Backstage At The Grammys: Inside The Machinery Of Music’s Biggest Night

Behind The Curtain: Tom Holmes is one of some 200 people responsible for audio at the Grammys. (Photo courtesy of The Recording Academy®/Wireimage.com © 2017; photo by Kevin Winter)

Music’s biggest night is known for its glitz and glamor, with tens of millions of people tuning in to see superstar artists showing up to the ceremony in tuxes, gowns and the occasional giant egg.

But the Grammys wouldn’t work if it weren’t for hordes of people making the production hum along behind the scenes, in...