Mix Nashville: The People

Outdoors at Blackbird Studio, from left: Sylvia Niewinski, artist; engineer Richard Chycki; studio designer Carl Tatz; songwriter, producer, engineer Chas Sandford; and artist Shauna Sadola. Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Nashville, TN (May 26, 2026)—While Mix Nashville is packed with technology and loaded with audio talent, each year attendees rave about the networking opportunities and about how nice it is to get out of their own studio isolation for a day, step out into the community and simply mingle—face to face—with recording friends and family. For more on the Mix Nashville event, check out our recent story, Mix Nashville Brings Pro Audio Talent and Tech Back to The Row.

The grande dame of Nashville music and recording Sharon Corbitt, at left, and RCA Studio A studio manager Sheridan Gates, chat with attendees in the back-of-the-studio lounge. Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Luke Youngbold, Ceri Thomas and Rob Burrell. Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Phill Scholes of SSL, a longtime supporter of Mix events.

Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Nashville artist Claire Ernst tracked live, through three consoles simultaneously, as part of the SSL-Genelec-Audio-Technica program in Backstage Studio. Photo: Future/Kevin Craig You didn’t have to be a panelist or sponsor to have a great time though—from the start of the day to the end of the evening studio crawl, everyone had a great time…. Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Photo: Future/Kevin Craig Discover more great stories—get a free Mix SmartBrief subscription!