Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. Jovie Havard Strzelecki is a Diagnostic and Dispensing Audiologist. We talk about noise induced hearing loss, common hearing loss myths, and what you need to know to stay healthy and protect your most valuable asset. We also discuss vertigo, motion sickness, how to calculate your noise exposure risk, hearing loss rehabilitation, adult stem cell transplant hearing loss, and other alternatives to … [Read more...]
Sound Girls: Karrie Keyes and Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato
Get ready for 40+ years of combined experience on career advice, mixing, and health on tour. Karrie Keyes and Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato are two incredibly generous and experienced women, and they're opening up their lives for your benefit. Keyes is the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam. Pettinato has been FOH engineer for some huge pop tours such as Thievery Corporation, Joan Osborne, Gwen Stefani, Jewel, and Ke$ha. Together, they created Soundgirls.org, which provides community and … [Read more...]
Learn from the Sound Engineers for Tori Amos, Prodigy, and The White Stripes Online
Subscribe on iTunes or SoundCloud. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. There's one obvious way to fix live audio education, and Darryn De La Soul figured it out. In this episode of the Sound Design Live Podcast I talk to the owner of SoulSound, Darryn De La Soul, about her life's mission to help sound engineers improve employability and find work. We also discuss emotional intelligence for audio engineers, the difference between a career ladder and a career web, why universities … [Read more...]
Honestly, Live Audio Is Not Based On Science
Did you hear my interview with Dave Swallow? You should. In our conversation it was obvious that he has a ton of valuable information to share, but that information is kind of hidden in his book. Let's dig around in the dirt and pull out the gems. Your job as an engineer is to get the best out of what you are given, even when you are given the worst. Bored. Swallow spends a lot of time covering information that you can find in the user manuals for mixing consoles and outboard gear. It … [Read more...]
Behind Moldover’s Kickstarter Success
Subscribe on iTunes or SoundCloud. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I talk with musician and electronic instrument maker Moldover about the Kickstarter campaign for his new album. Moldover shares the mistakes he made with his first album and the important changes he is making this time around. We also discuss the new hardware he's working on, in-ear monitors, and the importance of tragedy in art. [quote … [Read more...]