Sad Day:Not one American Pro Audio Magazine in Bookstore

[carllock]

I went to a very large bookstore in NYC suburbs and like I always do as a Gearslut I checked out the music/ pro audio mags...Every British magazine for our field you can think of and not one american one like MIX, EQ, Keyboard...

[initialsBB]

Hey, the good American recording magazine will give you a free subscription shipped to your home!

[Meriphew]

Originally Posted by initialsBB

Hey, the good American recording magazine will give you a free subscription shipped to your home!

True.

[TapeOpAl]

Cheque's in the mail guys.

[theblue1]

The thing I find most distressing about the recording mags from the mainstream publishers is the emphasis on personality-driven pieces. Even Tape Op does it -- but at least the people are interesting to recordists, often as not, not just to music consumers and wannabe rockstars -- and then the Tape Op articles tend to talk about process and gear, not celebrity and career.

But other magazines are embarrassing to even have on your coffee table. Big cover pix of mainstream stars on the covers and those idiotic article titles with numbers in them: 7 Steps to a Rockin' Mix, 12 Ways to Make Your DAW Sound Vintage, 25 Tricks to Make Your Mix Sound Great in an iPod. And the articles are always pitched to beginners pretending to be journeymen. And often filled with technical errors.

[lerone]

Im in the UK and make sure I get my copy of Tape Op! Found it the first time in that cool magazine shop in Grand Central Station. When I got home, I made sure it was on my shopping list. I must admit, I'm shocked that theres only British mags out there, they're great, don't get me wrong, but our closest cousins have it 'down' just as much

+1 USA!

[antoniosolo]

The only American anythings making it right now are the ones who are providing us with a bonafide great build/product/information. Everyone else who was just living off of hype is NOT gonna earn our hard-earned dollars that we have left after the incredible bank/corporation robbery America is trying to survive. So the mags who were just pushing china built garbage for advert dollars are hurting because what little cash these "buy low sell high" manufacturers have left they aren't sharing right now. Cash has dried the f*** up!

[Meriphew]

Originally Posted by theblue1

But other magazines are embarrassing to even have on your coffee table. Big cover pix of mainstream stars on the covers and those idiotic article titles with numbers in them: [I]7 Steps to a Rockin' Mix, 12 Ways to Make Your DAW Sound Vintage, 25 Tricks to Make Your Mix Sound Great in an iPod.

I agree 100%. I hate the EQ covers - they might as well stamp GQ on the front, or have it stocked in the magazine racks next to Teen Beat magazine.

I think EQ's actual articles on recording sessions are much better than they have been in recent past, but they still continue with the band promo shots instead of giving us photos of the studio or session itself. There's definitely room for improvement there.