Bombay Bicycle Club, David Gilmour Rock DPAs; NewBay Media Relaunches AV-IQ

Today's Top Story - 12.17.14 Bombay Bicycle Club, Gilmour Rock DPAs London's famed Earl's Court will soon be torn down, and indie rock act Bombay Bicycle Club's concert there earlier this month was in fact the last show to be held at the venerated venue. Rock legend David Gilmour of Pink Floyd sat in, playing steel lap guitar on the band's song "Rinse Me Down" before rolling through Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" backed by his hosts. All of the performances that night–and during the group's current world tour–were captured with DPA microphones. Read More » Today's News NewBay Media Relaunches AV-IQ » Grundorf Marks 30th Anniversary » Nashville Gets WavesLive Master Classes » Shure Bows Ltd. Ed. 55 Mic » Today's Featured Blog Interview: Alan Parsons on George Martin, Dark Side of the Moon and The Art and Science of Sound Recording by Clive Young From 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. Read More » Quote of the Week "We have a saying: Loud is beautiful only if it's clean. That's the idea—we need to achieve a strong low end so we can get a really clean show. It makes the show more enjoyable for the audience, and makes it seem like they are closer to the artist. If you go to a concert that sounds bad, it always makes the artist seem like he's in the distance. If it sounds good, the artist seems like he's right in front of you. It all depends on the efficiency of the system that you use."—Horace Ward, FOH Engineer, Usher. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!

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