With a live setup so complex that some of his friends refer to it as "The Yard Sale," Jon Ray (aka Skincage) knows a thing or two about how to make stuff work when it's just not working. Some of it has to do with knowing how to fix stuff, but when you're in the middle of making noise onstage, you don't really have time to break out the ol' screwdriver.

Hear his simple secret(s) for the Electrix Repeater and more -- plus a few sage suggestions for aspiring sound artists, in this audio interview.