Nashville Skyline  Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Rick Clark   Mix
Regional   Recently, I was at a pub called Bosco's in
Nashville's Hillsboro Village area with Neal Cappellino, a
friend who is also a highly regarded engineer (Joan Osborne,
Mindy Smith, Vince Gill). We talked about the balance of our
work and our personal lives, and it dawned on me I could
probably fill a book with input from engineers, producers and
others in the local industry on this topic.  Richard
Dodd,pictured with his wife, Carolyn, feels home studios are
detrimental to family life.  We devote so much energy to our
studios, gear and productions to serve this potentially
transcendent thing called music, yet it is so easy to neglect to
nurture the very priceless human relationships and experiences
that inspire some of the greatest music.  Ever since I first
rolled into Nashville, I've heard people in the music industry
say, “It's a great place to raise a family,” or, “The quality of
life here is so much better than L.A. or New York.” I've also