Oh, digital console, how do I dislike you? Let me count the ways.
I’m an old-school analog girl, always have been. I prefer real books to a kindle, an old-fashioned land line to my cell, Vinyl to MP3s, and a good old half-ton analog sound console over a carry under my arm digital board any day. Oh, and I still use my ears to tune the PA rather than a computer. (more…)
Claudia Engelhart is a professional live-sound engineer with over 25 years of experience. She began her career working live sound in the historic San Francisco jazz club Keystone Korner. In 1983 she moved to New York City and continued working in clubs such as CBGB’s, The Bitter End, and S.O.B.’s. In 1985 she began touring full-time, internationally, as a front of house engineer. Since 1989 Claudia has been touring with Bill Frisell. Claudia has also worked and toured extensively with other renowned artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, David Sylvian, John Patitucci, Dave Holland, Grover Washington Jr., John Scofield, Medeski Martin & Wood, John Zorn, The Kronos Quartet, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Fred Frith, Eddie Palmieri, Willie Colon, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, among others.
Check out the entire interview and Claudia’s tips for mixing here.
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Part 1: It’s not all about the gig
Naples, Italy- there’s the sea and the mountains and the greenery and the food. Dinner began with prosciutto, parma ham, fresh mozzarella, followed by squid with garlic and olive oil, then roasted peppers, zucchini, eggplant, all delicious (well I didn’t actually eat the squid, but everything else). Next came huge bowls of pasta, linguine vongole, or Pomodoro and that was just the main course. The second course was meat, fish, or chicken, which I didn’t stay for because I was stuffed.
The second day in Italy, it’s all about the food. The hospitality and the food here could make you cry, unbelievable. Florence, dinner began with ziti in Pomodoro sauce, Tuscan bread salad then steamed vegetables, roasted peppers, zucchini, eggplant, roasted potatoes with rosemary, tray after tray of food kept coming out of the kitchen all cooked by Anna, your typical Italian grandmother, and let me tell you there would be hell to pay if you did not “mangia”, after the roasted peppers came roasted turkey, then spinach quiche. Dessert was a delicious custardy creation served with espresso. I’ve got to come here for a month to learn how to cook, or maybe just to eat