Raven Sound

03/30/2018

Here’s a first look at the awesome 2018 poster designed by Nick Russell - be on the lookout for them around town (and beyond) soon 🌙🎶😊

08/07/2017

Another successful year at the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival! Thanks for everyone and all the sponsors who came out and supported!

08/06/2017

Photos from Erie's Blues & Jazz Festival's post

07/19/2017

Pittsburgh Blues & Roots Festival To Benefit Families Living With Autism

Pittsburgh Blues & Roots Festival To Benefit Families Living With Autism

Jim Stewart and Ron Esser stop by to talk about the upcoming Pittsburgh Blues & Roots Festival, which will benefit families living with autism.

06/30/2017

Photos: Highmark Amphitheater at Liberty Park opens

Photos: Highmark Amphitheater at Liberty Park opens

View Erie Times-News photos from the opening of the new Highmark Amphitheater at Liberty Park.

06/29/2017

The Bemus Bay Pops has an exciting line-up for the July 4th we...

Join us and the Bemus Bay Pops at The Italian Fisherman July 4th weekend and enjoy great music, food, and fireworks! 💥 🇺🇸💥 🇺🇸

06/08/2017

Overloading Electronics

This is why you always triple check your loads!

06/02/2017

Five Things Every Audio Pro Should Know How to Do

Great article

Five Things Every Audio Pro Should Know How to Do

05/13/2017

Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

Interesting read as we enter the summer season. What are some of your thoughts?

Measuring repetition in song lyrics over time using a compression algorithm

04/22/2017

04-22-2017 - ANNOUNCING SPECIAL EVENTS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS CONCERT SEASON!

Preorder your tickets now!

04/16/2017

Timeline photos

04/01/2017

Events

EVENTS!!!!!

Erie Playhouse Calendar | Erie Art Museum Calendar | Erie Broadway Series Calendar | Erie Sports Commission Calendar | 8 Great Tuesdays

04/01/2017

Changes Coming to Erie Downtown Block Parties This Summer

What are your thoughts about the new locations? Good/bad? We are curious of your thoughts!

“This year we’re expanding our block parties to include the many public assets our downtown offers including parks and the Bayfront," said John Buchna, CEO of the Erie Downtown Partnership, in a ne...

03/19/2017

Many years ago Raven Sound had the pleasure of running production of one of Chuck Berry's shows when he came through the area. We are all saddened by his passing, but know that his music and influence will be ever present for all-time. We would like to extend our condolences to his wonderful family and friends.
"Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive" ~Chuck Berry

03/18/2017

Saturday afternoon laugh!

03/17/2017

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

03/15/2017

Wednesday laugh! We're closed today but call us tomorrow to book an event or rent some equipment for the summer! We are filling up quickly. Visit ravensound.com to see all of our services!

02/27/2017

How to practice effectively ... for just about anything:

Just as musicians practice their craft - we practice ours - making cables this week for the summer! This video originally shared by our friends at World of Music is a great watch for anyone who inspires to do anything

02/25/2017

10+ Animals That Look Like They’re About To Drop The Hottest Albums Of The Year

A Friday night laugh!

The Grammys may have been 2 weeks ago, but these animals are already putting their game faces on for next year. Hold on to your seat, Adele.

02/03/2017

70% OFF until sold out! Hurry Up! it sells very fast

How cool are these for festivals and outdoor shows?!

01/01/2017

Raven Sound would like to wish you and yours a very Happy New Years -
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days of auld lang syne?"

12/24/2016

Timeline photos

11/24/2016

From our family to yours, we would like to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving
🍽🍁🦃
May your hearts be as full of love and thankfulness as your stomachs!

11/22/2016

How many of you old timers out there in Facebook land remember this?! Hopefully we don't have the same this year!

Storm Paralyzes the City of Erie

A freak storm which included lightning, thunder and winds up to 45 miles an hour buried Erie under a two-foot snowfall on Thanksgiving day of November 22, 1956. The community of 130,000 on the shore of Lake Erie was virtually isolated. Traffic was paralyzed. All public transportation was stopped. Practically all industries closed as workers couldn't get to their jobs. Main traffic arteries, including Routes 5 and 20 “the Buffalo-to-Cleveland routes” were plugged tight. The heavy snowfall, which began on Thanksgiving Day, stopped about 4 a.m. the following day, except for scattered flurries. The Weather Bureau reported the snowfall in midtown Erie measures 24 inches from 3 a.m. Thanksgiving Day to 4 a.m. the following day. At Erie Airport, where all flights were canceled, the fall was estimated at 33 inches. Amazed residents watched lightening bolts flash across the sky, accompanied by loud claps of thunder, as the storm raged through the night. Gusts of wind up to 45 miles an hour made visibility zero. Banks announced that they would not be open the day after Thanksgiving. Few stores were expected to open. All public transportation was halted in Erie. Police used chain equipped cruisers for emergency hospital cases. Many nurses stayed on duty overnight. Practically all industries in Erie closed down. General Electric Company, employing about 10,000, was first to announce it would make no attempt to operate. Fairview, a community of about 3,000, 10 miles west of Erie, was caught in the worst of the storm. Ernest Sesto, proprietor of the Fairview Hotel and restaurant, remarked at the time that he took in close to 250 persons overnight. There were only 26 rooms in the hotel. "They're sleeping 3 to 4 to a bed" Sesto said "They're on tables, in the booths and on the floors. We're even using tablecloths for blankets"

