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Firehouse Rocks 12-12-12 Concert
Last night’s 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief, held inside New York City’s Madison Square Garden, was broadcast to a potential audience of 2 billion...
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.
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Firehouse Rocks 12-12-12 Concert
Last night’s 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief, held inside New York City’s Madison Square Garden, was broadcast to a potential audience of 2 billion...
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Mr. Bonzai Unveils Christmas Tree, John Lennon’s Tooth
Pro audio industry bon vivant, photographer and author (not to mention occasional blogger for ProSoundNetwork.com) Mr. Bonzai recently released his soon-to-be holiday...
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National Soundcheck Day: 12-12-12
If you haven't seen this joke yet today, enjoy. The '12/12/12' soundcheck viral gag has taken the online world by storm this Wednesday, with...
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National Soundcheck Day: 12-12-12
If you haven't seen this joke yet today, enjoy. The '12/12/12' soundcheck viral gag has taken the online world by storm this Wednesday, with...
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Another Peek Inside Grohl’s ‘Sound City’
After months of teaser clips, Foo Fighter-turned-first-time-director Dave Grohl has released the first official trailer for his upcoming documentary, Sound City, and it...
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You Review It: Warped Roadies
For the last few years, every time I interview a tour’s audio crew for Pro Sound News, the engineers will say something like, “Man,...
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New Jersey Studio Destroyed By Sandy
When Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast, it caused billions of dollars in damage as it upended lives and businesses. For Patrice Devincentis, however,...
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Duran Duran’s John Taylor Talks ‘Groove,’ Studio Blues
In San Francisco on the eve of AES, John Taylor of Duran Duran could be found on stage, not wielding his bass but instead...
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Photo Album: Pro Sound Network’s Best of Show Awards, AES 2012 Edition!
The editorial staffs of Pro Sound News and Pro Audio Review magazines presented the second annual ProSoundNetwork Best of Show Awards for the...
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Audio Gear of the Presidential Debate’s Media Center
The race for the U.S. Presidency is as heated as ever this year, with Republicans and Democrats alike aiming to get their man in...
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Book Review: Hitless Wonder—A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll
There’s been plenty of rock star autobiographies over the years, almost always penned by a ghostwriter whose job it is to turn the endless...
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Book Review: Making Rumors: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.
By Clive Young. Ken Caillat recalls every detail behind the creation of Fleetwood Mac's best-known album in his memoir, the aptly titled Making Rumours:...
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Lighthouse Fest Rocks Long Island Sound
By Clive Young. It sounds like a trick question: How do you hold an all-day festival for 7,000 music fans—complete with eight bands, a...
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Lighthouse Fest Rocks Long Island Sound
By Clive Young. It sounds like a trick question: How do you hold an all-day festival for 7,000 music fans—complete with eight bands, a...
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New Soundcraft Desks Mix Sound, Lights
Soundcraft has introduced a new compact console line: the Si Performer series. As Andy Trott, president of Soundcraft Studer, told Pro Sound News in...
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New Soundcraft Desks Mix Sound, Lights
Soundcraft has introduced a new compact console line: the Si Performer series. As Andy Trott, president of Soundcraft Studer, told Pro Sound News in...
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Homemade Star Wars Movie Lands at Skywalker Sound
If you’ve spent any time poking around You Tube, you’ve probably come across a Fan Film or two—those homemade, amateur movies that pay tribute...
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Dave Grohl Goes To The Movies With ‘Sound City’
In 2011, Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl bought the classic Neve console at the heart of Sound City, the Los Angeles recording facility behind...
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Ken Caillat Reveals Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’
Ken Caillat, the legendary engineer and co-producer of Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 album, Rumours, recently spoke at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY,...
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Tour Is An Intriguer
While known in the U.S. primarily for the somber classic, “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” Crowded House has had a long streak of sunny pop...
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Tour Is An Intriguer
While known in the U.S. primarily for the somber classic, “Don’t Dream It’s Over,” Crowded House has had a long streak of sunny pop...
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Good Vibrations
BRIDGEPORT, CT—Anyone who might think Jamband culture has cooled off in recent times need only have attended the annual Gathering of the Vibes festival...
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Soundguy’s Revenge
Live sound engineers suffer for their art. The hours are long, the pay isn’t always that great, but what makes it all worthwhile are...
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On The Road With The Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour
All surviving members of The Beach Boys have reunited this year for the band's 50th Anniversary, embarking on a world tour and releasing...
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Strike Up The Violens
Brooklyn, NY-based Violens recently released its second album, True, on Slumberland Records, unleashing another flurry of doomy guitar pop, drenched in reverb like a...
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Seen On The Scene: InfoComm 2012
There was plenty going on at InfoComm 2012, from new products being announced to educational offerings to networking (the old-fashioned handshake kind) and...
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Seen On The Scene: InfoComm 2012 Load-In
It's that time of year again, as InfoComm has invaded the Las Vegas Convention Center for this year's confab. Here's a bit of what...
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Constructing ‘Deconstructing The Beatles’
The Beatles’ music has inspired millions of people over the years. Some were stirred to enter the music world, becoming recording engineers...
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Mr. Rogers, Electronica Hero
Going viral with astonishing speed is “Garden of Your Mind,” a melodic mashup video of children's television legend, Mr. Rogers, given the auto-tune treatment...
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The Story Behind Steve Vai’s Story of Light
Legendary guitarist Steve Vai is ramping up for the release of his upcoming album, The Story of Light—a sequel to his last solo studio...
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Foster The People Packs Central Park
Foster The People has made a name for itself over the last year, serving up slithering dance music with a dash of alternative rock...
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Car Audio Moves Forward Into The Past
One of the highlights of the recent AES Convention in Budapest was the premiere of a unique surround sound project—music mixed and mastered specifically...
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AES Serves Up Live Sound
The annual AES Convention is always a live-sound melting pot—a place where ideas, information and anecdotes flow freely among peers and professionals.
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PSN Is Rockin’ Into Summer
Last summer, Pro Sound News and Pro Audio Review managing editor Fred Goodman released his latest album, The Last Days of Rock ‘n’ Roll,...
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Interview: Dave Brandwein of Galaxy Smith Studios
The old song says that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. In recent times, though, more and...
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Weeknd Update with Andy Ebert
I believe it was the noted Canadian socio-economic theorists Loverboy who once said, “Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend.” Thirty years later, someone else is...
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FCC OKs White Space Use
NEW YORK, NY—On September 23, with a unanimous vote, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order that approved the unlicensed use of “white...
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FCC OKs White Space Use
NEW YORK, NY—On September 23, with a unanimous vote, the FCC released a Memorandum Opinion and Order that approved the unlicensed use of “white...
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John Cooper On Breaking Into Live Sound
John Cooper has mixed plenty of household names—Lionel Richie, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr to namedrop only a few—but for the last 10 years,...
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Inside Zambri’s House of Baasa
Zambri recently released its debut album, House of Baasa, but the collaborations stretch far back for the duo. As sisters, Cristi Jo and Jessica...
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Book Review: A Story of Six Strings
A TV news theme we’ve heard a thousand times is arguably more deeply enmeshed in our lives than the songs that we more readily...