Photo above: Monitor engineer Travon Snipes at his DiGiCo Quantum7 console on Post Malone’s current If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying World Tour
In June, Post Malone joined a short list of musical artists—Drake, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and others—by being presented with the Hal David Starlight Award at the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner in New York. The recognition, which honors “gifted songwriters who are at an apex in their careers and are making a significant impact in the music industry via their original songs,” served as a fitting segue for Malone who was both on the cusp of releasing his fifth album, Austin, and switching between two tours: the final European dates of his Twelve Carat Tour in May and the kick-off of his new 24-date Live Nation-produced If Y’all Weren’t Here, I’d Be Crying North American Tour.
Since the summer of 2019, Malone’s monitor mix has been in the trusted hands of Houston-based Travon Snipes, who has worked with a long...