Outside of the city

Many small communities were shut off from deliveries and services as the storm moved in from Lake Erie and extended about 50 miles west into Ohio and all along the shoreline east to Buffalo, New York. “A real mess” said William J. Pope whom at the time was Erie County, New York's Highways Superintendent "Some of my snowplow crews are fighting drifts on main roads which are up to seven feet high.” Snow squalls, riding 25-mile-an-hour winds, piled up from eight inches to two feet of snow in western New York State. Springville in northern Erie County, New York recorded a two-foot snow fall and virtually isolated the village, which is located about 30 miles southeast of Buffalo. Villagers opened their homes to nearly 100 stranded holiday travelers and hunters. Emergency quarters were set up on the town hall. A similar storm lashed off the eastern end of Lake Ontario and dropped up to eight inches in the Adirondack Mountains near Watertown. Hundreds of highway crewmen fought a losing battle to clear the roads. Visibility was zero as wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour filled the air with snow. The city of Ashtabula in the northeast corner of Ohio had 20 to 24 inches and drifts up to five feet. It was worse in adjacent Conneaut, Ohio, which was snow-bound.

11/16/2016

Freedrum

How cool is this?!

11/11/2016

Duty. Honor. Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, and what you will be. ~ MacArthur
May you all have a very Happy Veterans Day.

10/31/2016

We apologize for not posting as much, the ghost we have living in the Raven Attic had been haunting some of our studio spaces and we had to take care of it. Beware though, we only made an agreement with the ghost to come out one time a year on Halloween, so if you are in or around the raven building - you've been forewarned. If you don't think this ghost is real then you're only kidding yourself.

Happy Halloween from all of us at Raven Sound

10/05/2016

We are ecstatic about the Erie Philharmonic's upcoming season and we know it'll be so good that you should buy a season pass! It's well worth the investment. For all your sound reinforcement needs go to Ravensound.com

Looking back to 1956 to the first time we played music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

October 15 is getting closer - buy your tickets today!

https://eriephil.secure.force.com/ticket

09/04/2016

Meet The Woman Who's Been Pearl Jam's Sound Engineer For 24 Years

An inspiration to all in the industry - read her story below, then go and check out Soundgirls.org, Keyes non profit that allows girls to get a foot hold in the industry

After three decades doing live sound, Karrie Keyes is still one of few female engineers in the business. Some Pearl Jam fans know her on sight.

09/02/2016

One of our favorite venues

08/14/2016

Reserve it today! It's an amazing time to hang out on the water in comfort enjoying great music!

LAST MINUTE OPPORTUNITY!!! The Chill lounge is open for the Pink Floyd concert on Saturday, August 27th!!! To reserve your spot go to: https://fs22.formsite.com/rgrandin/form2/index.html

08/10/2016

Instagram photo by Jim Wertz • Aug 10, 2016 at 1:56am UTC

We hope you enjoyed 8 Great Tuesdays last night! Here's on of our favorite pictures floating around of

Photo Credit: Jim Wertz

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08/09/2016

Finally getting over the Jazz and Blues festival late night yesterday - if you had a crappy Monday or just want a laugh check out the video!

08/08/2016

The two men who, for the past 24 years, have strived to make Erie a welcoming, creative place for all. Thanks to Phil & John for bringing music and the arts to Erie for so long - and here's wishing them many more!

08/08/2016

And that's a wrap folks! Load out complete for the 24th Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival! Pictured below is the 2016 Summer crew! Remember for all your sound needs visit www.ravensound.com

08/07/2016

Today's line up for the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival - we will say if you miss out on Red Baraat tonight - you'll regret it for the rest of the year! It's a beautiful day so get on out and listen to some great music!

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Noon Bruce Johnstone Quartet (mainstream jazz)

2 pm House of Rhythm (traditional hot jazz)

4 pm Tony Grey/ Maciak Galactic Duo
featuring C. Brown (contemporary jazz)

6 pm Paul McCandless with Charged Particles
(straight ahead electric jazz)

8 pm Red Baraat (bhangra/funk/jazz)

08/06/2016

The Jeff Fetterman Band playing a great set at the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival! Get on down here!

Photo credit of Chasing Moira (a local Erie band also certainly worth checking out!)

08/06/2016

Blues & Jazz Festival

Good Morning Erie! A great and many things are happening this weekend, but our top pick and local favorite is the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival!!!! Please go check it out and buy a shirt or button to donate to the festival!

Schedule:
Saturday, August 6, 2016

Noon YMCA Teen Center Collaborative

2 pm Jeff Fetterman Blues Band

4 pm Diablo Dimes and his Dixie Deacons
(hokum and blues)

6 pm Jontavious Willis (traditional blues)

8 pm Bernard Allison Group (electric blues)
*Eric Gales, who was originally scheduled to perform, had to cancel his July and August engagements.

August 6 & 7, 2016 • Frontier Park, Erie, PA • Free. Rain or Shine. Please support the Erie Art Museum Blues & Jazz Festival by donating to the Festival.