Business
New Bob Dylan / T Bone Burnett ‘Ionic Original’-Format Record Emerges
T Bone Burnett’s Ionic Original "acetate on steroids" format returns with second Bob Dylan recording headed to auction.
Nashville
Live Sound
The Belonging Co. Has New Belongings: SSL Live Consoles
The Belonging Co., a church in Nashville, recently installed a pair of Solid State Logic Live L650 mixing consoles at its main location.
Business
Christine McVie’s Audio Gear Heads to Auction
Ear monitors, Leslie cabinets, road cases and other pro-audio gear belonging to the late Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac will go to auction next...
Facilities
Jonathan Wyndham Talks Tracking at Studio 606
On a session at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 for the Audix All Access YouTube series earlier this year, Nashville singer-songwriter Jonathan Wyndham and his...
news
United Record Pressing Marks 75 Years
A mainstay in Music City for 75 years, United Record Pressing has endured peaks and valleys in its journey to today.
Live Sound
Morgan Wallen’s This Bar Gets That P.A.
Morgan Wallen’s This Bar and Tennessee Kitchen, a six-story, four-floor restaurant and entertainment hub in Nashville, sports a variety of RCF audio systems.
Music Production
Recording Johnny Cash’s ‘Songwriter’
Johnny Cash's new, posthumous album, Songwriter, was created from forgotten tracks recorded more than three decades ago before his momentous career revival.
Facilities
Taking the Home Studio to Extremes
Lisa Kacos and Nicolas Hosford have transformed their Nashville home into a studio with an extensive Dante network framework.
Live Sound
Tracking The Tour Sound of Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt has been hitting the road hard with the help of his crew and longtime audio provider Spectrum Sound.
Events
Mix Nashville is Tomorrow – Last-Minute Registration
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production II, taking place on Music Row, will bring together the leading pros, manufacturers and more to share real-world knowledge...
The Wire
Focal to Present Panel Discussions at “Immersive Music Production II” Event at Nashville’s Curb Studios
At the May 11th Mix & Pro Sound News event, Focal will feature a 9.1.4 immersive music monitoring system and presentations from top mix...
Live Sound
Bruce Knight, Veteran FOH Engineer, Passes
Veteran live sound engineer Bruce "BK" Knight passed away Sunday, April 21, 2024. Across a 40-plus-year professional career, he mixed artists as varied as...
Business
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Returns May 11!
Following last year’s sold-out success, we’re heading back to Nashville with new offerings in store!
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...
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.