Jade Payne

Career highlights

• Khruangbin
• Bikini Kill
• Luke James
• Red Rocks
• Coachella
• Montreaux Jazz Festival
• Roskilde Festival
• Running monitors for Joan Jett at King's Theater, Brooklyn
• Successfully making it through an outdoor soundcheck at SXSW festival while a 100-person Irish marching band paraded several feet behind me (on St Patrick's Day) emitting approximately 95dBa SPL. Thank heavens for headphones!

Favorite DPA Microphones

I absolutely love the 2028 handheld vocal mic. It has been a game changer for achieving clear and natural drum vocals, while virtually eliminating disruptive cymbal bleed.