Ken "Pooch" Van Druten is one of the industry's most in-demand FOH engineers, having mixed for artists as successful and wide-ranging as Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Michael McDonald, Katy Perry, Motley Crue, Seal, KISS, Jay-Z, and many more.
Pooch is also a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA, and has been voted FOH Engineer of the Year twice by the Parnelli Awards, and eight times by the Tourlink Top Dog Awards.
He took some time out of his busy schedule to chat with us about his career and his approach to his work.
Episode links:
Mike Green music: https://mikegreen.bandcamp.com/
System Tilt Viewpoints: https://www.prosoundweb.com/2019-top-20-7-the-right-tilt-a-discussion-of-system-tuning-approaches-preferences/
The Signal To Noise podcast series on ProSoundWeb, sponsored by Shure and hosted by Live Sound/PSW technical editor Michael Lawrenceand pro audio veterans Kyle Chirnside / Chris Leonard (the hosts utilize Shure SM7B mics for the podcasts).