A Good Hang

04/04/21 • 57 min

If you have ears, you have heard the work of engineer and producer Sylvia Massy. Prince, Johnny Cash and The Red Hot Chili Peppers are just a few of her clients. Sylvia also owns the largest collection of microphones in the world. In this episode of TIMI Podcast she discusses insights, her approach to a unique life in music, and that time she nearly killed Serj from System of A Down by hanging him upside down from the ceiling of a studio for a vocal take.

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