Tom Petty’s Producer Ryan Ulyate On Why He Loves Mixing in Hi-Res

BY MIME METTLER & RYAN ULYATE – SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Hypnotic Ears: Ryan Ulyate in his Topanga Canyon studio. Photo by Judith Crow.

Editor’s Note: I’ve been friends with producer/engineer Ryan Ulyate for years, and I’ve been honored to sit next to the man a few times in his Topanga Canyon studio while he contemplated the scope […]

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Play Me My Song: Mike Rutherford Opens Up About Genesis’ R-KIVE, Mike + The Mechanics & More

BY MIKE METTLER — SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

And then there were… five? The photo above is no trick of the tale, for you’re indeed seeing the five key members of Genesis — from the top of the stairs down, Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, and Mike Rutherford — together again for the […]

The Emperors’ New Sonic Clothes: Butch Vig on The Emperors of Wyoming’s Expanded Audio Universe

BY MIKE METTLER — SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

From the smallest of triggers come great things. I was sitting in the dressing room at Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas on April 14, 2012 with Garbage drummer and co-producer Butch Vig before soundcheck, and we were looking at an album cover from his lesser-known ’80s […]

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