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InnovaSon Lightens the Load
Faced with tight cargo space restrictions on commercial airplanes and poor highway conditions in Central and South Americas, FOH engineer Juan Carlos
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Installations and Sales
Massachusetts-based Scorpio Sound fielded its recently purchased JBL VerTec line array sound system for two large-scale radio station holiday shows and
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Celine Dion at Caesars
Many live sound mixers are in a position to specify a preferred live console (as long as the production manager approves the budget, of...
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McCoy Tyner
Jazz piano legend McCoy Tyner's annual two-week residency at Yoshi's is one of the Oakland, Calif., jazz club's most anticipated events. Mix came down...
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Tori Amos
In support of her first album on Epic Records, Scarlet's Walk, Tori Amos completed a whirlwind tour of North America, playing 31 shows in...
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard are out in support of their new album X, their tenth in a long rock career; with them at FOH is mixer...
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India.Arie
One of the strongest debut releases to emerge from the R&B world during the past couple of years is Acoustic Soul by Atlanta-based artist...
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Beck and the Flaming Lips
Last fall, Beck and the Flaming Lips, two enduring icons of modern rock, teamed up for a somewhat unusual tour: The Flaming Lips doubled...
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The Strokes
Originally from New York, The Strokes first broke through in England and have since become an international success story. Touring almost nonstop since
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Hot Licks
Once again finding himself traversing the U.S. at FOH with the Rolling Stones, Irishman Robbie McGrath is somewhat bemused by America's post-9/11 preoccupation
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Sir Paul McCartney Back in the U.S.
When my travel plans were pushed back a day, I suddenly had the chance to drop in on Paul McCartney's Back In the U.S....
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Peter Gabriel’s Growing Up Tour
Peter Gabriel's first tour in nearly a decade, which stopped at two dozen North American cities in late 2002, featured an in-the-round arena stage...
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Underworld: A Night in the City
Out in support of their latest album, A Hundred Days Off, UK dance act Underworld has embarked on a short fall 2002 North American...
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The Bridge School Benefit
The 16th Annual Bridge School Benefit, held over the weekend of October 26-27, 2002, at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif., featured
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Hiroshima
Founded in the late 1970s by saxophonist Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima has had a long and successful career, and the band's 11 albums have sold...
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Mixing With the Best
A few years ago, an objective observer might have predicted the end of the large-format live mixing console. Harrison/Showco and Yamaha had both introduced
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SOUND DESIGN FOR AN AMERICAN TRADITION
Barbershop harmony, a uniquely American musical art form, drew some 14,000 attendees to Portland, Ore.,'s Rose Garden Arena over the 4th of July week.
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COLDPLAY
Coldplay's first album, the 2000 release Parachutes (Parlophone), has sold almost 5 million copies. Following on its success, the band spent most of 2001
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AREAZ BOWIE
One of the most diverse and entertaining tours of the summer was Area2, which featured tour organizer Moby, as well as David Bowie, Busta...
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LENNY KRAVITZ
It's hard to mistake the beginning of a Lenny Kravitz show. First, there's the afro-haired silhouettes as his four-piece band bounce to their spots...
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Norah Jones
The extraordinary success of Norah Jones' Come Away With Me, her first full-length album for Blue Note, has taken many people by surprise, not...
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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
The current incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band is unquestionably one of the strongest they've put together in their long history; some fans even
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THE CRANBERRIES
The Cranberries are on a world tour promoting both the 2001 album Wake Up and Smell the Coffee and this year's four-CD box set...
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MARY J. BLIGE
Out on a world tour since January, Mary J. Blige brought her No More Drama show to the Chronicle Pavilion (Concord, Calif.) in late...
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garbage
Last seen supporting U2 on their Elevation tour, Garbage geared up for their own spring U.S. tour to promote 2001's Beautiful Garbage. Mix caught...
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Nickelback
Supposedly, this is the most equipment that any band has ever tried to put onstage here, explains Nickelback tour manager/FOH engineer Kevin Zaruk. Standing
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NEWSTED, MOSS BROTHERS ROCK THE HOUSE
The Moss Brothers, teenage music phenomenon from Oakland, Calif. (you may have seen them on The Tonight Show), recently visited Ashkenaz (Berkeley, Calif.)
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YOUR Tech RIDER Part 1
How often does out-of-date stage documentation cause last-minute panic, doubled efforts and wasted time? Enough that when working for a sound vendor at
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Alanis Morissette
In 1995, Alanis Morissette released Jagged Little Pill, which went on to become one of the best-selling records ever by a solo artist. The...
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The Live Sound Industry Grows Up (and Slims Down)
Twenty-five years is a long time. The scary thing is, I've been involved with sound for a lot longer. It's amazing to stop and...
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No Doubt
Touring to promote their fourth album for Interscope, Rock Steady (2001), No Doubt has been on the road since last fall and will be...
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THE CHIEFTAINS
After 40 years of recording and touring the world, The Chieftains have become an institution in Irish music, a musical idiom otherwise known for...
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ROB ZOMBIE
Rob Zombie is out on tour with a brand-new Martin Audio Wavefront W8L line array system, supplied by Delicate Productions of Camarillo, Calif. The...
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High-Tech, Smart Tech
When you think of likely bastions of cutting-edge audio technology, Redondo Beach, Calif., isn't first on the list. But those old images of a...
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Terrasonde Audio Toolbox
I bought my first piece of test equipment in 1975 a Micronta volt-ohm meter from the local Radio Shack. I assumed its manual would...
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys was probably born in high gear. The 21-year-old R&B singer/songwriter was singing Broadway tunes at age four and writing songs at 14....
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SUM 41
SUM 41 has rocketed to the top in record time. Exploding out of Ajax, Ontario, the band was signed to Island Records in 1999,...
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THE KRONOS QUARTET
The Kronos Quartet are best known for their unique artistic vision and fearless dedication to experimentation. Since the group's inception in 1973, the
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BILLY IDOL
Billy Idol is back! On tour for most of the summer of 2001, Idol wound up the year with a three-night stand at The...
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BE PREPARED! ROAD ESSENTIALS FOR YOUR GIG BAG
I'm always fascinated by the labor-saving and problem-solving devices each engineer chooses to bring in their personal kit, and I often borrow ideas and
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TOOL
If there's any act within the current strata of hard rock bands that no one has the guts or ability to rip off, it...
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That Travelin’ Sound
Formed in 1986 in New Jersey, Blues Traveler, led by harmonica wizard John Popper, quickly took New York City clubs by storm and landed...