Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers - Tape Op's Larry Crane and Andy Hong in Conversation

About this event

We’re excited to welcome writer and recording engineer Larry Crane, to Grimey’s! Crane is the founder and editor of Tape Op Magazine —a print-based magazine that serves as an archive of conversations about the art and science of recording music, with the highest circulation of any recording magazine in the world. Crane will be joined by Andy Hong to discuss the newly published book Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers, a collection of interviews published in Tape Op magazine. Please join us on Thursday, October 29th at 4:00 PM for what is sure to be an interesting and entertaining discussion between Crane and Hong as well as a pretty fun hang! You can preorder a copy of Making Music (paperback, Akashic Books 2026) on our webstore now or grab one at the event. Crane will be signing copies of the book for those in attendance. (Signed preorders are also available for mail order.) Tape Op began in 1996 by a then-novice recording engineer named Larry Crane. The first issue was 16 pages, printed on legal paper and Xeroxed. The print run was around 500 copies and Larry sent it out to his friends. After three years, Larry partnered with John Baccigaluppi, an engineer and producer who he'd worked with in the past and was now in the publishing business. Between digital and print, Tape Op now mails close to 70,000 magazines to readers worldwide and is still growing. {Tape Op Magazine’s] original subtitle still probably says it best: The Creative Music Recording Magazine. Tape Op is about learning how to make great recordings with whatever tools you have access to. We interview engineers, producers and musicians who are making great recordings. We sit down and talk with them at length and then run long, in-depth interviews. The reader becomes, in essence, the "tape op" hanging out in the studio and learning the trade from the seasoned vets working in the studio. Unlike most recording magazines, our primary focus is not on reviewing equipment. We want to discuss making art. Tape Op is about education and creativity.

Who

• Larry CraneSpeaker
• Andy HongSpeaker

Venue

Grimey's New & Preloved Music

1060 East Trinity Lane, Nashville, TN 37216

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