Congratulations to CRAS student Brad Bacon for being selected for the Sennheiser Mentor Program. Sennheiser will fly Brad to Charlotte, NC where he’ll spend the weekend observing the audio production process involved in broadcasting NASCAR’s Coca Cola 600. Brad will be shadowing Fox Sports Sr. Audio Mixer Fred Aldous, who just won his 20th Sports [...]

Deathcore metal band Emmure got a dose of danger at their Moscow show Tuesday night. During their set, singer Frankie Palmeri got a strong electric shock which was delivered through the microphone, that took him straight to the ground. He is OK now, but the ended up having to cancel the rest of that show. [...]

CRAS students do it outside! Last month there was a 3 day long music festival, and while the musical content was provided by local and national bands such as Mergence, Dry River Yacht Club,  Umphrey’s McGee, The Roots, The Shins, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Les Claypool, the engineering side of things definitely needed a [...]

SSL has dominated the studio world with their incredible high end consoles. Highly sought after, SSL has had a strong line of multi-channel analog consoles. At the Conservatory, our top two studios both have SSLs – we have both a 4000E and 4000G series console connected to a Studer 24-track tape machine and full blown [...]

Continuing the series on our instructor Jay Phillips on Tour. You can check out the previous post here. March 25, 2013 The Milestone (Charlotte, NC). This is the epitome of a punk rock venue. This venue has been around for more than 40 years. They still have graffiti from when Bad Brains played there and [...]

There is an old adage that goes something along the lines of “Those who cannot do, teach”. That certainly does not apply to our instructors here at the Conservatory. All of our instructors do teach for their day job, but they are all involved in some facet of the audio industry outside of the school. [...]

Mic stands are a necessary evil in the audio industry, whether you are in the studio, playing live, or doing post production work. Anyone who has been around their fair share of mic stands knows that eventually, the stand will get to a point where the boom just droops, no matter how hard you tighten [...]

Just about everyone who has seen a live concert is familiar with hearing the phrase “check 1, 2″ or “test 1, 2″ while people are testing the mics. But why is this used instead of some other sort of phrase? People tend to have varying opinions on this, but one thing is sure, no one [...]

Elton John, five time Grammy winner and the mastermind behind 25 Platinum albums and 35 Gold albums, has a special arrangement set up in the heart of Las Vegas. Starting in 2011, Elton began doing his “Million Dollar Piano” show in Caesar’s Palace. The show got its namesake from the piano he actually bought, which [...]

Church sound can be one of the most challenging arenas to work in. While there generally may not be a lot of heavy lifting, getting the mix set right for a discerning audience can be quite a task. Making sure the band is balanced and at the right level, while still being able to hear [...]