Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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Paul McCartney is now officially a billionaire and the world’s third wealthiest musician

11.10

Paul McCartney is officially a billionaire, and also the world’s third wealthiest musician, according to a new report.

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