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Muse’s Sound Engineer talks to Audiotechnews

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Marc Carolan on his career highlights

Muse at Wembley would have to be the one!
Also, mixing an album for an amazing irish jazz singer called Mary Coughlan in Kampo studios in New York (Tom Waits and Elvis Costello dropped by!).
My first recording session in Abbey Road.
And the first album mix session i finished in my own Suite Studios, here in dublin.

Coming up this week

This week we’re going to be joined by none other than Marc Carolan - the Sound Engineer behind the frankly awesome rock band - Muse.
Marc has also worked with such names as The Cure, Royseven, Turn, Wormhole, Mary Coughlan, Shellac, Sickboy, Melaton, The Pogues, and a great many more, either as engineer and or producer.
Oh, […]

Led Zeppelin, ‘Big’ Mick Hughes & Earthworks Microphones

Back in December, Audiotechnews was all excited about some news of the Led Zepellin gig at the O2 Arena. More to the point, the legendary sound engineer Big Mick Hughes, who’s been involved in live audio engineering with bands such as Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Slipknot, Steve Vai, UB40, and Rob Halford…..
Oh yeah, and […]

Greg Thompson in the spotlight

Greg Thompson has been a pro audio engineer for about 15 years. He cites his first love as making rock records. He’s worked with artists like 50 Cent, Iggy Pop, Norah Jones, The Killers, Pink, Sherryl Crow, and more than a careers worth of others.
“I’m the chief engineer at Kampo in Greenwich Village. I […]

Big Mick storms the O2 Arena by using more than one fader

So Led Zeppelin’s reunion gig - did anyone here go? Are you “Big Mick” Hughes? Audiotechnews would love it if you were, you and your wife.
Robert Plant’s personal sound engineer, Roy Williams, was on the desk too! I suppose it was a case of one hand each on the desk, and the remaining digits […]

It’s not a tin, Phil

Legendary Producer and Engineer Phil Ramone has written a book about his (almost) 50 years in the business. The man is obviously talented, especially if you measure talent by success. Creative, almost certainly
My favourite book on the industry is propbably ‘Black Vinyl, White Powder‘ by Simon Napier-Bell. Great book, great title. […]

Driving the system too hard?

John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd must be ever so ticked off.  This from Sound On Sound
“Early on Monday Nov 5th, a white M.A.N. 7.5 tonne truck with tail lift, reg FN54 FPZ on hire to John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. and containing an HK Audio COHEDRA line array concert and numerous other PA […]