Where would the film biz be without Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute? Check out the great films it has helped nurture, and we think you’ll agree it would be a lot less interesting. Sundance puts on a seminar once a year for up and coming composers co-sponsored by Mackie. Why we do that? It’s siimple: 1) Mackie was built mostly by up and coming musicians who kept buying the brand after ”making it.” 2) It’s a small way of saying “thank you!”

What will this year’s batch of composers be using? The tried and true 1604 VLZ Pro and the ever present HR824 .

Want to volunteer at a Sundance event?

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Few people can claim to have been at the pinnacle of their profession for a sustained period of time, having enjoyed so much success and still be leading the way forward. John 00 Fleming, one of the dance music industries most revered personalities, is amongst a small band of people who can say they were responsible for igniting the spark of the scene we all know and love today.

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Deke doesn’t care what all those fake B3 sample playin’ mfos sez; ain’t nothin like the real thang bay-bay. Gotta be a Hammond and weigh too much for one person to move to move the Deke. Here’s three B3 players we like a lot; two of which are INTIMATELY familiar with the Mackie gear (SRM450’s and recording consoles) they’ve used over the years plus one great jazz organist who has, sadly, passed on.

For a deep dive into some smokin’ B3 playing, check this NPR link out.

Stumped who these fine players are? Click:
LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT

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A little faith can go a long way. Prodigy is now one of the world’s biggest acts, and main man Liam Howlett’s faith in a few key things is one of the magic ingredients that got them there.

There’s his faith in his music—music that consistently stays two steps ahead of categorization. In the span of three classic albums and a brace of smash hit singles over five years, Prodigy provides the soundtrack for a generation that launched itself with an illegal party—taking that raving sound to the rest of the world.

There’s his faith in the team around him—dancers, MCs, vocalists, friends—that gives his music the visual dimension to carry it to a global audience. Liam is striking enough at the helm of his on-stage audio workstation, but with the stage electrified even further by the presence of Prodigy performers like Keith Flint, audiences are universally ignited.

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