Live Sound

By Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

Although the tour is relying on local production, front-of-house engineer Jeremiah Ball is able to maintain consistency in the sound night after night,

By Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ani DiFranco is packing theaters across the U.S., out in support of her latest studio album, Knuckledown. Mix caught up with

By Kevin Becka ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

Cavalia, the traveling equestrian spectacular from Canada, recently upgraded its audio setup to an all-digital signal path. The show, which takes place

By Paul Lehrman ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

CHAMBER MUSIC THAT'S ECLECTIC AND ELECTRIC

By By Jeff Forlenza ⋅ Published: 05/01/2005

Touring to support his CD Ashgrove, roots-rocker Dave Alvin blasted McNear's Mystic Theatre (Petaluma, Calif.) in late January, relying on the venue's

By Strother Bullins ⋅ Published: 04/01/2005

BLUEGRASS THAT ROCKS THE STAGE

By Text and Photos by Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 04/01/2005

Genre- and gender-defying five-piece Scissor Sisters whose music brings in a mix of rock, pop and dance inspired by burlesque shows, drag queens and...

By Text and Photos by Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 04/01/2005

Modest Mouse played to a sold-out house at the Berkeley Community Theater (Berkeley, Calif.) in early February. Mix spoke with front-of-house engineer

By Text and Photos by Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

Gomez treated a San Francisco audience to three nights at the Fillmore Auditorium, where Mix spoke with engineer Graham Pattison about his front-of-house

By By Jeff Forlenza ⋅ Published: 03/01/2005

SONGWRITING GIANTS SIT DOWN FOR WARM ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 02/01/2005

Theatrical producers Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Phil McIntyre; Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor (musical directors); and sound designers Bobby

By Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 02/01/2005

The Christmas creation of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra is the brainchild of producer/composer/lyricist Paul O'Neill and musical director Al Pitrelli.

By Sarah Benzuly ⋅ Published: 02/01/2005

When Canadian pop-rocker Avril Lavigne stormed onto the music scene in 2002 with her multi-Platinum debut album, Let Go, millions of teenage girls perhaps

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 01/01/2005

ON TOUR AND OFF, STRATEGIES FOR BEATING THE SR SLUMP

By Strother Bullins ⋅ Published: 01/01/2005

ON THE ROAD WITH DIGIDESIGN'S VENUE CONSOLE

By David John Farinella ⋅ Published: 01/01/2005

SUCCESS ON THE CLUB CIRCUIT

By Steve Jennings ⋅ Published: 12/01/2004

In what P.J. Harvey has described as one of her favorite cities and venues, her two-night stay at San Francisco's The Warfield at the...

By Sarah Benzuly ⋅ Published: 12/01/2004

THEY GOT THE BAND—AND THE ENGINEERS—BACK TOGETHER