Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Vampire Weekend Goes 360° at MSG
By Larry Jaffee. The New York indie rockers are on the road this fall, and a stop at their hometown arena, Madison Square Garden,...
Recording
Four Years, $30K Bring Lathe Back To Life
By Larry Jaffee. Nashville-based mastering house Independent Mastering returns to mastering vinyl for the first time in decades following a four-year, $30,000 odyssey to...
Live Sound
A Different Kind of Church Sound
By Larry Jaffee. The classic Australian alternative act returns to mark the 30th anniversary of its Starfish album and signature hit, "Under The Milky...
Festival Business
Business Booms for Music Festivals in 2017
By Larry Jaffee. “If you build it, they will come” is the stuff of Hollywood movies, and that adage applies to the art and...
Festival Business
Festival Safety: Recent Events’ Wake-Up Call
Music festivals conjure images of large concentrated numbers of carefree people collectively reveling in live performances by their favorite artists.
Business
Mark Knopfler Tour Makes Tracks
Dating back to his days with Dire Straits, guitarist extraordinaire Mark Knopfler has always been a stickler for sound, perhaps culminating with his 1985...
Blog
Producer Greg Wells Talks Inside Abbey Road Sessions
Avid and Abbey Road Studios are in the midst of a year-long collaboration, one that includes the webseries Inside Abbey Road Studios, which was...
Business
Slave to Sound
Although the band officially called it a day in 1983, Roxy Music has been a perennial favorite on the road, reconvening for multiple reunion...
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