Studio Engineers

The origin of the sound recording industry can be traced back to the nineteenth century, to the inventions of Thomas Edison and others. Companies were able to set...

John Fry’s interest in electronics began in the late fifties, when he and a couple of friends started to record music in the garage at John’s home. Ardent...

American Sound Studios was set up in 1964 at 827 Thomas Street, North Memphis, by producer Chips Moman and Don Crews. Moman had helped owner Jim Stewart develop Satellite Records...

When the Swampers Session Band left FAME in 1969, they moved into a building at 3614 Jackson Highway. It was an old warehouse in Sheffield, where coffins had...

Willie Mitchell was born William Lawrence Mitchell in 1928 in Ashland, Mississippi. He took up the trumpet at just eight years of age. He later moved to Memphis...

The majority of New Orleans landmark recordings came out of first J&M Studios and then the Cosimo Recording Studio, both owned by Cosimo Matassa, a key individual in...

First published August 3, 2020 Joseph Tarsia was a young man working in Philadelphia as a service technician, visiting various recording studios in the city to service and...

First published - April 15, 2020 Bruce Swedien has been the recording engineer extraordinaire for over four decades. He was the sound mastermind behind Michael Jackson’s signature sound....