Tour Profile: Dido

Jul 1, 2004, By Heather Johnson

Don't cross me, Dido teases, introducing her song See You When You're 40 during one of two nights at Berkeley, Calif.'s Community Theatre. Despite her...

Tour Profile: Harry Connick Jr.

Jul 1, 2004, By Paul Verna

Jazz isn't the first genre that comes to mind when one thinks of beautiful and intense light shows, Plexiglas stage risers, music stands that dynamically...

Maroon 5

Jul 1, 2004, By Steve Jennings

Having just toured Europe and Australia, Maroon 5 are out on the U.S. college circuit. This summer, they will be out with John Mayer on a co-headlining...

The Von Bondies

Jun 1, 2004

Fusing raw garage and true punk with a smattering of soul, the Von Bondies are currently hitting small- and large-capacity clubs as they make their way...

Now Playing

Jun 1, 2004

Joan Baez Sound Company: racks and stacks rented locallyFOH Engineer/Console: George Cowan/YamahaDM2000 with two 8-channel optical I/O paths (ADAT Lightpipe)...

Buddy Guy

Jun 1, 2004, By Gaby Alter

I can't do the things I used to do. After listing a few old-age related miseries I can't walk like I used to walk, I can't love like I used to love Guy...

Loud and Louder in London

Jun 1, 2004, BY PAUL D. LEHRMAN

How to Build an Audience for New and Newer Music...

The Vines/Jet/The Living End

Jun 1, 2004, Photos and text by Steve Jennings

According to Vines' front-of-house engineer Matthew Kettle (left), on this leg of the tour, he is just carrying his own processing, favorite things like...

Verizon Ladies First

Jun 1, 2004, By Strother Bullins

Shortly after the doors open at 6 p.m., a smiling mother and her two enthusiastic children hurry to find their reserved floor seats at North Carolina's...

Now Playing

May 1, 2004

ZIGGY MARLEY
Sound Company: Rat Sound Systems (Oxnard, CA)
FOH Engineers/Console: Errol Brown, Michael Ver Steegt/InnovaSon Grand Live
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All Access: Switchfoot

May 1, 2004, By Steve Jennings

Mix caught Switchfoot at their sold-out Fillmore Auditorium show in San Francisco, while they were out supporting their still-growing The Beautiful Letdown CD. The band has played a few different legs in the U.S. and Canada, and made quick trips to Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand....

Tour Profile: Black Eyed Peas + N.E.R.D.

May 1, 2004, by David John Farinella

As if it wasn't difficult enough to mix the Black Eyed Peas — a quartet of rapper/vocalists and a four-piece band who are living up to the reputation that a Grammy-nominated song (“Where Is the Love”) demands — front-of-house engineer David Haines gets to his console and reports, “I just heard Robin Williams is here. That makes me want to mix the show even better....

Rod Stewart

May 1, 2004, By Steve Jennings

Rod Stewart's new tour has the rock star-turned-crooner singing his favorite hits from It Had to Be You and As Time Goes By. Front-of-house engineer Lars Brogaard took a few minutes to talk about the show....

On the Road: Jereb Carter

May 1, 2004

Currently hitting the small-club circuit with New Orleans funksters Galactic during the band's Freestyle 2004 tour, front-of-house engineer Jereb Carter (who has also manned the FOH board for Garage a Trois) shares some insight into creating perfect sound in close quarters....

Sting

Apr 1, 2004, By Steve Jennings

Sting is playing to sell-out crowds on his theater tour supporting his new CD, Sacred Love. Mix caught up with him at the Ohio Theater in Columbus, and spoke with front-of-house engineer Jim Ebdon about this tour's gear....

Jammin' on the High Seas

Apr 1, 2004

In January, passengers aboard the Imperial Majesty Regal Empress cruise ship left port in Ft. Lauderdale and headed toward Nassau, The Bahamas and Key West....

All Access: Evanescence

Apr 1, 2004, By Steve Jennings

Evanescence is one of the hottest new bands to come out in a long time, especially with Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance....

Tour Profile: Sarah Brightman

Apr 1, 2004, By Gaby Alter

Few artists can claim the international success of Sarah Brightman — and fewer still have achieved it as she has — in three major genres of music....

On the Road

Mar 1, 2004

Rick Camp is one of those guys who never rests. This studio and live engineer has worked with the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Erykah Badu, Burt Bacharach and Destiny's Child....

Now Playing

Mar 1, 2004

Blake Shelton

Sound Company: Sound Image (Escondido, Calif.)
FOH Engineer/Console: Dirk Durhan/Midas XL4...