When it comes to legendary figures in the studio, few names carry the weight of Bob Clearmountain. With a career featuring records by Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and countless other icons, his resume reads like a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame roster. Discover the approach behind one of the most celebrated mixers in music history.

Accomplished composer, arranger, and producer Adrian Younge is a master of analog recording and vintage instrumentation. Operating out of Linear Labs Studio, he crafts timeless, cinematic soundscapes that seamlessly blend psychedelic soul, hip-hop, and orchestral grandeur.

To say that Joe Barresi is an immense source of knowledge in the studio is an understatement. The New York City native, who has worked as an engineer and producer for everyone from Kelly Clarkson to Queens of the Stone Age, has spent the better part of three decades amassing an organic education for himself in all things related to recording.

Nashville native Tucker Martine has been living in the Pacific Northwest for over two decades, working with the likes of The Decemberists, The Avett Brothers, Neko Case and Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. While he has spent time in a number of studios, Martine has continued to look for a permanent home for his personal recording studio. He thinks his latest space is just the right fit.

For over three decades, Carl Craig has been one of the foremost purveyors of the world’s electronic music scene. His futuristic aesthetic and approach to the studio is one based on creating a sonic template full of new sounds. Learn more about Craig’s audio experimentation and the evolution of his art in our latest Make Your Mark.

While he now serves as a freelance engineer and the studio manager of Green Day’s JingleTown Recordings, Chris Dugan got his start by commanding the four-track for his first band. Find out about Dugan’s punk rock past and how he brings his DIY influences to his current projects.

Ted Greenberg started his audio journey as a child, learning the ropes of the business from his musician parents. Unhappy with the early recordings he played on, a chance meeting with Vintage King Audio led Ted to amass a world-class collection of impeccable studio gear.

When it comes to recording, Rollin Weary at I.V. Lab Studios knows it’s all about using gear to capture an artist’s perfect performance. After all, it’s not the equipment that makes the record, but rather how Weary and his team use it to add something extra to the equation.

An encounter with a recording studio at age five led Collin Dupuis to a life of working with artists like Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and Dr. John. Discover how the Michigan native took to Music City USA to further develop his unique approach to recording in our new Make Your Mark.

Even though you might not realize it, the music of Klayton (Celldweller) surrounds you. The Detroit, Michigan-based synth enthusiast has created music for film, TV shows, video games, in addition to countless remixes and his own albums. Find out more about the man behind the Celldweller name in this Make Your Mark feature.

So much of what is done in recording studios all over the world is a balancing act of technical skill and creative instinct. For Matt Hennessy, a Berklee-trained jazz musician and recording engineer, deftly handling both sides of the record making process will always be what excites him the most.

Despite starting at the University of Vermont as a mechanical engineering student, Ben Pacheco envisioned a future for himself that revolved around his passion for creating new sounds. Follow the path of Pacheco’s transformation from math student to music synthesist and, finally, his venture into creating commercial compositions for Future Perfect Music.

In Matt Linesch’s opinion, it’s not tuning or beat detecting that makes the song or an album. It’s the matter of finding out what feels good about the artist you’re working with. This natural outlook in the studio has helped Linesch garner praise for his work with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Traffic’s Dave Mason and film projects like All Is Lost.

We all follow our own path towards making the sounds that we love. For budding engineer and producer Joe Costner, he forged his own way by rebuilding a mobile trailer from the ground up and learning to record music in a completely different way.

Raised by highly musical parents, Jen David's destiny was to end up with an instrument in her hands for a living. Discover how David and her store, Third Wave Music, are giving Detroit musicians from all walks of life the same opportunity.