Yorkville Sound founder and chairman Jack Long has been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honors. Long is being recognized for his work as a pioneer in Canada's music retail and manufacturing industries and his committment to musicians, customers and employees across the country.
by Clive Young The vinyl revival isn't just a U.S. phenomenon; pressing plants and mastering facilities around the world are seeing the same bump in business we've had here. Underlining the point, here's a nice video tour of Abbey Road Studios' mastering lab as engineer Geoff Pesche remasters Tears For Fears' debut album, The Hurting, for a 30th anniversary UK re-release.
"I would say that about 30 percent of the record is the 'demo' material that we kept. For example, the main guitar solo on "Mirage Year" is what I recorded using a DI into Logic at home. When we got into the studio, we just re-amped the signal through a ton of pedals and through two huge old HiWatt amplifiers. That solo means so much to me because it was the first take in my bedroom—fingers bleeding, just digging into the guitar. I think I am going to make records like that from now on. It saves so much time, and it is like deconstructing a demo and building it back up."—Tim Showalter of Strand of Oaks in MUSIC, ETC. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!