The Weekly Dispatch, from the first issue
November 2, 2026
Every week, Mohikontok Sound Lab sends a Weekly Dispatch: one studio craft feature, one LISTEN from the Lab, and one WATCH from a session. Here is how the series has run, from the first issue.
Week of October 5 — the first issue: events
The series opened with events: live musicians for hire and full sound systems for hire — vocalists, instrumentalists, DJs, and ensembles, plus professional gear set up and run by people who do this for a living — for birthdays, weddings, community gatherings, and corporate events. One call covers the talent and the tech.
Week of October 12 — show up session-ready
The feature was a studio habit that saves money and makes records sound better: show up session-ready. Do a session dry run 48 hours before, put everything in one folder — your instrumental as a 24-bit WAV labeled with song title and BPM, your lyrics as a clean sheet — and warm up 10 minutes before you leave the house.
🎵 LISTEN: “Paap” — Golam Mostofa performing Kazi Nazrul Islam, recorded at the Poetry Camp and released October 6.
🎬 WATCH: a 4-second tour of the live room under purple LED lighting — the vocal mic on its stand, guitars along the wall, and the laptop DAW station ready to roll.
Week of October 19 — mic technique
The feature was the skill that separates good vocal recordings from great ones: mic technique. Home base is a hand's width — about four to six inches — from the mic; lean in on the quiet lines, ease back on the big chorus notes, and angle the mic about 15 degrees so plosives sail past while your tone stays full.
🎵 LISTEN: “Shoyeb Monir feat. Lalon Sai” — a Lalon Shah recording cut right here in the studio.
🎬 WATCH: six minutes of a vocal take in progress — mic in hand, lyrics on the phone, the real work of getting a song down.
Week of October 26 — the Halloween issue
The feature was clean voice audio for reels, shorts, and podcasts: your phone camera is good enough, but your phone microphone in a noisy room usually isn't — and the pro move is recording your voice and your video separately, then syncing them. The issue carried a Halloween treat — 15% off a first visit — and welcomed 15 Bronx arts organizations as new readers. It was sent October 26 to 264 contacts.
🎵 LISTEN: Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, dubbed in Bengali, posted October 23.
🎬 WATCH: a folk song performed by Shoab Monir.
Week of November 2 — your room is part of your gear
The feature was a production truth every studio owner learns sooner or later: your room is part of your gear. Treatment isn't about making a room silent — it's about controlling reflections, so the direct sound comes through first and cleanest. Start with the first reflection points before you upgrade a microphone. The issue went to 265 contacts.
🎵 LISTEN: "Chole Jabo Ekdin" — Ayub Bacchu feat. Ahmed Titu, the Lab's newest release, posted November 1.
🎬 WATCH: four clips from a November 1 session in the Lab's red-and-black room, on their way to the channel.
Week of November 9 — the folk keeper from Mymensingh
The feature was Sohan Jajabor, a folk musician, string instrumentalist, and composer from Mymensingh, Bangladesh, who has contributed to the audio engineering and musical production of more than 20 folk-inspired compositions with the Lab — carrying unheard Baul songs into the present. The issue went to 264 contacts.
🎵 LISTEN: Sohan's most-played on the Sound Lab channel, led by হালকা জিকির at 1.5K views.
🎬 WATCH: Sohan live: "Betha", a folk-fusion performance from his 2023 live concert in Hossenpur, Kishoreganj.
Who the dispatch is for
The readership rotates week to week: studio users, artists, content creators, and studio owners — everyone who records, performs, or makes things with sound in the Bronx and beyond.
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