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Punk rock veteran Chris Critic started Critical Recording Studios five years ago to promote affordable recording for Miami bands. His motto has always been "By musicians, for musicians." The live drum tracking booth and microphone placement prove he knows what a drummer is looking for in a recording environment. The studio has recently expanded ...

By its very nature, recording your band's music is stressful. You spend months holed up in your drummer's basement, going over the same ten songs seemingly endlessly in preparation for the big day. Upon arrival, you are disheartened by how excruciatingly long it takes to mic instruments and set up, watching the clock and mourning in advance for ...

Asaf Fulks bills his Santa Ana spot as "the premier recording studio and music-production facility in Orange County, " and who can deny such a boast of a place that has seen the recording of everyone from the Libertarian Party presidential ticket of Gary Johnson and Jim Gray to the amazingly talented Courtney Stodden (who shocked the world at 16...

Like a lot of recording hubs, House Studio has a pantheon lining its walls. The assemblage of posters starts out with the obvious—Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix—but soon, you see where D.C.’s newest sonic temple is coming from. Staring out from the recording booth, your gaze may fall on the images of Aaliyah, Run-DMC, De La Soul, even J-Dilla, the hi...