Facilities
Immersive Listening Events Draw Recording Industry Guests
VIP immersive listening events at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios, and Apogee Studio in Santa Monica, drew an intriguing crowd to hear the latest release by...
Nashville
Blog
Editor’s Note: It’s Getting Hot in Here
Temperatures are up all over the world this summer, and that got me thinking about what it means to be hot. It's supposed to...
Facilities
The Vesper Room Opens in Nashville
Writer, producer and mix engineer Chris Leon recently opened The Vesper Room, a Carl Tatz Design MixRoom in Nashville, TN.
Events
Inside ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’
The inaugural 'Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production' all-day event was a massive hit, bringing together pros, manufacturers and more.
Plug-ins
KIT Plugins BB N73 Preamp / EQ — A Mix Real-World Review
KIT Plugins’ latest offering, the BB N73, is modeled off of a dozen vintage 1073s owned by Nashville’s Blackbird Studios
Facilities
Curb Studios Is Back!
Following a three-year renovation, Nashville's Curb Studios is back with a new console, new wiring, new kitchen and a whole new mix room.
Business
AudioMasters Golf Tournament Ready to Tee Off
The annual Nashville AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament takes place Thursday and Friday.
Blogs
Blog: Building The ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’ Event
Tom Kenny shares some of what it takes to put together a breakthrough event like the upcoming Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Business
Inside Blackbird: Legendary Nashville Studio Grants All-Access Online, Part 2
John McBride offers up an all-access pass to the wide worlds of music, recording and live sound with a little help from his friends
Business
Mix Nashville: Focusrite Pro Goes Immersive at Curb Studios
Focusrite Pro will host expert panel discussions on mixing and mastering spatial music as part of Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Business
Inside Blackbird: Legendary Nashville Studio Grants All-Access Online
John McBride offers up an all-access pass to the wide worlds of music, recording and live sound with a little help from his friends
Blog
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Announces First Panels
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production, taking place on Saturday, May 20, 2023, has announced its first programming offerings!
Music Production
METAlliance Perches at Blackbird Studio
When the METAlliance held one of its legendary two-day recording retreats at Nashville's Blackbird Studios in January, Mix was there to take it all...
Live Sound
Capturing Chris Young’s Live Sound On Tour
Chris Young is hitting the road hard in advance of his next album, with Erik Rogers tackling FOH engineer duties for the country star.
Business
Mix Immersive Music Production Nashville Announced for May!
After a highly successful NYC debut last year, Mix Immersive Music Production returns, moving to Nashville!
Business
CMA Touring Awards Honor Top Live Engineers
After two years of postponement due to the pandemic, the CMA Touring Awards returned last night at Marathon Music Works in Nashville.
Facilities
Creating and Capturing Daniel Tashian’s ‘Night After Night’
The Grammy-winning producer/songwriter used his new studio to create a new solo album with the help of Paul Kennerly and a few talented friends.
Blogs
Last Week in Nashville: Tuesday
Tom Kenny's epic travels through Nashville continue, as he scopes out Curb and Starstruck Studios, Belmont University and very respectable Mexican food at Nada.
Blog
Last Week in Nashville: Monday
Chuck Ainlay, Blackbird Academy, Jeff Balding, Welcome to 1979 and a whole lot of immersive music in Nashville.
The Wire
Save the Date: METAlliance Academy in Nashville January 2023
The METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technical Alliance) is presenting the next “In Session” event, January 28 & 29, 2023 in Nashville at the...
Recording
Richie Furay Tilts Toward Country
The Buffalo Springfield co-founder is back with a new album produced by Val Garay and tracked at Blackbird.
Post and Broadcast
Miking the Kelly Clarkson Show’s Band
Robert Venable, mixer for 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' discusses miking the band
Live Gear
Inside Solotech’s Massive New Nashville Base
Years in the making, Solotech has officially opened its new, 120,000-square-foot facility in Nashville, Tennessee.
Recording
24th Annual AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament Starts Thursday
The 24th AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament kicks off tomorrow at the Harpeth Hills Golf Course in Nashville, TN.
Music Production
Richie Furay Goes Country at Blackbird Studio
Richie Furay teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Val Garay to record his first studio album in seven years at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio.
Business
New US Record Pressing Expansions Aim to Lessen Worldwide Backlog
A trio of newly announced expansions from different record manufacturers aim to address growing backlogs across the vinyl pressing industry.
Music Production
Cummings + Ainlay + Haynes = ‘TEN’
Producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay shares how he captured bluesman Albert Cummings' latest album at Peter Frampton’s Phenix Studio in Nashville.
Post and Broadcast
The Show Was in Austin, the Console Was in Nashville
Engineer Tom Davis remotely mixed an iHeart Country concert last year with Harris-Elff Audio Resources.
New Products
Food Just Like Studio Mama Made
An eight-year tenure at Southern Ground Nashville studio led Rebecca Wood to compile in-house recipes she created for a new studio-oriented cookbook.
Live Sound
The Oak Ridge Boys Roll and Little River Band Flow with Avantis Desks
Nashville's Brantley Sound recently set up both the Little River Band and the Oak Ridge Boys with Allen & Heath Avantis desks for live...
Facilities
Nashville’s Paragon Studios Acquired, Continues as in:ciite studios
in:ciite Media has acquired Paragon Studios, a 10,000-square-foot multi-room, Russ Berger-designed complex that opened in 2003 on Nashville’s Music Row.
Live Sound
Third Man Records Gets Live in London
Rocker Jack White's budding Third Man Records empire has opened its latest outpost in London, combining a retail space, exclusive live venue and more.
Recording
Turner Works with Tascam at Home and Away
Musician, writer and producer Lee Turner, who plays keyboards and acoustic guitar for singer/songwriter Darius Rucker, discusses gear at his personal facility in Nashville,...
Live Sound
$100 Million Tour/Content Production Facility Planned for Nashville
Plans have been announced for the construction of a 47-acre production campus outside Nashville to be named Music City Studios.
news
Joe Palmaccio, Grammy-Winning Mastering Engineer, Passes at 56
Four-time Grammy-winning mastering engineer Joseph M. Palmaccio, age 56, died unexpectedly on October 16 while recovering from injuries following a motorcycle accident.
Live Sound
Installation Drives into Gibson Garage Experience Center
Systems Innovation outfitted the Gibson Garage Experience Center in Nashville with an audio system based around QSC gear.
Profiles
The Musical Journey of David Ferguson
David “Fergie” Ferguson has done it all in Nashville, and now he’s released a stellar solo album called 'Nashville No More.'
Profiles
Nashville Hip-Hop’s D.I.Y. DNA
Nashville’s burgeoning hip-hop scene is coming into its own with a new generation of homegrown artists and producers.
Live Sound
Elevation Studios Aims to Raise Bar for Tour Rehearsals
Elevation Studios, a new 26-acre multi-purpose creative campus on the outskirts of Nashville, aims to rethink tour and event production rehearsals.
Live Sound
Brooklyn Bowl Nashville is Ready to Roll
The pandemic brought live music to a halt on March 12, 2020—the night before Brooklyn Bowl Nashville's grand opening. Here's how Music City's newest...
Blog
Peek Inside Hunter Hayes’ Home Studio with this Video Tour
Country star/producer Hunter Hayes has built a well-appointed home studio for himself in the hills above Los Angeles. Let's go gear-spotting as he gives...
Music Production
Legendary Metal Producer/Engineer Michael Wagener Retires
With his name on more than 90 million albums sold, hard rock and metal producer/engineer Michael Wagener has announced his retirement.