Bob Benson is a sound designer at Audio Recording Unlimited, a 4-studio facility in downtown Chicago. Bob is a veteran post-production engineer who has spent decades recording, editing and mixing sound for film, TV, radio, and internet broadcast. We talked in February 2018 in one of ARU's beautiful production suites, 24 floors above Michigan Avenue.

EM003 Bob Benson, ARU Chicago

Music

Recording live performances for The Kevin Brown sessions, composing music for post-production, and running a multimedia facility in the heart of downtown.

EM0010 Gordon Van Gent, Overneath Creative Collective

Room sound techniques, bringing out great vocal takes, and gear talk to the moon and back.

EM009 Jim Roll, Willis Sound

Big drum sounds in Third Coast's big room, production that supports the song, and importance of a great monitor mix.

EM008 Joe Hettinga, Third Coast Recording Company

Geoff Michael is owner and head engineer of Big Sky Recording in Ann Arbor. Geoff has been a cornerstone of the Michigan music scene for over two decades, working with artists such as Joshua Davis, The Great Lakes Myth Society, Dick Siegel, Peter "Madcat" Ruth, Jill Jack, Laith Al-Saadi, Hot Club of Detroit, and Whitey Morgan. Geoff has also recorded hundreds of live, in-studio performances for Michigan Radio's Acoustic Cafe, featuring internationally known stars like Iron & Wine, Suzanne Vega, Death Cab For Cutie and Dar Williams. We talked in March of 2018 in Big Sky's main tracking room, among his collection of beautiful instruments and classic microphones.

EM007 Geoff Michael, Big Sky Recording

Bryan Heany is a recording and live sound engineer, as well as musician, educator, archivist, and radio producer. A prolific contributor to the Kalamazoo music scene for over 20 years, Bryan is an soundperson of diverse tastes and skills, from wildly inventive indie albums, to pristine classical recordings. We talked in December 2017 at his own Studio 37, set up in the second story of a  barn on the outskirts of town.

EM003 Bob Benson, ARU Chicago

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