The Tape Op Magazine interview with Larry Crane and John Baccigaluppi
| December 21st, 2009 | 21 Comments | « Previous | Episode 14 | Next » |
Some fans of the show like the recording tips or gear reviews best, but one my favorite parts of the show is highlighting the people behind the scenes of the things we all love in the world of recording.
Started as an alternative to publications like Mix Magazine, EQ, Sound on Sound and Recording Magazine, Larry Crane started Tape Op as a photocopied fanzine, and then with the help of John Baccigaluppi grew it into a loved, respected and successful Magazine. Larry and John came by my LA studio to eat Ethiopian Food and chat about the story behind Tape Op.
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December 21st, 2009 at 3:19 pm
awesome episode! tape op rules.
December 21st, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Tape Op is definitely the best – I get ‘em all EQ, Mix, Sound On Sound. Tape Op is even read by my wife, and she doesn’t even record!
Love you too Ronan!
December 21st, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Fantastic show, Ronan! It was great to hear Larry and John discuss my favorite mag. Thanks very much for another thrilling episode.
What was that large black mic?
Cheers
December 21st, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Gregory, the large black mic is a Pearlman TM-1. I was flying by the seat of my pants as I am really not equipped to do interviews and such, so I just stuck the pearlman in the middle of us in omni mode and hoped for the best. The Pearlman actually and great mic and sounds way better than you can hear on the show, but it being really sensitive and in omni it also got lots of air conditioner noise, computer noise, etc so I did a bunch of processing on the sound to make it less noisy and that killed the vibe of the mic. – Ronan
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
Great interview. Tape Op is truly my favorite. I love how they approach the diversity of creativity and stress whatever works. People are so dogmatic some times of how you “Have” to do things. It is refreshing to read Tape OP.
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:07 am
How true that is about the musicians now getting the control and power over the buisness. Good bye to the man. I have thought about the home recording nut that does not even need a cd dupe company, a label, an advance that they can never give back, and thanks to the web, no need for labels. Are we getting close to that?
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Kern, sure, we are there already. Not sure it’s any better for music, but that’s immaterial…
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 pm
My two favorite!!! Tape op and Ronan! awesome!
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 pm
Very cool to see the faces behind Tape Op! Great show!
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:48 am
It might sound odd, but it took me awhile to learn to read Tape Op. Journalistically, Larry was coming from an angle I’d seldom experienced, and certainly didn’t expect from a recording mag (having been a longtime subscriber to Mix, EM, EQ, etc). But I have to say I totally get it now. I don’t toss my copy of Mix in the trash when it arrives, but neither do I gnaw every article to the bone like I do with Tape Op. If these guys ever stop publishing, I might just show up on their doorstep like Oliver Twist – “Please, sir… May I have some more?” Thanks, guys.
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Hey is that a Pearlman TM 1 Pearlman TM Local mic?
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Wow the spelling is waaaay off….VOCAL mic…..(-;
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Yes Jeff. Its a Pearlman TM-1. I have the stock version with the American tube. Its good vocal and “local” mic
December 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Great show Ronan. John and Larry are a hoot! Hope you guys had some good fun with this.
January 8th, 2010 at 1:18 pm
that was totally awesome! I immediately emailed larry and thanked him for doing such a bang up job with Tape Op. It was like a little christmas when Tape Op would come in the mail when I was in high school. It still is.
April 12th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I’ve had the pleasure of working with John at “The Hanger” in Sacremento. It’s really a magical place. Such good people and gear and the room!
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:41 pm
Love the show Ronan.
June 30th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I have learned more from reading Tape Op (and re-reading and re-reading) than I could ever have imagined. It has been the most inspiring force in my musical adventure. It makes me want to make music and be creative with my recording ideas. My advice to anyone thinking about starting to record their own music or others is to buy every back issue you can. Try tapeop.com or ebay, the wealth of information is incredible.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:33 am
Great site! much appreciated.
May 1st, 2011 at 4:20 am
I love Tape-Op! Great interview, BTW, is that your MOTM modular synth in the opening of your videos?
May 2nd, 2011 at 6:47 am
No. Shot that while I was doing some work at Saint Clair Recording in Kentucky.