This music veteran has been in the industry for 3 decades. Now he's helping New Orleans venues.

Chuck Keith knows a thing or two about making live music sound good.

The three-decade veteran of the industry has toured the world with a handful of household name performers, sliding faders on mixing boards to control audio levels in theaters, arenas and even a castle in France overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.

"I've worked everywhere you can imagine, from giant festivals to crappy little bars," Keith said.

Now, in his current role as an adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans, Keith shares his knowledge with a new generation of audio engineers — and he's contributing to a new collaboration with the City of New Orleans that could help improve the sound quality in New Orleans music venues while providing real-world training for his students.

The $60,000 Tune-Up Grant Progra