Words by Neil Boland There’s a lot to consider when playing music live. From stage to stage, room to room, a player needs to consider many factors to strike the balance between being able to hear themselves and being heard by others. Instrument or amplifier placement are the big ones for rock and pop bands. With guitar amps, placement can be a make or break aspect for a good-feeling stage sound. Elevated, an amp can tear your head off, but on the floor, you might be giving your legs the best foldback sound possible. Acoustic instruments are a bit more tricky again, especially when placed alongside the more louder electric instruments. Mark Barry from B S Sound in Glen Iris knows the ins and outs of instrument placement and separation, having worked in the industry since around 1981. After the years of experience Barry has had mixing live sound, he relishes the challenge of mixing instruments that might otherwise be fighting each other for sonic attention. Barry started to really hone this skill during the late 90s and early 2000s, when Melbourne was experiencing a healthy live Latin and salsa scene. Anyone remember the Bullring in Johnston Street? Yeah, it’s … Continue reading NO BS WITH B S SOUND