Music - Sept. 29, 2006
Fossil Poets disc is a team effort
While former Utopia keyboardist Roger Powell and local musician/producer Gary Tanin, also on synthesizer, provide the bedrock of the "Fossil Poets" album, it is Milwaukee guitarist Greg Koch who makes it.
Tags: Utopia, Rundgren, Tanin, Greg Koch, Powell, Fossil Poets, Moog

Music - June 21, 2006
Utopia's Powell taps Milwaukee talent for first CD in 26 years
Former Utopia and David Bowie keyboardist Roger Powell is releasing his first solo disc in 26 years. So, what does that have to do with Milwaukee? “Fossil Poets” -- Powell’s first release since his 1980 “Air Pocket” - was recorded with local producer and musician Gary Tanin and Milwaukee guitarist Greg Koch.
Tags: Powell, synthesizer, Final Cut Pro, Tanin, Greg Koch, Fossil Poets, Bowie, ARP, Moog

Milwaukee Buzz - July 25, 2005
Milwaukee musician Tanin draws rave review in Singapore
Milwaukee producer and musician Gary Tanin, a multiple Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) Award winner, has earned praises from BigO, Singapore's most prestigious music magazine, for his recent work on the Xpensive Dogs release "Dog Eat Dog."
Tags: Tanin, Xpensive Dogs, OMCD_0.10

Music - April 27, 2005
Local engineers agree: mastering gives CDs pro sound
Everyone who looks at the credits on a CD will have seen a line for "mastering." But like the "best boy" and "gaffer" credits at the end of a film, few people know what it really means. Oddly enough, many musicians don't even quite get it.
Tags: Tanin, mastering, Holter, Burst, Trevor Sadler, narada, MultiMusica, Mastermind

Music - Aug. 2, 2004
Internet facilitates Tanin's Xpensive Dogs projects
Gary Tanin is a true veteran of the Milwaukee music scene. But for his most recent projects, he's been collaborating with a Japanese keyboardist, thanks to the ability to send tracks back and forth via computer.
Tags: internet, web, Tanin, Xpensive, Cebar, Toshi Hiraoka