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Acoustic tour: Part 2 or Have I said I hate digital today?

 

Day 3 of rehearsal
Came in early in the morning to try and program scenes (snapshots) for all the songs-  (which I have heard only once).  After spending several hours working out effects, various EQ changes, etc… 25 scenes later and one of the video guys shows up and asks me for a mix.  I patch a matrix mix to my stage rack so he can pick it up there.   Now I realize that it’s only patched in my current scene.  Since this is the first time I’ve used any kind of automation on the Pro 9, I pull out the trusty manual and scan the pages trying to figure out how to globally paste this change to all of my 25 scenes. (more…)

Acoustic tour

 

I’m currently mixing FOH on the Goo Goo Dolls “The Otis Midnight Sessions” acoustic tour.
When most people hear “Acoustic Tour” they expect a couple of musicians walking in with acoustic guitars on their backs, playing campfire songs. I have yet to do an acoustic tour like that. When I toured with Indigo Girls years ago, I cannot tell you how many times we showed up with our truck full of gear to the local crew shaking their heads asking “ I thought this was two girls and two guitars?” In fact it was 20+ various stringed (more…)

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