Derek Featherstone

Dead & Company’s 30-date residency at Sphere in Las Vegas uses the venue’s giant LED screen to recreate key parts of The Grateful Dead’s history, including the legendary Wall of Sound P.A. Photo: Rick Fury/Sphere Entertainment

Creating Dead & Company’s Incredible Sphere Residency

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/01/2024

The Dead & Company 30-date residency at Sphere in Las Vegas is a mind-blowing musical experience, but creating the groundbreaking multi-sensory show was a...

John Mayer’s busy year included spring and fall solo arena tours, sandwiching in the final summer run of Dead & Company. All of those jaunts featured audio systems from UltraSound, centered around Meyer Sound Panther arrays. Photo: Thomas Falcone.

Live Sound

John Mayer Makes the Most of Solo Acoustic Arena Tour

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 11/29/2023

John Mayer’s busy year included spring and fall solo arena tours, sandwiching in the final summer run of Dead & Company.

Blog

Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2022, Part 5

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 12/23/2022

It's the grand finale of our top 20 most popular articles of the year, as chosen by the readers of Mix!

Dead & Company closed out its 2022 summer tour at New York City's CitiField with a two-night stand. Photo: Jay Blakesberg

Live Sound

Dead & Company: Keeping It Live

By Clive Young ⋅ Published: 08/11/2022 ⋅ Updated: 01/25/2023

Dead & Company FOH engineer/tour director Derek Featherstone discusses the band's summer tour, its new Meyer Sound Panther P.A. and his methods for mixing...