ÊRecording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording TechniquesÊ dares you to unlearn safe record-making to get out from behind the windshield stick your head out the sunroof and put the pedal to the metal! Sylvia Massy and her cohort of celebrity music industry producers engineers and recording stars discard fixed notions about how music should be recorded and explore techniques that fall outside the norm and yield emotionally powerful incredibly personal gut-wrenching and even scary recordings. Joined by Hans Zimmer Al Schmitt Bruce Swedien Jack Joseph Puig Dave Pensado Tchad Blake Bob Clearmountain Linda Perry Michael Franti Michael Beinhorn Bob Ezrin Geoff Emerick and many others this book has the stories tips recipes photos advice diagrams exercises illustrations and jokes that you won't find in any other instructional manual. And what about that cover? ÊRecording UnhingedÊ contains many eye-popping illustrations by Sylvia herself. As if being a celebrated producer isn't enough Sylvia's iconic illustrations bring real and imaginary recording situations to life. Catchy Bass Lines? Engineering Marvels? How to Mic a Chicken?!! Do a swan-dive into the unknown and make studio magic with inspiration from Recording Unhinged.