May 1, 2006 By Mix Staff Published: 05/01/2006 May 1, 2006 FEATURES Where’s the Money? Studio Survival Where Does the Music Go? The Versatile Engineer Credit Where Credit’s Due Live Sound Assets Tools of Engagement Gina Fant-Saez Long-Distance Session Work All Media, All the Time Jose “Chilitos” Valenzuela Technology Tools of the Trade Field Test: Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7 Software Field Test: Focusrite Saffire FireWire Audio Interface Field Test: BIAS Peak Pro XT 5 Bundle JazzMutant Lemur Control Surface Live Mix Kem FixIt: Pete Robertson News On the Road Now Playing Come for the Concert, Stay for the CD All Access: Queen and Paul Rodgers Tour Profile: James Blunt Local Crew: New World Audio Recording Notes Hank Williams III The Ditty Bops Steve Miller’s “Swingtown” Coast to Coast L.A. Grapevine Nashville Skyline New York Metro Sessions and Studio News Rhapsody Street’s “Masterpiece” Hello? Hoobastank in L.A. Spider Sessions It’s a Madhat World Track Sheet Insider Audio Can You Hear Me Now? Project Studio Nathan East Tech’s Files It Came In a Box With a Hole Current/Industry News Elephant Symphony Studios Stephen Arnold Music Manhattan Center Studios Alan Parsons Regales Webster U On the Move: Alexander “Thorny” Yuill-Thornton II TEC Update Avatar Studios: “Analog Is Back” Notes From the Net Return of the King Bookshelf Industry News SPARS Soundbites: Movement Feedback Letters to Mix From the Editor M-O-N-E-Y