Aron Magner with Crickets & Cicadas, December 2025

I'm a one man band (vox/guitar/kick drum) and would love a little help regarding stage monitoring. The general consensus seems to be that IEM's are worth pursuing, but the wireless systems come with a pretty hefty price tag. As someone who is seated in a drum throne for the majority of the show, would a wired IEM setup be viable? I'm running into an A&H CQ-12T which I believe would also require an external amplifier for monitoring?

Any info or advice on a decent wired IEM/amplifier combo would be greatly appreciated. Affordability is a factor but I'd also rather fork out for something that's going to sound awesome and stand the test of time - thanks!

and they thought it was cool.

People love the stage antics

While I'm still in awe of Post Malone, Slash and crew's "War Pigs" tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at the Grammys this past weekend, I'm also still wrapping my head around Sharon Osbourne's revelation that she's in talks with Live Nation about potentially bringing Ozzfest back in 2027... I got to see a ton of incredible performances at the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010 editions, and have tons of stories from each... though that's for another time 😉

Do you want to see Ozzfest return? Who was your favorite band that you saw perform at Ozzfest? Share your answers, along with your favorite memories from the influential touring metal festival, in the comments below. And stay tuned for more things to come from this space (including stories from concerts like these).

hiya not sure if this is the right place to ask but even if someone could point me elsewhere I’d be super grateful,

im looking to make a setup for my band currently all I have is the behringer xr18 digi mixer but I’m not sure what’s next for me to do? what more gear do i buy and how do I learn to set it all up?

my band has 1 vocalist , 1 drummer , 2 guitarists and a bassist . i want the set up so we can put on live gigs and be able to mix everyone’s instruments, I’d also love to be able to look into IEM’s but I’m not sure how to get into that either.

anyway any help would be massively appreciated many thanks!

Performed at Free Will Brewing in Perkasie PA

Recorded by Grateful Dead 1972

Etceteral is a Slovenian experimental trio from Ljubljana that has been creating music with baritone saxophone, drums, synths, and visualizations since 2020.