Making Music

Now, Tape Op is celebrating its 30th year of publication with the release of Making Music, a book of interviews that originally ran in the magazine … It’s a delightful book–part technical reference manual and part compendium of gossip, hearsay, and firsthand testimony about some of the greatest albums ever made.– “Totei”
[Larry Crane is] also the genius who merged the underground music fanzine sensibility with the professional recording magazine in 1996 to create Tape Op, one of the universe’s greatest gifts to aspiring musicians, producers and engineers… . Now Larry and publisher John Baccigaluppi have revisited some of the best interviews from the magazine’s history, edited them, and written new introductory material … It’s an impressive lineup that bridges decades and genres.– “Stars After Stars After Stars”
Behind every successful music maker is a person behind the scenes: the producer. In Making Music, Tape Op magazine founder Larry Crane shines the spotlight on the studio whizzes who’ve manned the control boards for the Beatles, Taylor Swift, Willie Nelson, David Bowie and many more acts, talking about the ins and outs and highs and lows of recording.– “Neil’s Entertainment Picks”
Wide-ranging conversations about musical alchemy … Drawn from Tape Op magazine, these interviews feature music producers from the 1960s to the present … A lively and informative collection about the art, craft, psychology, and technology of hit records.– “Kirkus Reviews”

Larry Crane

Larry Crane was a home recordist and member of the band Vomit Launch in the 1980s. He later moved to Portland, Oregon, where he opened Jackpot! recording studio and founded Tape Op magazine in 1997, initially as a photocopied and hand-stapled publication. Jackpot! has hosted artists such as R.E.M., Sonic Youth, Eddie Vedder, Pink Martini, Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, and Built to Spill. Crane has also worked with Elliott Smith, the Go-Betweens, the Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney, Jenny Lewis, Quasi, She & Him, M. Ward, Moon Duo, Team Dresch, Stephen Malkmus, Jolie Holland, Jason Lytle, and the Walkabouts.

John Baccigalupi

John Baccigalupi is a producer, engineer, and studio owner. He first met Larry Crane when he produced Vomit Launch’s third and fourth albums. Baccigalupi joined Tape Op in 1999 as the publisher, designer, and co-owner. Under his leadership, Tape Op has grown to become the largest-circulation recording magazine globally. He currently operates Panoramic House Studio and has produced and engineered for My Morning Jacket, Devendra Banhart, Kurt Vile, Cate Le Bon, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Feist, Deftones, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, 7 Seconds, and Little Wings.

Crane and Baccigalupi have collaborated with numerous significant artists over the past three decades, while simultaneously managing a magazine dedicated to the craft of record production.

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