Okay, let's see what we can do. First, let me state that I'm primarily a theatrical engineer, which is a very different style of mixing than concerts. That said, I do have a decent knowlege of concert work*, but there are certainly guys around with more "street smart" experience with concerts than I have. That said, I can definitely recommend a couple books written by guys with those street smarts...
For concert mixing, the two books I can grab right off my bookshelf off the top of my head are:
-Professional Sound Reinforcement Techniques, by Jim Yakabuski. Jim's done sound for all sorts of acts, including Van Halen, Aerosmith, and, on another extreme, Julio Iglesias. He wrote this
book as sort of a journal while he was working with these various acts, scribbling down notes on advice he thought worth passing on to other engineers. You definitely need to have a basic knowlege of what you're doing before you read this
book, as it's definitely an advanced, "Now you know how to mix, so let's learn how to mix great,"
book. He goes beyond just tips with gear, although there are plenty of those, and also includes sections on things like politics and psychology of working with others on the crew and in the band.
-Crank It Up, by Clive Young. This is an interesting read, but I can't recommend it as highly as Jim's
book. It's basically a compilation of a lot of Clive's articles for Pro Sound News, so if you've read the typical tour
profile article, you know what you're getting. Lists of gear, and interviews with the engineers. There are certainly lots of bits of great advice buried within the interviews, but there's also just a lot of....I dunno...techie porn, almost, LOL. It's certainly worth reading, don't get me wrong, but if I had to pick only one of these two, Jim's would win hands down.
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*-Just to clarify, while I make my primary living doing theatrical mixing, I do have experience ranging from zydeco to klezmer, pop to classic rock, and I've done some
one-off foh/
system tech gigs for bands like Billy Ray Cyrus, Kansas, Kool and the Gang, Lifehouse, and mixing one-offs for Mitch Ryder, Gary US Bonds, Aaron Carter, The Capris,
etc. So, while I'm not generally working as a concert guy, I'm not entirely speaking out of my
butt here, either