This article first appeared February 26, 2020 on Billboard.com by Gary Graff. Montreal’s Busty and the Bass loves its funk. So the octet is, not surprisingly, over the moon about having one of the gods of funk, George Clinton, guesting…
This article first appeared on Billboard.com on January 18, 2020 by Gail Mitchell. Saluting the Los Angeles music community and the 62nd Grammy Awards nominees was the singular mission during the Recording Academy/Los Angeles Chapter’s annual Nominees Celebration Saturday (Jan. 18)….
This article originally premiered in Sonicscoop by David Weiss on September 18, 2017. Click here for original article. Neal H Pogue is NOT the General Motors of mixing. Even though we’re talking about a GRAMMY award winning mixer who’s made his…
By CHRIS JISI – This article first appeared October 29, 2013 in Bass Player Magazine. Click here to view original article. JAMES BROWN TAUGHT ALL BASS PLAYERS THE importance of “the one,” but few bassists have ever framed it like…
This article originally premiered on Huff Post Black Voices by Brennan Williams. Click here for original article. Eight years since the release of their 2005 Grammy-nominated album, “Illumination,” Earth, Wind & Fire is set to return with their latest studio…
This article first appeared in ProSound News on October 3, 2013. Click here to view original article. CHATSWORTH, CA, October 2, 2013-Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF) released their first studio album in eight years on September 10th, when “Now, Then…
By Randy Alberts Count how many times during the past year you’ve heard OutKast’s “Hey Ya!” on the radio, listened to the Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and Stankonia CDs, or seen Andre 3000 and Big Boi approach an awards podium. Next,…
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Playing It by Ear Aug 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Maureen Droney He may be soft-spoken and unassuming, but mix-engineer Neal Pogue is definitely no lightweight. He possesses a quiet intensity, backed by a healthy dose of self-confidence and a…