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Choosing an online mixing course: Essential Live Sound Training vs Guerrilla Mixing

By Nathan Lively

Essential Live Sound TrainingGuerrilla MixingMy review of Essential Live Sound Training … [Read more...]

Get On Tour – Download FREE for 1 week

By Nathan Lively

  This is your textbook on how to get into touring. –Darryn De La Soul 🗣12 Authors 💪🏼272 Years of combined experience 🚨Free until Sep23 at midnight In this ebook you will discover: The many paths available to getting on tour. Best and worst parts of the job. How much touring engineers make. And you can download it for free until Sep23 at midnight! The most common career-related question I get is how to get on tour. There … [Read more...]

Essential Live Sound Training with Scott Adamson [REVIEW]

By Nathan Lively

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Takeaway: This is a great overview of almost every major tool and concept you will run into in live audio. Don't expect to walk away ready to take Scott Adamson's job mixing for Passion Pit, but if you didn't go to school for audio or just want a refresher, I whole heartedly recommend this course. At $29/month for over 100 video lessons, it's a steal. Take a look at the curriculum and sample lessons here. I was excited to get into Adamson's new course. I had already heard from one of my … [Read more...]

FOH Mixing: EQ it till it sounds good

By Nathan Lively

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Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play or Stitcher. Support Sound Design Live on Patreon. In this episode of Sound Design Live, I speak with FOH mixer Scott Adamson who has toured with some of my favorite bands including Passion Pit, Haim, Matt Kim, St. Vincent, and Sleater-Kinney. I ask: How do I become the next Scott Adamson and pursue a career touring as a FOH concert sound mixer? What would be your first steps if you had to start all over again? What are some of the biggest … [Read more...]

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