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Trev

Trev

Chief Engineer

Recording engineer & record producer.
Owner of Circle Recording Studios, Birmingham, England.
Grammy 2015.

Machiavelli’s Guide to the Music Industry

So almost a year ago I heard that a music industry website, Supajam, were looking for a recording studio engineer or record producer to write a regular music industry column for publication on their site. The idea was to provide an insight from behind the glass. Not...

Why do you want to record (part 2)?

So you may have read part 1 of this recording studio blog over on Machiavellis Guide. If not, you should go check it out before you read on: http://www.supajam.com/blog/article/Bands-Never-Mind-the-Bollocks-why-ar.... In the first part of this blog, I suggested that...

Machiavelli’s Guide: Press Kits & EPK

Machiavelli’s Guide: Press Kits & EPK

So a question bands and artists ask time and time again is 'what goes into a great press kit?' And if you've been following my blog, Machiavelli's Guide to the Music Industry over on Supajam, you'll know by now that I'm not just going to feed you the answer. Instead I...

Analogue v Digital – where did it all begin (part 1 of many…)?

Analogue v Digital – where did it all begin (part 1 of many…)?

So this whole analogue vs digital thing... What's it all about? Why do they call it a debate? Would it be better characterised as a bicker? And is it a good thing or bad for musicians and artists? And where did it all come from? Now I'm sure if I asked a hundred of...

Studiospares Headphone review

Recording studio headphone review: we were feeling a bit sniffy when we were first asked to review these closed back headphones from Studiospares. We run a pretty high end set up here and our gut feeling was that this budget offering wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. As...

Recording Studio Life

There are some great things about recording studio life. But some things aren't so fun. Like when a 10 day recording session on a metal album finishes at 3am and you are exhausted and all you want to do is go home and die but you know you've got to clean the place up...