Ex-Stream Hater? Streaming has renewed and widened my enjoyment of music – a feat that crates of scratched CDs or a hard drive of legal...

Society seems too quick to celebrate resourcefulness. This is no more apparent than its depiction in countless movies and TV shows over...

It’s complicated…my relationship with the guitar, that is. The classic on-again/off-again saga has gone on so long that sometimes I look...

Not-So-Level Headed I don’t think that rock is dead, but I find myself nervously checking its pulse more frequently these days. And while...

Secrets of the Masters: Dokken’s “Dream Warriors" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) Daryl Dragon (the Captain of...

Recording Heavy Guitars By Frank Gryner (originally published in Recording Magazine) Back when defiance was the primary sponsor for...

Spectral Dynamic Processing for Guitars By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Up until the last decade, spectral dynamic...

Dynamic Guitar Tone Sculpting by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Last time we focused on multiband compression as a...

Secrets of the Masters: Rob Zombie's "Dragula" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) Specializing in mix re-creations...

The Thankless Job of Vocal Comping By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Okay, so you’ve just siphoned every last...

Secrets of the Masters: Deep Purple's "Smoke on the By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premiere Guitar) Deep Purple’s “Smoke on...

Secrets of the Masters: Foreigner's "Dirty Little White Boy" By Frank Gryner (originally published in Premier Guitar) I consider it a...

Recording Inexperienced Singers By Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Sesame Street Cred Some of the best advice can come...

Help for the Technically-Challenged by Frank Gryner via your friends & family (as published in Recording Magazine) We’ve assembled here...

An Epidemic That Affects Recording Songwriters by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Matthew Good's definition of demoitis...

Drum Mixing Part IV by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) We have covered kick, snare and overheads over the past several...

Drum Mixing Part III by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) I see a lot of mix engineers allocate most of their time to...

Drum Mixing Part II by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Dear Mix Engineer, I have a bone to pick with you. After having...

Drum Mixing Part I by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) Over the years, multi tracking has allowed us to do some pretty...

Recording The Rhythmically Challenged by Frank Gryner (as published in Recording Magazine) With some focus on keeping everyone...