Known for her lush, emotional pop music, UK songstress Kate Bush returned to the concert stage for the first time in 35 years this past fall, performing a string of 22 sold-out shows in London's Hammersmith Apollo. Sound reinforcement was supplied by UK audio provider Delta Sound, with Greg Walsh handling sound design and FOH engineering; the late Ian Newton mixing monitors; and engineer Stephen Taylor responsible for processing the singer's vocals, which were captured via DPA microphones.
By Clive Young Left for dead in the early Nineties as consumers switched to compact discs, the lowly vinyl LP has bounced back in recent times, adopted by many Millennials and hipsters as the only format worth listening to. Consumers bought 9.2 million vinyl records in 2014a 52 percent increase over 2013's 6.1 million. In the wake of such explosive growth, is the Vinyl Revival finally no longer a fad?
"Overall, I think we're anticipating a strong 2015. I think 2013 and 2014 had their ups and downs. We enjoyed good years, but we're quite bullish about 2015. We're seeing a lot of really good technologies coming out that we think will excite the market across almost all of the categories."Bill Wrightson, senior vice president, technology merchandise for Guitar Center.