Insights In Sound - Robert Scovill, Live Sound Pro - S15, E7

He's fingered the faders for artists as diverse as Rush, Tom Petty, Kenny Chesney, Prince, Toto, Jackson Browne, Alice Cooper, Matchbox Twenty, and the Go Gos, consulted on technologies from Avid, EAW, and more, written articles and blog posts, and inspired a generation of up and coming audio experts. We finally managed to schedule a date to catch up with Robert Scovill in his home office before he hit the road again with Kenny Chesney's band.

[@TheLeefields]

great discussion! Loved this!

[@GetItInWriting]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianknight8195]

I like this, I started in the mid to late 70’s as a kid self teaching guitar and drums, then building and operating a pa, then using the gear and multiple recorders to record multitracks using manual pre emphasis de emphasis noise reduction between premixed live takes, then got a recording studio internship 1285 miles away in NYC learning how to mix on. Neve 8068 and massive 56+ channel Salsa bands, then gigs with A-listers, then. Rehearsal studio gig with A-listers and a band and freelance live gigs, always asking the best how to do the things they do, Jaco, Dennis Chambers, Joe Cocker, Roger Daltrey, John Scofield, Jeff Bova, Chaka Kahn, and tons more, and they told me/showed me, got house gigs at the China Club, CBGB, The Bottom Line, then touring, and had a studio and some studio house gigs, always interning to learn new gear, and now I have one in my house and I’m loving the new tech so far. I REALLY LOVE THESE VIDEOS!

[@brianknight8195]

I also mixed monitors and FOH for tours, worked for Jerry Brandt, got kissed on the face by Mick Fleetwood while mixing monitors mid show at the bottom line, and got a Kudo from George Massenburg for improving the sound system at The a bottom Line.

[@GetItInWriting]

I've been in it about the same amount of years, and with a similar all-over-the-map trajectory. Hey, it's what makes us who we are, right? We are truly fortunate to be able to do what we love.