The
Recording Session
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This website project is dedicated to telling the stories of the engineers, recording studio facilities and the technologies behind the development of the popular music that we have come to love and to cherish since the end of the Second World War. The purpose of this educational website project is to connect the people who love popular music to the people, places, and also, the technologies that have been instrumental in creating it.
Engineering Legends
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With this educational website project, I would like to take the time to honor the recording studio engineers who made a difference in my life and career and whose work and dedication have served to give us some of the greatest hit songs in the history of popular music. In this section, you can find articles that will discuss the life and career of each of the recording studio engineers who have been honored on the educational website project. Each engineer will have an article that will discuss each of the following topics: their life and career, the music that they have engineered and their impact and legacy. If I have had the opportunity to work with the engineer that is being honored, then there will also be a separate article which will discuss what it was like to work with them on a recording session.
Featured Engineers
David Thoener
Steve Marcantonio
Podcast Appearance--
Mindy Peterson's-- The Enhance Life With Music Podcast: Episode 132: The Secret Life of a Recording Studio Engineer w/John Long. (This link opens in Spotify, but you can easily find her fabulous podcast on any of the major podcast applications.)
The Database (Click here to access.)
If you are interested in knowing who the engineers were that recorded the greatest hit songs and albums in the history of popular music, then you should check out our database which takes an analysis of the Billboard Hot-100 singles, Billboard Hot-200 albums, the Country and R&B charts from 1958-2003, and highlights each of the engineers who it can be documented that have recorded either six number-one hit singles or three number-one albums. In the future, an analysis of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart will be added to the database. If you want to read the article which outlines the criteria and names each of the engineers and the artists that they achieved legendary status through their work with, it can be found in the article which is linked above. If you want to scan through all of the research, you can find it at the link below.
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If you would like to see each of the songs and albums that were recorded by the legendary recording studio engineers of the past, it is all located in the PDF link above. If you are on the list as a legendary recording studio engineer or you were the assistant for one of these remarkable individuals and you find an error in the research data, please contact me so that we can make the necessary corrections to preserve the integrity of the legacy of your amazing work. Click the PDF icon above to read and review all of the research data that has been collected.
Historic Studios
It is an important component of the mission of The Recording Session Vault educational website project is to put a spotlight on the legendary and historic recording studio facilities where so many of the great hit songs of the past have been produced.
Studio Spotlights
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The Database (Click here to access.)
If you are interested in knowing where an iconic artist or group recorded the greatest hit songs and albums in the history of popular music, then you should check out our database which takes an analysis of the Billboard Hot-100 singles, Billboard Hot-200 albums, the Country and R&B charts from 1958-2003, and highlights each of the recording studios where it can be documented that have recorded either six number-one hit singles or three number-one albums. In the future, an analysis of the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart will be added to the database. If you want to read the criteria and research that went into creating the database, you can find that information in the article which is linked above this text. If you wish to scan through the research to see each of the recording studio facilities that have actually had major hit songs recorded inside their walls, please check out the research survey link below.
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If you would like to see the recording studios where each of the songs and albums of the past were recorded, it is all located in the PDF link above. If your recording studio facility is on the list as a legendary recording studio and you find an error in the research data, please contact me so that we can make the necessary corrections to preserve the integrity of the legacy of the amazing work that was created in your wonderful and historic place of business. Click the PDF icon above to read and review all of the research data that has been collected.
Classic Technologies
Have you ever wondered what equipment was used to record the greatest hit songs and albums in the history of popular music? If you are a music teacher, student, aspiring engineer or music lover and you want to know what products were used to record the music from the past that still inspires you-- please, check out our educational product guide. With the assistance of more than 40 of the very best professional audio companies in the world of music recording, you can now discover their products that we used to develop the great music of the past, so that you can create the amazing music of the future.
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Image appears courtesy of KRK Systems (a member of the Gibson Family of Brands).
Image courtesy of Avid.
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The following companies are fabulous entities which restore, refurbish or recreate classic or vintage gear, consoles, microphones or tape machines for artists, engineers, musicians and producers to use in professional recording studio facilities around the globe to create the popular music of today.
In the Recording Session Vault educational website project, you will find feature articles about the consoles, outboard gear units and microphones which have made and or continue to make an impact on the production of popular music.
Have you ever wondered how the great engineers of the past may have recorded your favorite song or album? Check out the articles below to learn about how the great music of the past was created. Plus, if you are an educator there is also advice for how to create a music recording or a multimedia program for your school and its community.
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