On Thursday, May 11, the 9:30 Club’s lead sound engineer Shawn “Gus” Vitale died from cancer at age 61. Vitale, who was born in 1961 and raised in Forestville, Maryland, had worked at the club for ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Live audio engineering often goes unnoticed despite being a crucial element in the entertainment industry. It requires a balance of ...

Audio engineer and record producer Bruce Swedien worked with Michael Jackson on some of the king of pop's hit albums like Thriller. Swedien shares his memories of the late king of pop. Bruce Swedien ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Co-Founder, Conspiracy of Love, and Good is the New Cool. This article is more than 4 years old. EngineEars is an innovative new ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Burlington, Vt. music scene and broader jam community lost an esteemed participant and lifetime advocate with the passing of Sergei Ushakov. Ushakov was a familiar face among ...

DULUTH — Unlike the musicians she amplifies, audio engineer Kristi Olson isn't used to being photographed and interviewed. Typically in her line of work, Olson explained, "When you get noticed, ...

“We need to raise enough money to pay his rent, bills and living expenses for a year or two,” said his friend and collaborator Emily O’Halloran, who set up the GoFundMe page. “This will give him the ...

Agnieszka Roginska has begun her term as president of the Audio Engineering Society as of January 1, 2020. Currently celebrating her 20th year as an AES member, Roginska has served in numerous ...

"It was [50] years ago today . . . " The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on May 26, 1967 in the UK and on June 2 in the US. One of the signature tracks on the album was John ...

This audio engineering technique used by The Beatles is quite simple: One records a guitar track and then plays the tape backward to get a very psychedelic effect. You can hear this effect in “I’m ...