220. Andy Peters, FOH For The Feelies & A Whole Lot More

Signal To Noise Podcast

In Episode 220, co-hosts Katie Karch and Andy Leviss are joined by guest co-host Ryan O John to interview Andy Peters, front of house engineer for New Jersey-based indie rock band The Feelies in addition to being an astronomy instrumentation developer and long-time ProSoundWeb Live Audio Board denizen. This episode is sponsored by Allen & Heath, RCF, and Rational Acoustics.
As the house mixer for Maxwell’s, the seminal Hoboken, NJ club dubbed the “Island of Misfit Toys,” Andy had a back row seat to so much indie/punk rock history during the 1980s and 90s, all while working full-time day gigs in electronics ranging from a stint at Ensoniq to developing scientific cameras to designing Rational Acoustics’ much loved (and missed) Smaart I-O hardware.
Go here to pre-order the new live album from The Feelies, Some Kinda Love, that Andy talks about in the episode, and if you’re in the New Jersey area on October 1, Andy and The Feelies are playing a rare local show in Hoboken where it all started.
Episode Links:
Hollywood Reporter History Of Maxwell’s
The McKenzie Tapes — a deep collection of tapes of old Maxwell’s shows online, including The Feelies, Das Damen, and the pre-pop, gas-heater-fearing Goo Goo Dolls courtesy of Andy’s former Maxwell’s co-worker Dave McKenzie.
Andy Articles On ProSoundWeb
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The Signal To Noise Podcast on ProSoundWeb is co-hosted by Live Sound/PSW and pro audio veterans Andy Leviss, Katie Karch and Ryan O John, with more co-hosts signing on soon.