There’s a reason you don’t see some fresh-out-of-recording-school whiz-kid in a mastering bay. It not only takes a great set of ears to be a mastering engineer, but years of experience to properly handle this most technical of audio tasks. Mastering pro Bob Ludwig delivers priceless advice for any artist about to put the “final touches” to their recordings.

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has nixed the idea of a full tour by the band following its November 26th reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena, according to the U.K.’s Daily Express. Plant told the newspaper, “We need to do one last great show, because we’ve done some shows and they’ve been crap.” But the 59-year-old vocalist added that he was seriously considering retiring after the event, explaining, “I know I’m getting on. When I do come back from touring I’m shocked to find a lot of my mates tend to be going to bed far too early and that means I should probably be doing the same. Maybe I should stop having a good time and get old.”

Rolling Stone Keith Richards was allegedly pissed or stoned on stage or both, and when someone noticed in print, he was not amused

The Cruisers may not be the best band in the world but apparently they might be the best dressed.

The Cruisers kick off their new two-night booking at Noriega’s on Silom Soi 4, ready to rock the well-informed and get the classic rock and roll scene buzzing again. The band starts 9:30 pm Thursdays and 11 pm Saturdays.

Amid the sheer pleasure of hearing rock in Thailand be reborn in front of my very ears, my head was reeling trying to take in the subtle shifts in melody and chord changes that the genius Toe has delivered yet again.

Legendary rock bass player Stu Hamm (Vai, Satriani et al) is in town next Friday

Meantime go here… myspace.com/toexsilly and remind yourself of the power of the MONSTAMIXA/Toe Axis…and be prepared to be magnificated because magnificent they truly are!

The soundman is your connection to the audience. In fact, he needs to be your best buddy in the whole world.

Joe tells us as soon as it’s mastered by the legendary Alex Boyesen (who used to play with John Martyn and has mixed or mastered Elvis Costello, Kings of Leon and others) then plastered, pressed and packaged, the band heads down to Bangkok and host a launch party and do a few CD promo gigs, most likely in November or December.

A raft of releases from the Zeppelin stable have given rise to fresh speculation that Plant, Page and Jones might reunite to perform at a tribute in London later this year for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun .

Peter Driscoll and The Cruisers are set to return to the stage they made their own at Noriega’s Bar & Restaurant at the sharp end of Silom Soi 4, with the band booked to commence their assault on the hearts and minds of rock and rollers all over Thailand from Saturday August 1, with […]