Yorkville Sound Podcast

The first rule about ART (Applied Research & Technology): Dont talk about ART. Let the warmth of your professional or home recordings be a secret weapon to fellow engineers, hobbyists and podcasters. Since 1984, ART has developed recording gear that has been affordable, high quality and a mystery for recording enhtusiasts to decipher how it cosistently sounds just right. Steve Hendee was among the team of musicians, engineers and recording enthusiasts who first opened the ART doors back in 1984. Today, Steve is Yorkville Sound’s Director of Sales in the US. Steve speaks with Ray Wilson, Yorkville’s current Recording Specialist and Canadian National Sales Manager about ART’s evolution, key products and how the brand grew in to somewhat of a cult following among recording studio and hobbyist to this day.

Mike Holman is Yorkville Sound’s longest serving employee, company archivist and current Customer Service Rep. Mike digs in to stories dating back to 1958 featuring vintage Traynor gear, Pete Traynor’s innovations and the famous reliability test.

Ken LaJoie and Cameron Watters have interesting double lives. By day, Ken & Cameron work in the Guitar QC department at Yorkville Sound. By night, Ken & Cameron are Double The Pleasure, a guitar and vocal duo based out of Durham Region in Ontario, Canada. Prior to the pandemic, Double The Pleasure gigged twice weekly. The two brought their custom curated sets of covers and originals across Ontario at local clubs, cafes, weddings, birthdays, anniversary, celebrations of life, baby showers, indoors and outdoors - and even had a regular spot on their local Radio Station, 94.9, The ROCK.Soon after Ken & Cameron dropped their first original, Living with Kind Spirits last January, Double The Pleasure’s gigs were put on hold. We spoke to Ken & Cameron (or Double The Pleasure) to hear more about Yorkville Sound Life and how a self managed, self-booked duo, were able to move fast and continue to keep performing live gigs in a dangerous time.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic shut down, Canadian Alternative Band, July Talk planned an epic two-nights of back-to-back concerts at the Stardust Drive In theatre - just North of Toronto.Just hours before the second show was about to begin, July Talk’s Production Manager and Front of House Broadcast Mixer, Karen Wiegold, Tour Manager Doug Wilson, and Lighting and Production Manager, Louise Simpson sat down with the Yorkville Sound Podcast. We talked about life as a Live Music professional during the pandemic, and what went in to planning the Drive-In idea from concept to concert.

In March of 2020, Peter Till, Yorkville Sound's Product Designer, looked at a mixing board and imagined a hospital ventilator. At the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Yorkville pivoted their manufacturing efforts from loud speakers that can shake stadiums to machines that can save lives. Peter sat down with us to discuss how his early beginnings as a Grade 6 Yo-Yo string manufacturer with a passion for drumming created a path to Yorkville's Production team.

Todd Michael is the Head Loudspeaker Designer at Yorkville Sound. Todd sat down with us to discuss his career background, mentors and how a speaker goes from idea to finished product.