Console Confessions: The Great Music Producers in Their Own Words

Anthony Savona

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005 - Music - 298 pages

This compilation of articles from EQ magazine published from 1991 to 2000, gives insight into the history and technology of the production side of the recording industry, written by key figures. With sections on personal recording style and surround sound, authors such as Les Paul, Phil Ramone, Ric Ocasek, Stanley Clarke, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Horn

Contents

• Home Alone: 2
• Phil Spector: 2
• My Hendrix Experience: 17
• Dowd on Dowd: 28
• The Birth of the New York Sound: 36
• A Madness to His Method: 39
• The LA Gold Record Rush: 49
• PERSONAL STYLE: 55
• Tear Down the Walls: 57
• Producing Primer: 62
• On the Move: 64
• The Basement Tapes: 69
• LAs Top Scorer: 73
• Nashville Here They Come: 77
• Mix It Raw: 80
• Knowing the Score: 82
• Swinging Lessons: 86
• Opening New Doors: 91
• The Madonna Diaries: 95
• Dynamic Duo: 103
• Not the Same Old Song Dance Part 1: 110
• Back in the Saddle: 114
• Not the Same Old Song Dance Part 2: 116
• Separated at Birth?: 120
• At Home With U2Daniels Song: 126
• The Zooropa Story: 129
• That Was ThenThis Is Now: 132
• On the Road Again and Again: 135
• Cant We All Get Along?: 139
• Home Sweet Platinum Home: 142
• My Life in Recording: 146
• Patience Makes Perfect: 155
• Homestyle Sound: 159
• True Lou: 163
• Victor Victorious: 175
• With a Little Help From My Friends: 179
• Sloppy Seconds: 183
• Recording for Fun Profit: 187
• Inside Bruce Swediens Microphone Collection: 193
• The Power and the Beauty: 197
• TECHNICAL: 207
• The Return of the EMT: 209
• Bringing Up Babyface: 212
• The Pope of Pop Blesses the Digital Domain: 215
• Some Thoughts on Mastering 1995: 219
• Miking Inchoiry: 223
• Lights Camera Audio: 226
• Pure Digital: 230
• No Limits: 237
• SURROUND SOUND: 241
• Creating Surround Sound Mixes: 243
• Mixing with the Big Bands: 250
• Surround Gets Road Tested: 254
• The Joy of Six: 258
• Are You Experienced?: 264
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 285
• INDEX: 287

Bibliographic information

• Title: Console Confessions: The Great Music Producers in Their Own Words; Book Series
• Editor: Anthony Savona
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 2005
• ISBN: 0879308605, 9780879308605
• Length: 298 pages
• Subjects: Music / Recording & Reproduction