Kashmir (November 4, 2014)For decades, the Dalai Lama has hosted Kalachakra, a 12-day religious event, in various locations around the world from New York to India. This year's prayer meeting, however, took place in the tiny town of Shey, deep in the Himalayas, drawing more than 150,000 followers.
By Clive Young rom The Beatles' Abbey Road to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to his own hit albums, legendary producer/engineer/musician Alan Parsons has made his mark on music history. In recent times, however, when he hasn't been mixing at one desk, he's been typing at another, co-writing The Art and Science of Sound Recording, an in-depth book on the entire music production process. Parsons and his co-author, Julian Colbeck, sat down with PSN at the 137th AES Convention for a spirited chat on mentoring, EQ'ing overheads and why George Harrison took too long to record guitar solos.
"They said, 'We don't have anybody that can put this [analog] gear together for you.' I said, 'I've got a couple of hours.' I put it together, went out and did a show, then sat back and said, 'Why haven't I been doing this the whole time?'" James "Pugsley" McDermott, FOH engineer for Dierks Bentley, on reverting back to an analog FOH position. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!