Come to Takoma Park's Allyworld Opening Party on Saturday November 7

Airshow's studio in Takoma Park, MD has a new tracking and multi-use performance room called Allyworld, and you're invited to come to our Opening Party on Saturday, November 7 to view this amazing new room. We'll have be food, beverages, and entertainment. Please drop a line to Studio Manager Mike Petillo if you'd like details or if you want to schedule a tour of Allyworld.

We've installed our PA for live concerts, passed our final building inspection and are now just a few small details away from completing this huge project. We can't wait to show it off (here are our latest photos!)

See you on November 7 in Takoma Park!

Spotlight on Boulder Studio Manager Karen Maye

In this year's newsletters, we're featuring profiles of Airshow's engineers and staff. This month we speak with Karen Maye, studio manager in Boulder.

Karen loves to catch live music whenever she can and is often out at gigs and festivals catching new artists perhaps more than any other member of the Airshow staff. She's extremely knowledgable about Colorado's music scene and is frequently making connections with new bands and fellow live music fans while venturing out to shows.

When she's not out in the crowd, Karen holds it down at Boulder's busy studios, providing a steady guiding hand for mixing and mastering projects. Read more of our conversation with Karen in our spotlight this month.

Randy LeRoy Featured Panelist at IBMA Conference Next Week

Takoma Park mastering engineer Randy LeRoy will be in Raleigh, NC next week for the annual International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) World of Bluegrass Business Conference. Randy will be catching up with some old friends and checking out some of the hot new names in bluegrass music from around the world. Please be sure to say "hey" when you see him!

Randy will also be participating in a "Mixing for Mastering" panel alongside industry veteran engineer and producer Bil VornDick. Bil has been a good friend of Airshow's for years, and Randy and Bil have worked on some great projects together, including the Ralph Stanley Band's Clinch Mountain Country 2xCD set and Jesse Winchester's Love Filling Station. Perfect for both experienced engineers or newcomers, the discussion will focus on techniques used to prepare great sounding mixes before your mastering session.

Be sure to check out Randy and Bil's panel on Wednesday September 30 from 9:40am-10:40am, Room 304, Raleigh Convention Center. For the latest schedule information please be sure to visit IBMA's event page.

Digital Preservation Update for Library, Museum Pros

Anna Frick and Ann Blonston shared best practices and Airshow's real-world digitization work flow with 30 members of Colorado Collections Connection, a group that unites archivists, librarians and museum professionals from around the state to work on common concerns. They shared consensus priorities for at-risk media in a simple table format. Read more in our latest update on audio preservation.

New Grateful Dead 4xCD Collection Mastered by David Glasser Now Available

Out this month from the one and only Grateful Dead: 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story, 1965-1995. Mastered by David Glasser and Jeffrey Norman, this 4xCD set features one song from each concert featured in the epic 30 Trips Around the Sun Box Set & Digital USB and serves as "an introductory sampler to the Dead's live canon." It also features the 1965 recording of "Caution" and an essay by Jesse Jarnow, analyzing each track in the collection. Stay tuned for a feature on the 30 Trips Around the Sun Box Set & Digital USB in next month's newsletter.

The Definitive Live Story is available via Dead.net and other fine retailers now!