Live Sound Tour Profiles
Tour Profiles:
Mix goes behind the scenes on today's top tours.
May 1, 2013,
Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
Green Day is back! And Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool put on a stellar show at the Greek Theater in their hometown of Berkeley, Calif., which is located not more than two miles from their storied roots at punk rock club 924 Gilman....
Mar 1, 2013,
Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
British singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ellie Goulding is on a worldwide tour to support her 2012 sophomore release, Halcyon. Mix caught up with her at the Fox Theater in Oakland, Calif., in early February. ...
Mar 1, 2013,
By Tom Kenny
The adulation for George Strait has to be experienced to be believed. The stats are amazing: 66 Number Ones, 20 Platinum records, 72,000-seat sellout in Houston this month. But numbers don’t prepare you for the roar that accompanies his entrance into an arena. It’s like teenage girls greeting N’Sync in 1999, no lie…except these are cowboys, and the roar has a bigger low-end....
Feb 1, 2013,
By Barbara Schultz
Following the success of their Number 23 album Lights Out, Swedish metal band Graveyard is bringing its act to the U.S., playing clubs across the country with their front-of-house mixer of two-plus years, John Rönnekle. ...
Feb 1, 2013,
Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
Waterhouse recorded his album, Times All Gone, at Mike McHugh’s Distillery in Costa Mesa, Calif. Mix caught Waterhouse and his band—Jack Payne (bass), Jeff Luger (drums), Kyle Stephens (keyboard), Tim Hill (piano), Jon Lammers (baritone sax), George Schafer (tenor sax), Erin Harris and Brit Manor (backing vocals)—at a packed house on New Year’s Eve at the famed Bimbo’s 365 nightclub in San Francisco. ...
Jan 1, 2013,
Photos By Steve Jennings | Text By Matt Gallagher
In fall 2012, Peter Gabriel celebrated the 25th anniversary of the release of his multi-Platinum album So (actually released in 1986) by embarking on a brief North American tour comprising 13 stops. For this tour, dubbed Back to Front, Gabriel reassembled his original touring band for So....
Jan 1, 2013,
Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
She doesn’t go out often, but when she does, Barbra Streisand goes big. On her recent 12-night/10-city Back to Brooklyn tour, she fronted a 72-piece orchestra, 80-voice choir, and welcomed guests Chris Botti on trumpet, Italian teen operatic tenors Il Volo, and her son, singer and actor Jason Emanuel Gould. For audio she carried five DiGiCo consoles, a 56-box Clair I-5/40-box I-3 system, 40 wedges, hundreds of mics, and a mobile recording truck helmed by her longtime colleague, producer/engineer Dave Reitzas. Mix caught up with Barbra Streisand’s audio crew at the Hollywood Bowl for production load-in and saw her show at San Jose’s HP Pavilion. ...
Jan 1, 2013,
By Blair Jackson
If you read Mix’s December 2012 cover story on recording Celine Dion, you know that the pop chanteuse is quite particular and demanding when it comes to being able to hear herself in the studio. The same is true in concert, and it has taken a lot of trial and error, spearheaded by Dion’s monitor engineer, Francois Lalonde (pictured)—who also happens to be her vocal recording engineer—to perfect their current live monitoring setup....
Dec 1, 2012,
Photos and Text By Steve Jennings
After a seven-year absence, Garbage returned to the stage and they sounded like they’d never left, performing songs from their fifth studio album, Not Your Kind of People, which the band released on its own label, Stunvolume. Shirley Manson (lead vocals), Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (guitar/bass/keyboards) Steve Marker (guitar/keyboards) and touring bassist Eric Avery played to a packed audience in San Francisco at the Warfield Theatre....
Sep 1, 2012,
By Lori Kennedy
Touring in support of his critically acclaimed album Cancer 4 Cure, El-P hit the road this summer with a group of notable DJs, rappers and musicians including Killer Mike, Mr. Muthaf**kin' eXquire and Despot. The tour, titled Into the Wild (a shout-out to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are), delivered a four-hour head-nod and fist-pump fest to amped audiences, leaving a trail of thrilled—and sweaty—bodies in its wake....
Jul 1, 2012,
By Barbara Schultz
Rufus Wainwright begins his set in near darkness at Oakland’s Fox Theater. Only the lowering of the house lights and the glimmer of a handful of flickering candles tell the audience that the artist is about to begin. Next it’s a soaring, a cappella performance of “Candles,” a song from Wainwright’s latest album, Out of the Game: “I tried to do all that I can,” Wainwright sings, “But the churches have run out of candles.”...
Jul 1, 2012,
By Steve La Cerra
Kicking off June 2 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw's Brothers of the Sun tour will play to more than a million and a half fans in 22 stadium shows over the course of this summer....
Jun 1, 2012,
By Barbara Schultz; Photos By Steve Jennings
Front-of-house engineers often tell us that their top priority is to make sure the audience can hear all of the lyrics, especially when the lead singer is a great storyteller, a singer/songwriter type. All over club land, mixers strive to create a balanced mix, but keep those vocals intelligible and out-front. However, that task gets a bit more challenging when the singer/songwriter is fronting a powerhouse 16-piece band......
Feb 1, 2010,
By Steve Jennings
Mix magazine interview with audio engineers and live sound crew on mixing audio for Wolfmother 2010 tour. Tips, techniques and equipment applications from Wolfmother's front of house (FOH) and monitor mix engineers. Mix magazine February 2010 ...
Nov 1, 2009,
By Sarah Benzuly
Mix talked with engineer Steve Pattison about Black's current tour. What's your setup? Dan's shows are wide ranging from large festivals to clubs and...
Mar 1, 2007,
Photos and Text by Steve Jennings
Lindsey Buckingham recently wrapped up the second leg of his first U.S. solo tour in nearly 14 years. Mix caught up with Buckingham and his three-piece...
Mar 1, 2007,
By Michel Henein
Imagine a concert featuring some of the hottest videogame music ever: from retro-classics like Super Mario Brothers, Frogger and Donkey Kong, to modern...
Mar 1, 2007,
Photos and Text by Steve Jennings
Talib Kweli's sold-out performance at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium had the crowd thumpin' to the music from the rapper's latest, Ear Drum. For...
Mar 1, 2007
Cakewalk and Roland Systems Group's REAC (Roland Ethernet Audio Communication) for SONAR enables the recording of 40 channels of 24-bit/96kHz audio from...
Mar 1, 2007
Justin Timberlake This *NSYNC'er-turned solo artist is currently touring the U.S. with a full band after a stint in Europe. Mix caught up with monitor...
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