Author: Mandy Kubik

Halloween is the time of year when many of our fears and phobias come to life. Haunted houses, hay rides, and corn mazes can be found in nearly every city….

“Of course he’s not a composer, but he’s an inventor — of genius.” – Arnold Schoenberg on John Cage

I know what you’re thinking.  How can one scientifically analyze a concept that, by its very nature, is capricious and unpredictable?  Dr. Charles Limb, a faculty member of the Peabody…

Microphone placement?  I just put the mics in front of the performers and everything seems fine.  What more do I need to know?  Well, as outlined in the book How…

An important part of choosing the right microphone is considering its directionality, or pick-up pattern.  Have you ever noticed when singing or speaking into the side of a mic, rather…

I took some time today to listen to some of the incredible arrangements that have emerged from our newest recordings and found myself pondering the significance of shows such as “High School Musical” and “Glee” from a music education standpoint.

-This post was updated in January 2019. Definition:  Microphone — or mic — converts acoustic energy into electrical energy, resulting in an audio signal. Rather than going into the scientific…

Here are a few handy tips and some basic information on what goes into setting up and mixing live sound: A “mix” is created by combining the separate audio signals…

In an era where The Arts seem to play…ahem… “second fiddle” to other disciplines in our schools and communities, it’s important we support educators by recognizing those who go above and beyond to…

Chapter 1 of The Basics of Live Sound by Jerry Slone defines a sound engineer as “A person who brings together separate sounds to create one sound.”  Simple enough, right? …

Before touching on equipment or technique, it is important to understand exactly what sound is and how it works.  While there are far more scientific aspects involved with the subject…

How many times have you attended the concert of a performer that you love and thought to yourself, “Wow, I really wish that I could hear the vocalist better” or…