Just want to recommend Disjointed on Netflix. Kathy Bates so good as cannabis activist/dispensary owner Chuck Lorre show

I don't think anyone was making a lot of money out of Australian pub rock except Gudinski, Chugg, Stivala, in the agencies.
There are other studios like AAV and Richmond Recorders with big stories to tell.

You could compare the Go Betweens and The Triffids, Paul Kelly etc to the Flying Nun bands to be fair, rather than the bogan legends. There was so much going on courtesy of a booming local 45s market and some really aggressive booking agencies.

Sound Engineers like Rick with FFD use software like Smaart or Systemtune to give themselves an absolute reference and then mix their show relative to that. They are generally pretty aware of aural physiology. Different venue acoustics and council jurisdictions can impose different constraints. Petone is home base for FFDs sound company.

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Those "More Barn" Northwest TAD speakers still go on tour as Neil's own onstage monitor system.