Disclosure & Rudimental Present Wild Life, a four-stage, two-day event staged at Brighton City Airport in the UK, faced a number of hurdles when it was held earlier this month: it was a first-time fest; neighbors, including churches and homes were as close as 1,300-feet away; and winds were gusting as high as 30 MPH. Nonetheless, the event went off smoothly, and promoters said the number of complaints was reportedly lower than they'd expected.
by Clive Young John Cooper has mixed plenty of household namesLionel Richie, Sheryl Crow and Ringo Starr to namedrop only a fewbut for the last 10 years, most of his time behind an FOH desk has been spent mixing hundreds of Bruce Springsteen shows. The guy knows his stuff, so when he offered his advice on how to get ahead in the mixing biz, we listened.
"The reality of the businessand everyone will hate thisis that the louder record wins. I've never heard a quieter record win in an A&R meeting."producer/mixer Rob Chiarelli