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.
Nashville
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.
Business
DCR Nashville Nets Paul Owen
Veteran live sound executive Paul Owen is joining full-service event production company DCR Nashville as its new president.
Business
Solotech Acquires Morris Light & Sound
Solotech expands its Nashville footprint with the acquisition of event production and system integration company Morris Light & Sound.
Music Production
Mike Elizondo Moves in with Genelec
Grammy-winning producer Mike Elizondo’s new Nashville facility sports Genelec W371A Smart Active Woofer systems and 8361A Smart Active Monitors.
Music Production
KRK Monitors Move MusicHouse Mixer Marcantonio
Steve Marcantonio turns to KRK V4 studio monitors for work in his facility, MusicHouse.
Recording
Missed Opportunity Returns to Rob Burrell
Early in his career, Grammy-winning mix engineer Rob Burrell had to choose between making records and making movies. Now, having recently outfitted his Nashville...
Profiles
Dave Cobb Settles in to RCA Studio A
The ‘Musician’s Producer’ Upgrades Control Room, Keeps the Vibe
Business
Home Studios Finally Legal in Nashville Metro Area
The long fight to reverse Nashville Metro Council’s 1998 residential zoning ordinance that made it illegal for residence-based recording studios and other businesses to...
Music, Etc
The Grahams Get Their Kicks for Third Album
Nashville-based duo The Grahams—childhood sweethearts Alyssa and Doug Graham—rode the length of Route 66 on motorcycle to find inspiration for their latest album, the...
Recording
Soultrain Sound Studios Pulls Into Nashville
Canadian recording artist Johnny Reid has acquired the historic Scruggs Sound facility near Nashville, rebuilding the studio from scratch with new gear and a...
Music Production
Asher Postman’s New Monitors Deliver
Viral remix artist Asher Postman’s ADAM Audio monitors survived the Nashville tornado and are in use throughout quarantine.
Profiles
Lucinda Williams’ ‘Good Souls Better Angels’
Live Sessions, Creative Inspiration at Ray Kennedy’s Room and Board Studio
Live Sound
On the Road with Jason Aldean
Until the coronavirus pandemic derailed the spring touring season, country star Jason Aldean was packing arenas nightly with help from Nashville’s Spectrum Sound.
Business
Nashville Tornado Hits Music Venue, Studio
A deadly storm that passed through Tennessee in the early hours of March 3 left 22 dead and created a tornado that tore through...
Live Sound
Bose Professional Appears in Dream Hotel
Nashville’s Dream Hotel collaborated with experiential A/V systems integrator Technomedia to outfit the destination with Bose Professional products.
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Gloria Gaynor — Surviving, Thriving and Testifying
Gloria Gaynor’s 2019 Gospel album, Testimony, won a Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album, taking the career of a disco legend (“I Will...
HOW Sound
AES Worship Sound Academy to Debut in March
The Audio Engineering Society's first AES Worship Sound Academy will place March 10–11, 2020, at the Johnson Center on the campus of Belmont University...
Blog
A Voice-O-Graph Blast from the Past
Songbyrd Music House and Record Café is home to one of the last surviving Voice-O-Graph booths—a 1940s vending machine that recorded customers to a...
Recording
Chuck Ainlay Leads Csaba Petocz Scholarship Event
The annual memorial educational event was held at Peter Frampton’s Studio Phenix in the Berry Hill district in Nashville.
Featured
Blackbird Debuts Dolby Atmos® Music Studio
Photo Caption: The core group that helped develop Blackbird Studio’s 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos mix/reference room was on hand for opening night, July 17. Front...
Recording
P&E Wing Sets All-Star Engineering Panel for Summer NAMM
Panel of top engineers to share insights and advice at Summer NAMM
Business
Can Nashville’s Music Row Be Saved from Demolition?
Once home to dozens of studios and music industry businesses, Nashville’s Music Row put the city on the map—and is now in danger of...