“So. Central Rain” is one of those songs, like The Clash’s hit “Train in Vain,” where the words in the title don’t actually occur in the song, but you certainly know the song when you hear it. Remember Michael Stipe’s plaintive, powerful voice singing, “I’m...
It was a life cut tragically short and a song that eerily captured the meteoric rise and brevity of its author’s career. “Time in a Bottle” reached the top slot on the pop charts in December 1973, but this posthumously released single was not Jim...
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Grammy-winning album Double Fantasy was released in November 1980, just weeks before Lennon’s tragic murder. The disc spawned three Top 10 singles, including “Watching the Wheels,” this month’s “Classic Track,” which producer Jack Douglas counts among his favorite songs on...
So many new pro audio and music products are released each year that it becomes difficult to make fair comparisons or put together a “Best Of” or “Top 25” list. How do you choose when presented with a new $10,000 single-channel analog compressor and a...
Radio New Zealand has chosen consoles for its recording locations at Auckland’s Town Hall and Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre. During the listening test. Left to right: David Houston (senior...
The Daniel Group, based out of Florence, AL, recently designed and installed a new audio system for 2,000-seat Whitesburg Baptist Church in nearby Huntsville. The Daniel Group recently outfitted the...
Remi Wolf, seen here performing inside New York’s Electric Lady Studio in 2023, recorded her latest album at the facility. PHOTO: Dave Kotinsky/Stringer/Getty Images. Los Angeles, CA (December 11, 2024)—It’s safe to say that the making of Big Ideas was a dream come true for emerging...
Ettore “ET” Dedivitiis, longtime FOH engineer and production manager for Jason Mraz, discusses how he approaches mixing the modern-day troubadour. Ettore “ET” Dedivitiis, longtime FOH engineer and production manager for...
The Jeff Lynne’s ELO audio team (l-r): Josiah Roggio, Audio & Autocue Tech; Trystan Forbes, PA Tech; Tommy Bradshaw, PA Tech; Gary ‘GB2’ Bradshaw, FOH Engineer; Matt ‘MBF’ Besford- Foster, System Engineer / FOH Tech; Steve Jay, Studio Engineer; Liam Tucker, Crew Chief / Monitor...
So many new pro audio and music products are released each year that it becomes difficult to make fair comparisons or put together a “Best Of” or “Top 25” list. How do you choose when presented with a new $10,000 single-channel analog compressor and a...