Sound Design Live - Career Building Interviews On Live Sound, Theatre, Av, Recording, And Sound System Tuning

Original post: http://wp.me/p1sfi8-1iW Support Sound Design Live on Patreon for as little as $1: https://www.patreon.com/sounddesignlive In this episode of Sound Design Live I talk with Kenneth 'Pooch' Van Druten, the FOH sound engineer for Linkin Park, Alice and Chains, Kid Rock, and System of a Down. We discuss: 1. How Van Druten got his first job in audio. 2. The number one skill that gets him in the door for every job. 3. The value of microphone placement. 4. Why speaker coverage is important beyond anything else. 5. How to set gates using side-chains and virtual sound check. 6. Results and trends from Van Druten's annual hearing health check. 7. Mixing monitors for Pantera. 8. Van Druten's SPL strategy for Linkin Park. 9. How Van Druten managed to record and mix every Linkin Park show for two years solid. 10. Whether mixing live show recordings is a viable second income stream? 11. Good plugins for vocals. Quotes: "One of the things that you have to do to break into this industry is be will