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Every now and again, we like to look after our subscribers by giving them access to information that no one else can get.
In the near future, we may have something coming along which saves you money as well as helps to find you work - but we'll announce that if and when it happens.
For now though - sign up to our RSS feed to enjoy our interview with Marc Carolan - a truly big time Sound Engineer, great bloke, and someone who has achieved what many of us long to.
Wembley Stadium!
(I've done the arena, but never the stadium).
Here's a taster [ read more.. ]
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Muse at Wembley would have to be the one!
Also, mixing an album for an amazing irish jazz singer called Mary Coughlan in Kampo studios in New York (Tom Waits and Elvis Costello dropped by!).
My first recording session in Abbey Road.
And the first album mix session i finished in my own Suite Studios, here in dublin. [ read more.. ]
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This week we're going to be joined by none other than Marc Carolan - the Sound Engineer behind the frankly awesome rock band - Muse.
Marc has also worked with such names as The Cure, Royseven, Turn, Wormhole, Mary Coughlan, Shellac, Sickboy, Melaton, The Pogues, and a great many more, either as engineer and or producer.
Oh, and the full interview is going to be available to our RSS subscribers only. That's ok, though, as it's free - and you can sign up easily. You should either see a link on this posting, or at the top right of the page. Sign [ read more.. ]
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Back in December, Audiotechnews was all excited about some news of the Led Zepellin gig at the O2 Arena. More to the point, the legendary sound engineer Big Mick Hughes, who's been involved in live audio engineering with bands such as Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Slipknot, Steve Vai, UB40, and Rob Halford.....
Oh yeah, and he's done sound for Metallica for 23 years.
So this time, we'll let the audio guru, Mick, tell it for himself (courtesy of Unity Audio)
“I’ve recently had the Earthworks mics on evaluation from UK distributor Unity Audi [ read more.. ]
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Greg Thompson has been a pro audio engineer for about 15 years. He cites his first love as making rock records. He's worked with artists like 50 Cent, Iggy Pop, Norah Jones, The Killers, Pink, Sherryl Crow, and more than a careers worth of others.
"I'm the chief engineer at Kampo in Greenwich Village. I work regularly as a crew member on ABC's Good Morning America, on the Record Plant Remote truck, and I freelance when I can. I spent a long time at the now defunct NYC Hit Factory, but we don't like to talk about that."
Audiotechnews found Greg [ read more.. ]
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So Led Zeppelin's reunion gig - did anyone here go? Are you "Big Mick" Hughes? Audiotechnews would love it if you were, you and your wife.
Robert Plant's personal sound engineer, Roy Williams, was on the desk too! I suppose it was a case of one hand each on the desk, and the remaining digits meeting to form a bond of fear and mutual respect. Yes I mean holding hands.
Pro Sound News report this
As Big Mick admitted afterwards, "The pressure for this gig was definitely on!"
With that in mind, audio for the show was supplied by various UK-base [ read more.. ]
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Legendary Producer and Engineer Phil Ramone has written a book about his (almost) 50 years in the business. The man is obviously talented, especially if you measure talent by success. Creative, almost certainly :D
My favourite book on the industry is propbably 'Black Vinyl, White Powder' by Simon Napier-Bell. Great book, great title. And Mr Napier-Bell once invited me to dinner by accident. I didn't show. I'm not sure if he holds a grudge.
I haven't read Mr Ramone's yet, so I'm not going to give him any stick for his writing. Why on earth, [ read more.. ]
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John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd must be ever so ticked off. This from Sound On Sound
"Early on Monday Nov 5th, a white M.A.N. 7.5 tonne truck with tail lift, reg FN54 FPZ on hire to John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. and containing an HK Audio COHEDRA line array concert and numerous other PA systems, was stolen from the car park at the Innkeepers Lodge, Sheldon, Birmingham."
Anyone with any information on this theft should contact 0845 1135000, and ask for Stetchford Police Station, quoting crime reference number 20D31517707, or JHS themsel [ read more.. ]
