior Managing Director of the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing Years with Company: 15 Address: 3030 Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404 Phone: 310-392-3777 Web: producersandengineers.com BACKGROUND Droney began ... -
Recording Studio Manager Roundtable 2021: COVID, Clients and Connecting
Sarah Hamilton Studio: Chicago Recording Company Clientele: The Smashing Pumpkins, Rihanna, Chance the Rapper Web: chicagorecording.com Sarah Hamilton began her career in studio management as a recording engineer. She spent ... -
In Memoriam: Al Schmitt
Noted anthropologist Ashley Montagu once observed that “The idea is to die young as late as possible.” Certainly that notion captures the life and essence of the late legendary recording ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Paige Stark
Singer and drummer with Los Angeles-based band Tashaki Miyaki, Paige Stark stepped into the role of producer when she wasn’t happy with the way her records were being made. Much ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Rob Fraboni
Producer and engineer Rob Fraboni fell in love with music during Sunday dinners as a child with his large extended family in Southern California. He got his first drum kit ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Max Di Carlo
Born and educated in Rome, the composer, producer and engineer Max Di Carlo picked up the guitar as a kid and has kept it close at hand ever since. In ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Brent Fischer
Among Grammy-winning producer-composer-arranger Brent Fischer’s earliest memories is one in which he crawled beneath his father’s grand piano as the elder Fischer tapped out tunes. The man on the keys ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Bruce Sugar
Producer, engineer and musician Bruce Sugar began his engineering saga when he was a drummer and pianist as an undergraduate in Boulder, CO. He knew little about the field then. ... -
NAMM "Believe in Music Week"... NAMM's Online Evolution
For nearly two decades, lifelong drummer and avid motorcyclist Joe Lamond has stood at the helm of NAMM as its president and CEO. The organization’s seeds were sown in 1901 ... -
Producer Crosstalk: Doug Diamond
Musician, engineer and music business entrepreneur Doug Diamond embarked on his career in 1990 by way of Los Angeles’ Dick Grove School of Music, where he completed a one-year engineering program. ...