Mix Blog Live: It Ain’t The Gig, It’s the Commute
Steve La Cerra just had his second gig since the Covid outbreak, and while it went better in the house, the same could not...
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Steve La Cerra just had his second gig since the Covid outbreak, and while it went better in the house, the same could not...
Steve La Cerra reports in on the latest from Congress in Covid relief to help venue operators and those involved in live sound and...
In his first indoor gig of the Covid era, Steve La Cerra finds that while the crew and backstage areas followed protocol, it was...
Steve La Cerra recalls the human side of Bruce Swedien, how they met over a story about Neumann M49s and how he ended up...
With only a few weeks to go in the semester, Steve La Cerra is crossing his fingers that the classrooms at Mercy College stay...
Steve La Cerra went online instead of driving into Manhattan this year for the AES Show Fall 2020, and he found a wealth of...
Steve La Cerra jumped on a plane last week, headed for Pittsburgh on his first fly-date since the shutdown in March. The airports, he...
With The Met canceling its entire Fall Season, along with others across the country, it's looking more and more like mid- to late-2021 for...
Steve La Cerra returned to school last week, and everything you've been reading about education during the pandemic is true; but he's making it...
To find out what concert one-offs are actually like these days, Steve La Cerra called a friend who mixed front of house in mid-August...
With uncertainty growing ever greater in the concert touring industry, Steve La Cerra finds that cluster parties and pop-up live events can be damaging...
As of July, time's up on the 600 MHz band for wireless system users, and Steve La Cerra looks at options out there as...
Steve La Cerra worked last weekend! And he found that while the logistics of prepping for a live "drive-in concert" were a bit nerve-racking,...
Steve La Cerra looks at a couple of surveys taken during the pandemic and is crushed to learn of the value the average consumer...
The hunger for live music is real, and with very few outlets outside of looking at a screen, artists and fans are turning to...
When the 2020 concert season was canceled, it left a lot of supporting businesses throughout the country in a tight spot, including some favorite...
This Friday’s live streaming concert by local favorites Dropkick Murphys, in a baseball stadium with no fans, will raise money for Boston-area nonprofits.
The city of New York sure knows how to rally in times of adversity, from supporting front-line workers to helping the poor when they...
You know that moment at a concert when the band is killing it, the emotions and movement winding along in sync, and the entire...
Besides spending many weekends on the road at front of house, Steve La Cerra is an audio educator; over the the last month he...
The coronavirus COVID-19 has essentially shut down the 2020 summer touring season—and cost Steve La Cerra his usual weekend gig. So are stay-at-home, "intimate"...
“All New York City Public Schools are closed.” When I hear those words, it usually means there’s a significant snowfall in the area and...
Frustration with a show’s backline provider led to a couple trips back to the warehouse, an angry phone call and, ultimately, resolution. A normal...
When a Rack Tom channel on a rented digital console started showing up across multiple scribble strips during soundcheck, Steve La Cerra did everything...
Steve La Cerra knows that after years on the road, gear can take a beating. So when possible, he likes to take out some...
Steve La Cerra mourns the loss of one of his real heroes, the drummer Neil Peart, who lived life with passion and grace, not...
The Ampex 351 was working, but relatively noisy, so Steve La Cerra started replacing tubes; he found that not all tubes are created equal.
Having a tough time staying in the holiday spirit? Here’s some music to lighten your mood, in no particular order… The Christmas Song, The...
What do you do when you show up to a gig and the mix position is, uh, less than desirable, and a bunch of...
The recent kerfuffle surrounding Taylor Swift singing her songs at the AMAs goes beyond a simple one-night performance, and the rights aren't as simple...
Voice on the phone: Is this Steve? Me: Yes. Hey I’m Curly Joe (not his real name). I’m doing sound for you on (date...