Live Sound Tips, Advice & Secrets from a Maverick Audio Engineer

Live Sound Tips, Advice & Secrets from a Maverick Audio Engineer Tips, advice, secrets and Jedi mind-tricks intended to help you become a better, happier, more well l

Live-sound advice, tips, secrets and Jedi mind-tricks from an unconventional, rule-breaking, maverick audio engineer. With no prior experience, no musical abilities, no formal education, no industry connections and no money, I became a live-sound engineer at the relatively old age of 35. Exactly three years after mixing my first show for a few people in a dive bar I was on tour mixing for 20,000 p

er night. I have since gone on to tour around the world with incredible performers, all while holding down my dream gig as the Head Engineer at one of America's most beloved live music venues, The Bottom of the Hill. Most of the tips presented here are intended for beginner level concert audio engineers (and struggling musicians!) so they can learn the skills and mindset required to make their dreams come true.

11/19/2025
11/07/2025

A new startup has launched what could be a valuable weapon for independent artists in the fight against generative AI.

It’s called Poison Pill, an appropriate name because in essence it disrupts the learning of AI models by inserting low-level noise. The noise is undetectable to the human ear, but it’s enough to throw the AI off the scent, confusing it so it gets mixed up between different genres.

In an interview with Music Ally, Poison Pill’s founder Ben Bowler explained the motivation behind the idea: “Most musicians are pi**ed about the current state of AI in music: well-funded companies are scraping music without permission, creating services that claim to replace them. Streaming services with AI-filled playlists. AI music is taking over previous money makers like sync.

"That’s why, as a first step, Poison Pill is open to independent artists who want to stick it to these AI companies. Our aim is to protect 20% of independent music. With this poisoned music out there, we can shift the power dynamic and bring AI firms to the negotiating table for fair licensing of training data for independent musicians.”

10/30/2025

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10/10/2025

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