Mix Live Blog: 14 Days, 7 Countries, 10 Shows—On Tour with BÖC, Part 2
Mix contributor Steve La Cerra hits Europe with Blue Öyster Cult to mix and manage a whirlwind tour through Finland, Paris, Berlin and more.
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Mix contributor Steve La Cerra hits Europe with Blue Öyster Cult to mix and manage a whirlwind tour through Finland, Paris, Berlin and more.
Craig asks, "What is 'cheating' in music?" The answer might depend on who you are, and your role.
Before he became the Piano Man, Billy Joel cut his teeth in pop act The Hassles and the disastrous metal duo Attila—both of which...
Mix contributor Steve La Cerra heads off to Europe with Blue Öyster Cult to mix and manage a whirlwind tour. Don't fear the Reaper—but...
Some AI evangelists think musicians feel it's "not really enjoyable to make music." Craig sets 'em straight.
The Mix/Pro Sound News “Festival Sound 2025” eBook takes you inside festivals around the world!
A FOH Engineer/TM's job is never done...even at the very end of the tour leg when they really need some shut-eye.
InfoComm 2025 was a hit in Orlando, Florida—here’s more of what we saw at the show!
David Byrne shares his insights on sound in “Sound is Fundamental,” the first episode of a new three-part online series, The Art of Sound....
'Buzz Me In' features "tales of inspired performances, visionary engineering, needlessly destroyed equipment, pranks, drugs, government surveillance, fights, romance, sex and drugs. Yes, drugs...
InfoComm 2025 was a hit, packing the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida with exhibitors and attendees. Here's just some of what we...
Young, old, emerging, experienced--the rise of immersive music mixing is affecting all kinds of pros and our event brought them together.
Often as unusual as the director himself, the late David Lynch's audio and music gear will be auctioned off in June.
Heading to JFK Airport to start a two-week run of dates in the U.K. and Europe with Blue Öyster Cult seemed like a simple...
Is “gear lust” just a clever phrase that caught on…or is there more to the story?
At Mix, we write about the start of music’s journey, but selling at a vinyl fair revealed a different part of the voyage.
Today marks the first annual National Roadie Day, and if you didn’t know, don’t feel bad; we didn’t know until late in the day,...
The 99-year-old Riviera Theatre has upgraded its console and P.A., and the audio improvements are noticeable, but the 75-year-old organ remains the star attraction.
In which our intrepid live sound reporter visits a record store in Sacramento and walks out reminded once again why he loves music.
If you're a live sound person, this might be the best thing you'll see all day—or it might be nightmare fuel.
You never really know how things will go when you wake up on the morning of a big show....
File this one under “we almost didn’t make the gig.” Here’s the setup…
As you navigate the maze of dizzying changes in studio technology, step back and ask yourself whether something encourages good workflow.
Around this time every year—on this very date, even—numerous products are launched that immediately raise not only expectations, but also eyebrows, questions and occasionally...
After a few tweaks to bring the power connection up to modern AC standards, my refurb of a second Ampex 351 electronics module continues…
The show must go on. Downbeat at 7. That’s what drives a crew.
These days, artists have to do it all themselves and be their own manager, producer, mastering engineer, merch maven and more. How do we...
Can Steve La Cerra bring an Ampex 351 back to life? We'll find out—but the first stop is fixing that Death Cap!
DJ / producer Paul Oakenfold’s gear, awards, acetates and more will hit the auction block later this month.
Multi-platinum rapper G-Eazy has moved to the Big Apple, so his L.A. home—and studio—are going for $3.7 million.
Shure hits 100 this year, and in its honor, the Mix blog takes a look back at some of the company's best-known mics.
With the advent of digital audio, sound quality started to be confused with musical quality. Craig has some ideas on how to change that.
The Copyright Office released the second part of its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with a mix of good and uncertain news.
If I had 5 minutes, once family and pets are safe and in the car, what would I grab? Of all these “things” that...
For Mix co-editor Tom Kenny, the 2025 NAMM Show began the night before, with an annual—and this year, very special—kick-off party in Santa Monica....
The NAMM Show 2025 is over, but what an event it was! Take a look at the gear, stats and more from across the...
Nugen Audio has created an interactive map on its website of places with unusual acoustic characteristics.
Here’s just a handful of things we have seen at the 2025 NAMM Show so far.
I’m finding it difficult to come up with something meaningful to say in the wake of what’s going on in Southern California.
Not only is the AI genie out of the bottle, the genie has acquired tactical nuclear weapons. Welcome to 2025.
Sometimes things are clichés because they're true.