Concert Survival Guide

Your concert survival guide for 2018 It’s the season for outdoor concerts and festivals again.  There’s nothing like seeing your favourite band with 5000 other screaming fans, plus it’s a great chance to pick up some sweet merch and try for a photo with the singer.  There are some huge bands heading our way this ..

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The Monitor Engineer

“Use your ears!! Have good ‘people’ skills. You’ll work with some of the nicest people to some of the worst. So be nice. They are the client, don’t let one’s attitude affect yours.” Rob Elliott, Monitor Engineer Photo by: Roger O’Donnell — a real ‘Picture of You’ Side Stage Everyone at a concert sees the ..

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Eh? Say What?!?

Noise induced hearing loss – and how to prevent it. Hearing loss is a subject most musicians and concert goers gloss over because they think it either won’t effect them or they’re unaware of how easy it is to protect their ears these days. Unless you’re completely unobservant, you must have noticed some bands, photographers, ..

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