By Steve La Cerra. Mix columnist Steve La Cerra writes in from Blue Öyster Cult's FOH console and reports he's not the only one a little rusty from the pandemic.
Use GarageBand to rough out ideas? Apple has released eight free Producer Packs of beats, loops and instruments, all created by noted producers, plus two Remix Sessions.
By Randy Stine. The National Association of Broadcasters has announced COVID protocols for attending this year's NAB Show, due to take place October 9-13 in Las Vegas.
Saskatchewan producer George Parker has founded Indigenous Cloud, a music platform and archival system that aims to preserve indigenous music from all over North America.
Occasionally our Live Sound section features articles about small venues and their neighbors fighting it out over noise issues. For a change, here's a story about an upcoming venue that's doing everything right in advance of opening to ensure that customers and neighbors are all happy.
In the UK, a Parliamentary Committee report on music streaming economics called for a "complete reset" of how the system is set up, suggesting that artists deserve better far better royalty rates -- a move that would come at the expense of their record labels. Now the labels are planning their response.
Pharoahe Monch, best known as half of classic rap duo Organized Konfusion, knows how to tell a story! This starts out as a fond tour story of going cratedigging with the late Biz Markie while on the road in the early '90s -- but then it takes an out-of-control left turn....
