Bestselling albums don’t pop out of thin air; rather, they are built, coddled, and obsessed over for months by artists, producers, and writers alike. Most of that process takes place inside a ...

His equipment became the industry standard and influenced the sound of groups like Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, the Grateful Dead, Santana, Chicago and the Who. By Richard Sandomir When the Seattle grunge ...

This story originally appeared in Issue #10 of Paste Magazine in June/July of 2004, republished in celebration of Paste’s 20th Anniversary. The greatest albums and singles don’t drop from the sky to ...

Not long ago, Mike Brown's business model at Lava Room Recording focused entirely on music. Clients such as Joe Walsh or Paramore would cut an album at the studio, then return the next year to do it ...

Jimmy Nutt didn’t start working full-time in the music-recording business until he was around 30-years-old. Along the way, he’d played in rock bands in Shreveport, La. and Austin, Texas and held ...