Engineer's Corner: Spotlight on Jon Gold

 

In this year's newsletters, we will feature profiles of Airshow's engineers, continuing this month with Jon Gold, tracking, mixing and mastering engineer at the Boulder studio. 

 

Jon Gold has earned the praise of artists and bands for his diverse experience recording, mixing and mastering many genres. Starting out building radios in his Long Island garage, Jon's love of music took him to the beautiful desert landscapes of the American Southwest where he designed and built several incarnations of the now-legendary Dead Horse Studio in Taos, New Mexico.

 

Jon made the move to Boulder several years ago and now puts his talents to work for many national and regional clients. Read more about Jon's adventures in audio in this month's Engineer's Spotlight

Grateful Dead "Meet Up at the Movies" on May 4

 


It's that time of year again - the Fifth Annual Grateful Dead "Meet Up at the Movies" is coming up! This year's a special one as it marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the band. 

You can celebrate by joining communities across the country in watching previously unreleased footage (with audio mastered by David Glasserof the July 19, 1989 Alpine Valley concert in East Troy, Wisconsin. A special one-night only event being held on Monday, May 4 at 7:00pm local time.

Time May Be Running Out to Transfer Your Old Analog Media - Here's What You Can Do to Save Them

 

Did you know that that according to the Library of Congress, it will be difficult (if not impossible) to play back many analog audio formats in the not-so-distant future? Thankfully, engineer and Restoration Project Manager Anna Frick explains what you can do to protect your invaluable audio treasures and provides tips on how best to preserve them against degradation and damage until they can be digitized. 

 

Read her new blog piece covering this important topic. 

Hear Some Recent Projects on Our SoundCloud Page 

From time to time our engineers select some songs from recent client projects to be included on the Airshow SoundCloud page. Be sure to take a listen to all the awesome music we get to hear every day in our studios by checking out some of our latest tracks, which include songs by blues master Otis Taylor, legendary Nashville guitarist Michael Spriggs, alternative folk act Rising Appalachia, Colorado pickers Some Train Yard, rising Americana songwriter Sara Syms and many more. 

 Client Releases 

Ami Amis
February
Independent
Mastered by Jon Gold
Michael Spriggs
Back to One
Agnes Records
Mastered by Randy LeRoy
Uptown Boys Choir
Tied Tight
Independent
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer

Chuck Brodsky
Tell Tale Heart
Independent
Mastered by Charlie Pilzer

Rising Appalachia
Wider Circles
Independent
Mastered by David Glasser

Keller Williams
Vape
Sci Fidelity
Mastered by David Glasser