Unlock Your Creative Potential: Unlock Unconventional Music Recording Techniques

Andre Cortada: This book is incredible and full of insights for a professional producer of any level. Sylvia Massy truly is one of a kind.

It also arrived impeccable in Brazil in 3 days, which I was very impressed.

United States on Oct 28, 2023

Grieve Hardie: 1. Are you in a band? 2. Do you have money? 3. Do you enjoy oldies talking about the old days? 4. Are humble boast anecdotes your thing? 5. Are you not technically savvy? If you answer ‘yes’ then you’ll love has been boomer vignettes of how classic rock and pop got made. White music. Mostly tho plenty HUGE stars like Whitney Houston get a mention is as side shows to the engineers. There’s half a page on Lee Perry. Nothing on Osbourne Ruddock. Lots of rules on how to break ‘the’ ‘rules’. Has the air of rich kids going kwayzee with expensive classic gear. It’s nowhere near history. Much closer to ‘ME my life, aren’t I great’. I wanted less egos and more ingenuity and a higher level of intended audience. The zany wacky Cali acid trip ‘vibe’ is well gone, maaan and the personal touch art is really effin cringy like a kid’s painting on the fridge. It’s like she used this book and they used recording as therapy. I wanted to hear less narcissistic personality disorder and more creative inspiration. But music industry is full of truculent incumbents like these sell out fks. This is just cooked fish not a book on angling.

United Kingdom on Sep 23, 2023

Manu Agarwal: I've read 75% of the book. It features some exciting incidents and bizarre ideas from the recording sessions of great artists, mentions some good modern and vintage sound equipments, recording techniques and focuses on the artistic aspects of sound recording and mixing. I would recommend this book to the newcomers in the sound industry.

India on Sep 10, 2023

Amazon Customer: Book arrived in time . For me its the best recording book i have read . Its all about emotion and breaking the rules .

Germany on Feb 26, 2023

Andrea: Excelente libro

Mexico on Jan 14, 2023

Apple-O: I'm an amateur, mostly self-taught musician and song writer, who has done plenty of DIY recording at home, with equipment that costs no more than a few hundred dollars. I am not someone with a lot of technical training or experience with professional recording studios or equipment.

Sylvia's book was a joy to read. Although some of the equipment she mentions is high end stuff I have never used or even entertained the idea of owning ($1000+ microphones, studio compressors & EQs, etc.) the majority of her book presents approaches and techniques that anyone can use. I consider myself a bit of a "mad scientist" in my recording and creative approach (you kind of have to be on a budget!), and very much appreciate Ms. Massey sharing her experiences and tips.

I have read plenty of books and articles on making recordings, and sometimes the reading is so dry, I just lose interest. Not so here! It was a pleasure to read, and when I finished, I wasn't ready for it to end! More, please!

It was awesome to discover a kindred spirit with a real appreciation for thinking "outside the box" and am excited to try some of these techniques.

United States on Sep 25, 2022

Josue S.: This books is just so quirky and fun and has many pictures. It's honestly so much fun to read but you still take away from it.

United States on Jul 22, 2022

P.R.Budd: Forgot what you think you know Sylvia takes you on a journey of audio challenging you to think outside the box, I have this book on my studio coffee table all the time and it's great to pick up and grab some inspiration from!

United Kingdom on Jul 06, 2022

lavam: I was really excited to read this after reading about her work and watching some of her YouTube videos. I very much enjoyed the book and will definitely be reading it again, but I hope this book is a primer for a future book detailing more of her own studio trickery, like a mad “cookbook”, which is what I was hoping to get more of in this one.

There’s a lot of input via stories and quotes from others, which is valuable, but I prefer her own unique perspective, which is what initially led to me purchase the book.

This was definitely an inspiring read and I love the illustrations. The vibe I get from her is that she’s managed to maintain a great wild energy that seems to get lost with age for most adults and I’m very interested in what else she comes up with next.

United States on Mar 01, 2019

ken: A very inspirational book that is chock-full of music history! I absolutely love the illustrations. (So did my kids, which is awesome as I encourage them to join me in my home studio)

Sylvia has ridiculously impressive credentials, yet I never felt she was name dropping or trying to impress readers. She is very clearly working to motivate aspiring musicians, mixers, masterers, and producers to be creative and think outside the box. You can do more with less if you put your mind and heart into the exploration of the possibilities of recording sounds.

Her encouragement was relentless, infectious, and effective. It renewed my enthusiasm by validating the process of experimentation as opposed to following the formulas of established "gurus" in the many fields of music.

The book was well thought out, organized perfectly, and peppered with thoughts from many different producers; offering lots of viewpoints and interesting thoughts from others in the industry.

I highly recommend it to anyone in the music recording industry, but especially to home studio enthusiasts like myself.

United States on Nov 18, 2018