SSL Live Console Ships; Arif Mardin Documentary Set for Nov
Today's Top Story - 09.26.13
SSL Live Console Ships » Oxford, UK (September 26, 2013)—At Prolight + Sound in April 2013, SSL announced its first-ever Live console, marking the first time in its 35-year history that the studio desk manufacturer was creating a board for the sound reinforcement industry. Now the company's first five Live desks have shipped. More »
Minor League Rock and Roll by Clive Young There's been plenty of rock star autobiographies over the years, almost always penned by a ghostwriter whose job it is to turn the endless pursuit of happiness—that is to say, sex, drugs and rock n' roll—into a page-turning bestseller. Hitless Wonder: A Life in Minor League Rock And Roll, by Joe Oestreich, is not one of those books. Yes, it is an autobiography and it is about rock n' roll, but that's where the similarities end. To provide a baseline of comparison, let's remember that rock stars have hits. As the co-frontman of Columbus, OH-based Watershed, Oestreich most assuredly never had any of those. More »
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"I like to tell people who come to watch Al work that there's not going to be a bright light that comes on and says, 'Now he's making a record.' You have to pay attention, because what might have just happened was it! It might be a fader move; it might be the talkback." --Steve Genewick on his master class "Al Schmitt and Steve Genewick: The Art of Recording a Big Band" » From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!