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TOUR PROFILE: Britney Spears in Europe
Britney Spears is currently dazzling her European fans with her all-American mix of dance, song and showmanship. But how are things backstage? I met...
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Sequencing for the Stage
DAWS...THE NEW GUITAR? Music has forever changed, and we've all seen it coming. Computer-manipulated sound has become a ubiquitous component in music
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PAPA ROACH The Infestation Continues
Surely one of the great success stories of the past year has been the steady and impressive rise of Papa Roach, the hard-rocking alt...
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All Quiet on the Wedgeless Stage
TIPS ON PURCHASING AND USING YOUR FIRST SET OF IN-EAR MONITORS
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Up In Smoke
TOUR PROFILE Hip hop's dominance of the airwaves and charts has completely revolutionized the sound of popular music. But the genre, especially in its
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TEN15 FOLSOM, SAN FRANCISCO
Inconspicuously posed as a plain, windowless building in San Francisco's achingly hip South of Market district, Ten15 Folsom has long been synonymous
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Knitting Factory, Hollywood
Hollywood has experienced numerous renovation attempts over the past few years. Finally, in the wake of a healthy economy and with the long-awaited Metrolink
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TravelWise: YOU CAN TAKE IT WITH YOU
It's the height of summertime, and everyone who isn't stuck behind a front-of-house position under a shed every night is either on or thinking...
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Time for a Change In the Orchestra Pit
Musical theater has been strikingly successful in adapting and refining the modern sound reinforcement technologies that blossomed in the '70s. In fact,
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TOUR PROFILE: Slipknot AGGRESSIVELY HEARD
When Slipknot first em-erged from Middle America in 1998, the press had a field day with the fact that its nine bandmembers, with their...
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Equalizer Inequality
Seemingly, everyone already knows all about equalizers. Their effects are easily heard. Their settings are easily understood. And in an industry that's
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The Truth About Loudspeaker Arrays Part II
ARRAY INTERACTION ZONES The coverage area of a single speaker is defined simply as the angle between the 6dB down points relative to the...
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TravelWise: THE CRACK AUDIO TRAVEL SQUAD
Let's face it: Just as the paperless office turned out to be a myth, so did the notion that digital audio technology would give...
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The Truth About Loudspeaker Arrays
There is no shortage of published and anecdotal advice on the most effective way to array loudspeakers. More or less useful, but often biased,...
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Tricks of the Trade: USING LAVALIER MICROPHONES
I was born in England, and my mum was always asking me if I needed to use the "lav," so when I was asked...
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ToUR PRoFILE: TLC and Christina Aguilera: A Double Dose of Girl Power
LC's career has always been a roller-coaster ride, and the past year was no exception. The early 1999 release of the R&B trio's third...
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TOUR PROFILE: Ricky Martin: Stagin’ “La Vida Loca”
Ricky Martin has been called the Latino Elvis, but on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the San Jose Arena, it probably would have been...
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TOUR PROFILE: Melissa Etheridge: Arena Rock Hits the Theater Circuit
Absent from the touring scene for some two-and-a-half years before the release of her latest album, Breakdown, Melissa Etheridge took to the road in...
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Equalizing the Room
"I am going to equalize the room." We've all heard that statement so many times that we scarcely think about what it literally means....
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Stayin’ Alive
Many recording artists make the newspapers for record and concert reviews and personality profiles. A few go on and make the gossip and celebrity...
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Metallica
Michael Kamen is sitting back, looking over the sea at his home in Tuscany, Italy. He's coming off a tremendous first half of 1999,...
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TOUR PROFILE: Catching “Up” with R.E.M.
It was the end of the world as we know it, according to the Aztec calendar, R.E.M. vocalist Michael Stipe announced. But Stipe and...
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Mixing the Money Channel: FOH ENGINEERS SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE ON VOCAL PROCESSING
In most live entertainment situations, and almost all of those that feature a singer, the FOH engineer's highest priority is the lead vocal mic....
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TravelWise: IN-FLIGHT AUDIO PROGRAMS
ANYONE WHO HAS EVER BEEN BORED SILLY ON A long flight has probably at some point checked out the in-flight audio channels, which usually...
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Tour Profile: The Boss is Back!
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Hit the Road Again Bruce Springsteen worked with the E Street Band for close to 20 years...
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THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS: STILL COOKIN’
Sitting in his living room sipping a glass of wine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album, Californication , blasting in the background, drummer...
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Loudspeaker Trends: THE STATE OF THE ART OF SYSTEM DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
Once upon a time, when there were only a handful of large-scale loudspeaker system manufacturers, enterprising sound companies typically built their own
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The Tour That Never Was MARILYN MANSON and Hole
The pairing of Marilyn Manson and Hole was surrounded by controversy from the get-go. Unofficially dubbed the "Beautiful Monsters" tour by Hole bassist
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TOUR PROFILE: Lauryn Hill Live: Hip Hop Superstar Hits the Road
Lauryn Hill was only 15 years old (and working part-time as a soap opera actress) when she got together with high school classmate Wyclef...
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Jonathan Deans: A Sound Designer’s Odyssey
Jonathan Deans is one of the most successful sound designers in the current musical theater. His credits as sound designer include Fosse, Ragtime, Mystere,
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TOUR PROFILE: Matchbox 20
Matchbox 20 has experienced a phenomenal run with their debut CD, You or Someone Like You, which has sold millions of records worldwide and...
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Sound Reinforcement For the Boston Pops: Miking The Orchestra
To gain insight into the problems of amplifying a symphony orchestra, Mix spoke with BSO live mix engineer Steve Colby.
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Tour Profile: Crooning With Chris Isaak
Capping a whirlwind tour of North America in support of his sixth album, Speak of the Devil, Chris Isaak recently sold out two nights...
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In-Ear Monitors for Everyone: HOW TO GET UP AND RUNNING ONSTAGE
In-ear monitors are not just for rock stars and Platinum cowboys anymore. The miniature speakers that fit in musicians' ears are gaining popularity, and
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TravelWise: NEVER FLY COACH AGAIN
Well, maybe not. But there is a way to increase your odds of getting out of the zoo at the back of the plane....