2015
Classic Tracks: Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Junior’s Farm”
Mix’s May 2015 issue included a feature story on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit titled “Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville...
2015
2015
MixTrips: Finding a Groove on the Road
I’ve said it before in these pages: I’ve always wanted to go out on summer tour.
2015
Who’s Keeping Score?
If there is one thing you can say about the digital age so far it’s that there has been a remarkable level of indifference...
2015
Mix Regional Sessions: Bay Area
25TH STREET RECORDING, OAKLAND, CALIF. Oxbow was with producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli finishing up mixing their newest record. All basic tracks were recorded at 25th...
2015
Mix Regional News: Bay Area
STUDIO TRILOGY HOSTS STEVE HOROWITZ AND THE GUERRILLA COMPOSERS ENSEMBLE Steve Horowitz and the Guerrilla Composers Ensemble recently assembled at Trilogy in San Francisco...
2015
Mix Regional Bay Area: Women’s Audio Mission Moves Into Bigger, Better Studio
After spending several years at an 850-square-foot space on Bryant Street in San Francisco’s Mission district, Women’s Audio Mission has moved into new—and much,...
2015
Compact Line Arrays for Installation
It’s not uncommon to see the same sound reinforcement gear found on major tours used in large churches and other fixed installations where great...
2015
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2015
Inspired by the spirit of Mahalia Jackson and the Eureka Brass Band back in 1970, and originally produced by jazz impresario George Wein, the...
2015
Ben Lee, ‘Love Is the Great Rebellion’
Ben Lee has released 11 solo albums, in addition to his band work with Noise Addict. The newest, Love Is the Great Rebellion, is...
2015
Leon Bridges, ‘Coming Home’
“The clothes make the man,” the saying goes. In the case of 25-year-old Forth Worth, Texas native Leon Bridges, clothes kicked off his career....
2015
Cool Spin: Penguin Prison, ‘Lost in New York’
In the four years since Penguin Prison’s self-titled debut, New York-sprung dance-pop has become all the more established by the likes of MGMT and...
2015
Jillian Speer’s ‘Daggers & Suede’
The urban-meets-singer/songwriter sound of Jillian Speer’s wonderful new EP gives the singer’s soulful songs just the right edge, and it all starts with her...
2015
Calexico’s ‘Edge of the Sun’
When people know your band particularly for mixing musical styles from myriad decades and cultures, and you’re about to start your ninth studio album...
2015
59th International AES Conference on Sound Reinforcement
The first AES International Conference to focus on Sound Reinforcement in more than 25 years takes place from July 15-17, 2015, in Montreal, Quebec,...
2015
Lana Del Rey’s ‘Endless Summer’
Sound provider Sound Image, based in Escondido, Calif., carried a full L-Acoustics system on Lana Del Rey’s North American “Endless Summer” tour, with opener...
2015
The Boxmasters Times Two
Some people might call it schizophrenic, some might call it bi-polar. Heck, Billy Bob Thornton has even called the new Boxmasters project ‘Somewhere Down...
2015
Where Will We Be?
When I was a kid, I used to play a daydreamer’s game of “where will I be?”—when I’m 20, 30, in the year 2000,...
2015
Reflections From the Bay
“It is represented to us that the universal suffrage, as now existing throughout the Union, is abused; that fraud and corruption prevent a fair...
2015
This One’s for My Buddy Dwight
You don’t know Dwight. There’s really no reason you should. He’s not a recording engineer or live sound professional. He doesn’t make audio products......
2015
Classic Tracks: Faith No More’s “Epic”
In early 1989, Matt Wallace almost quit being an engineer/producer. Nearly in tears, he called his mom to ask how to get into real...
2015
All Access: U2 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour 2015
U2 has brought it back inside arenas, playing multiple dates in various cities, again with huge, stellar production values. Mix caught the fourth date of...
2015
What Is a Recording Studio?
Back in 1989 when I walked into John Mellencamp’s Belmont Mall Studios off Highway 46 east of Bloomington, Ind., I had no idea that...
2015
Class of 2015: You’re On Your Own, Kid
I always look forward to reading Mix’s “Class Of” issue.
2015
Eiosis AirEQ Premium and Sound Radix Drum Leveler
Plug-ins Bring New Look, Tone to EQ and Compression
2015
Classic Tracks: The Zombies’ “She’s Not There”
If one of the defining characteristics of a Classic Track is its immediate recognition, then The Zombies’ “She’s Not There” is as classic as...
2015
Mix Regional News: A Note From Memphis—David Porter’s ‘The Classics’ at Stonebridge Mastering
Memphis-based mastering engineer Gebre Waddell recently mastered producer/songwriter David Porter’s project The Classics at his Stonebridge Mastering studio. Porter is best known for songwriting...