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Rippers in the Stream
After years of declining revenues, the music industry had its second straight year of growth in 2016, as revenues climbed to $15.7 billion worldwide—largely...
Clive Young is the co-editor of Mix Magazine and editor of MixOnline.com. He was the editor in chief of Pro Sound News (Future's U.S. Magazine of the Year - 2019) and has been nominated twice for "Best Range Of Work By A Single Author" in the annual Neal Awards. He is the author of two books, "Crank It Up: Live Sound Secrets of the Top Tour Engineers," and "Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera." Additionally, he has spoken at more than 400 libraries, universities, museums, academic symposiums and conventions. Young earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Hofstra University and is an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s University New York.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Panic! at the Disco
By Clive Young. Panic! at the Disco started out big in the mid-2000s and then only got bigger. Sporting a wildly varied pop rock...
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$1.1 Billion for Bad Sound?
The 73,000-capacity U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN has been a hit with fans of the Minnesota Vikings football team, but it hasn’t fared...
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VIDEO: Berklee Talks Avatar Studios Acquisition
One of Manhattan's last major recording facilities, Avatar Studios, was acquired by Boston-based Berklee College of Music so that it can establish BerkleeNYC, a...
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The Summer of Love—and Decades of Results
It’s always a fascinating thing to break bread with people; somehow adding food to the mix makes any conversation expand and grow in insight....
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Exploring Analog Recording with Adam Savage
Former Mythbuster Adam Savage heads to Detroit to learn all about analog studio gear, ribbon microphones, Blumlein-style miking, the vinyl-pressing process and more from...
Live Sound
Coda Audio Tackles Saitama Super Arena
When Japanese singer T.M. Revolution played a string of shows in May at The Saitama Super Arena near Tokyo, audio provider Hibino Sound and...
Live Sound
Foreigner Takes Reunion, New Gear in Stride
By Clive Young. Foreigner knows to raise the stakes, both onstage and behind the audio scenes as well. For most legacy acts, having three...
HOW Sound
T-Mobile to Enter 600 MHz in August
By Clive Young. Pro-audio RF wranglers and wireless users may be in for a surprise next month, as T-Mobile announced yesterday that it will...
Blog
Music Production Activists Win, Lose
Music has always been part of activism, but in recent times, there’s been a surge of activism for music—specifically music production, as various...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Weeknd
By Clive Young. When your latest album debuts at number one in seven countries, it’s only fitting to follow it with a world tour—so...
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PSN Premiere: Styx on Recording The Mission
Pro Sound News exclusively premieres Styx guitarist/singer Tommy Shaw, producer Will Evankovich and studio owner John McBride discussing how they recorded the band’s latest...
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Five Career Tips from The Weeknd’s FOH Man
Nobody starts at the top; just ask Derek Brener. Years of working his way up the ladder in the L.A. music scene led to...
Live Sound
Metal FOH Engineer Dave “Shirt” Nicholls Dead
By Clive Young. Noted FOH engineer Dave “Shirt” Nicholls died May 24. A renowned specialist in mixing metal and hard rock, over the course...
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Book Review: The Vinyl Detective—The Run-Out Groove
A few months ago, we reviewed The Vinyl Detective: Written In Dead Wax, the first in a series of humorous, music-oriented mystery novels following...
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AES at NAMM: A Smart Collaboration
The National Association of Music Merchants and The Audio Engineering Society will team up to create "AES at NAMM," a new slate of educational...
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Will New Capacity Kill the Vinyl Revival?
In recent years, the much-heralded Vinyl Revival has seen vinyl records take off with consumers once again. In fact, it's been arguably too successful,...
Festival Business
Take1 Takes On Terrorism
Take1 Insurance has made a name for itself within the event production community in recent years, most prominently with its involvement with the Event...
Live Sound
Exploring Silence at the Guggenheim
By Clive Young. Anyone who’s stepped into an anechoic chamber can tell you it’s an odd experience. The rooms, designed for audio research, take...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Lumineers
By Clive Young. Playing Madison Square Garden is a milestone in any band’s career. For The Lumineers, their recent shows there were no exception,...
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VIDEO: Ariana Grande’s Accidental Mic Drop
Lots of stars love that big, dramatic Mic Drop—except when it's an accident, as happened recently to popstar Ariana Grande when her...
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An Inspirational Rejection
Producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Beck) recently tweeted a rejection letter he got from Abbey Road Studios in 1990 when he...
Festival Profile
Five Years of Luck Reunion
New festivals spring up every year, but as time progresses, they either fade away or make their mark. Falling into the latter category is...
Live Sound
Refitting New York’s Bowery Ballroom
By Clive Young. Almost from the day it opened—June 3, 1998—The Bowery Ballroom in New York City has been a buzz-making venue. A prime...
Live
Live Sound Showcase: Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello is a touring machine these days, whether performing solo or backed by the Imposters.
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VIDEO: Building the Modern Turntable
It’s no secret that vinyl records have been on the rebound for the last 10 years, and sales of the format are now...
Festival Business
Coachella Rolls With Changes
Coachella may be one of the premiere festivals in the world, but that high profile also means that organizers Goldenvoice and parent company AEG...
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TV’s Tiny Studio for Lil Jon
There’s a lot of Reality TV shows focused on building small living spaces, and a few have made episodes out of constructing petite recording...
Live Sound
Chesney Brings Morris to Battle at Bristol
Football season may be over, but it all got off to a memorable start for 156,990 fans back in September.
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A New Year’s High-Resolution
Now safely ensconced in 2017, I’ve been looking back at last year and although there’s no avoiding the fact that a lot of 2016...
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NAMM Kicks Out the Jams
Every January, it’s a pleasure to leave the cold, snowy streets of New York for the Winter NAMM Show, held in the sunny climes...
Music Production
Vintage King to Sell Historic Console
The Ramones. A Tribe Called Quest. Blondie. There are consoles that have been used to create landmark music, but few have a discography comparable...
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Video: NAMM’s In Memoriam Industry Tribute 2017
NAMM's ongoing Oral History Project compiles an annual "In Memoriam Industry Tribute" video that it plays as part of its onsite programming...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Drake
NEW YORK, NY—To paraphrase the old horror movie, we know what Drake did last summer.
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Seen on the Scene: A Photo Tour of NAMM 2017, Part 2
The Annual NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA was jammed to the gills as usual with the latest in pro audio and the MI...
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Seen on the Scene: A Photo Tour of NAMM 2017, Part 1
The Annual NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA was jammed to the gills as usual with the latest in pro audio and the MI world....
Blog
Book Review: The Vinyl Detective—Written in Dead Wax
We’ve reviewed a lot of books on the Pro Sound News blog over the years, but this may be the first one that’s fiction....
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Can Credits Go with the Flow?
The recording industry has come to understand how crucial credit metadata is, and why it should ideally be documented onsite throughout the ...
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Audiobooks Are Having A Moment
Sometimes it seems like everything old is new again—for instance, during the summer when all the sequels come out, or when you walk into...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Andra Day – From Clubs to the White House
Rising R&B singer Andra Day kicks off her latest headline tour next month in San Diego—a 17-date run that will take her across the...