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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Mixing Madison Square Garden for Vulfpeck’s Biggest Show

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

When Vulfpeck played a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden, the performance looked effortless. But behind the scenes, their Front of House Engineer and Tour Manager Jake Hartsfield was juggling missing tickets, technical curveballs, and mixing seventeen dynamic musicians through a nearly two-hour set. In this episode, we follow Jake through one extraordinarily high-stakes day, and discover just how much craft, preparation, and composure it takes to make a live show feel magical. Subscribe on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ to see our new video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠. Explore Defacto Sound's work at ⁠defactosound.com⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at 20k.org/plus. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠. Check out The Master Handbook of Acoustics, the book that inspired Jake work in music. Visit ⁠openphone.com/20k⁠ for 20% of your first 6 months. Claim your $75 sponsored job credit at ⁠⁠indeed.com/hertz⁠⁠. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial at ⁠⁠shopify.com/20k⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

1:03.2

The stories behind the world's most iconic and fascinating sounds.

1:08.9

I'm Dallas Taylor.

1:14.9

I recently went to a concert at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. This venue has seen it all, from iconic singers like

1:20.5

Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra, to raw high-energy bands like the Ramones and Nirvana.

1:27.2

On this particular night, it was sold out

1:29.3

and buzzing. You could feel the spark in the air, just waiting for ignition.

1:38.3

The band was Wolfpec. They've been my favorite band for a while now. They're also currently

1:45.8

my kids' favorite band, which as a parent makes me kind of emotional. Musically, Volf Peck sits

1:52.2

somewhere between indie funk and Vintage Soul. Each member is a world-class musician with their

1:58.1

own unique projects, almost like a Volf Peck cinematic universe.

2:02.7

So when they come together, it feels a lot like a supergroup of incredible talent.

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