My name is Craig. I am fifty-three years old and I have worked as a live sound engineer at a major concert venue for thirty years. In that time I have mixed front-of-house sound for thousands of shows — stadium…
The moment that redefined my relationship with my own ears happened on a Tuesday afternoon in my studio. I had been working on a film score for three weeks — deep in the most demanding mixing session of my career…
My name is Marcus. I have been producing records for twenty-seven years. Two Grammy nominations. Four gold albums. My name on records that have collectively sold more than twelve million copies worldwide. I built my career on the precision of…
My entire career is built on what I can hear. I have been producing music professionally for twenty-two years — mixing albums, scoring film, running sessions with artists whose work requires me to detect sonic details in the four to…
For a long time, I avoided talking openly about the constant ringing in my ears. Like many adults who have spent years in noisy environments, I had convinced myself that the persistent high-pitched tone in my left ear was simply…
For a long time, I avoided talking openly about the constant ringing in my ears. Like many adults who have spent years working near machinery, attending live music events, or simply aging through the cumulative noise exposure of modern life,…