Book Review: ‘Sound Man’ Is A Breezy Read
One of the first studio engineers in England to break through into producing, Glyn Johns worked with the greatest acts of the Classic Rock...
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One of the first studio engineers in England to break through into producing, Glyn Johns worked with the greatest acts of the Classic Rock...
The much-contested historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, which narrowly avoided being demolished earlier this year, will officially be sold to the non-profit group...
Legendary producer/engineer Glyn Johns’ autobiography Sound Man is filled with cool stories about creating classic albums with dozens of household names. The tales are...
LOS ANGELES, CA—When Ken Caillat began working as a engineer for Fleetwood Mac in 1976, the band was in the process of falling apart,...
Twenty-plus years since they first broke through with hits like “Name,” the Goo Goo Dolls have become a staple of AC radio.
When Iron Maiden re-released all eight of its albums from the 1980s on 180-gram black vinyl, Parlophone Records interviewed Abbey Road mastering engineers Sean...
Recognizing that "knowledge is power," the folks at Audio-Technica have released How To Mic A Zombie, an 8-minute instructional video on, well, how...
For most people, being an assistant engineer on The Beatles’ Abbey Road would be the high point of their careers. For a 19-year-old Alan...
Legendary recording engineer Bruce Swedien might be best known for his work with Michael Jackson, but to stop there would sell him short.
The Project Studio Expo first debuted two years ago during the last West-Coast AES Convention; an unqualified hit, it's become a mainstay that attendees...
By Clive Young. When Ken Caillat began working as a engineer for Fleetwood Mac in 1976, the band was in the process of falling...
The Retro Futura Tour was out to revive that ’80s vibe with co-headliners Howard Jones and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins, joined by Katrina...
The vinyl revival has been a fascinating social movement, as Millennials have gotten into buying LPs, joining ranks with nostalgic Baby Boomers and Gen...
Over the years, I’ve interviewed a lot of live sound engineers for PSN, and occasionally I’ll ask them, “What was your best gig ever?”...
By Clive Young. Bryce Dion, a soundman for the long-running reality TV show, COPS, was killed by police gunfire in Omaha, NE on Tuesday...
NEW YORK CITY, NY—People the world over may know Idina Menzel as the voice behind the omnipresent “Let It Go” in the recent animated...
Providing live sound for the chow-down throwdown that is the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, NY, is a task to be...
On Saturday, August 23, Short Fuze Recording Studio, a small, new facility in Buffalo, NY, was robbed; an estimated $20,000 worth of equipment was...
Some time ago, the Animal Planet series Treehouse Masters built a treehouse that could double as a recording space for Bear Creek Studio outside...
My friend Jim Anderson, the director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, recently reminded me of something I did when we were both in...
NEW YORK, NY—On June 11, The Tony Awards Administration Committee, which oversees the annual awards celebrating the best of Broadway Theater, voted to eliminate...
BOULDER, CO—Once among the best-known destination recording facilities in the world, Caribou Ranch has been sold for $32.5 million.
The vinyl revival isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon; pressing plants and mastering facilities around the world are seeing the same bump in business we’ve...
August 14, 2014 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of James Kalamasz founding Spectrum Recording Studios in Pompano Beach, FL. Over the years, the long-running...
Mixing the biggest competitive eating contest in the world doesn't mean shoving audio down the crowd's throat. Instead, the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July...
The internet is a pretty big deal; in fact, you’re probably using it right now. While it has given us interesting advancements like social...
Once one of the best-known destination recording facilities in the world, 1,600-acre Caribou Ranch has been sold for $32.5 million. Closed since a 1985...
The Avengers is now the third highest-grossing film of all-time; building on the 2012 movie’s tale of superheroes saving New York City, it’s only...
The Clearwater Festival—officially known as Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival—will be featured in an upcoming issue of our new magazine, Music Festival Business, but...
Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s interviews a list of acts that reads like a...
In the wake of the Tony Awards Administration Committee’s controversial decision to eliminate the Best Sound Design categories, members of the theater community have...
Wednesday, The Tony Awards Administration Committee, which oversees the annual awards celebrating the best of Broadway Theater, voted to eliminate the awards for Best...
In recent times, Metallica has increasingly opted to headline festivals around the world rather than tour, so using smaller, lighter wedges became a priority...
It’s been a time of changes in pro audio—one filled with new beginnings, like Harman buying AMX, and endings, such as Todd-Soundelux filing for...
Beyond the realm of audio gear, the editors at Pro Sound News are constantly exploring the latest books, shows and exhibits highlighting the music...
Deadheads have always loved "Dark Star," one of the Grateful Dead's most out-there live jams. In the mid-90s, Canadian avant garde composer John Oswald...
With the 135th AES Convention held in New York City only blocks away from Broadway, the best-known theatrical district in the world, it only...
Audio and art have always gone hand in hand, and as technology has advanced, the realms of possibility have only broadened. But while we...
The annual Coachella festival takes months to put together, but even the pros who make it happen can underestimate the sheer size of it....
Some artists are forever associated with certain studios. You can’t talk about the Beatles without bringing up Abbey Road. Any look at the Beach...
They say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb—which is ironic because April 1 is when...