Paul P wrote:
> Rufus writes :
>
>> Cool. I can't sing a note...I used to be able to, to the point of where
>> I got tired of people asking me to sing. So I started practicing
>> singing off key...
>
> PT's machine can fix that :-)
>
> You should see the sound equipment at this new hall. The techs
> can't be much over 20 years old and they're drowning in all this
> new high tech stuff. I got to talk with them a bit yesterday
> while helping to set things up. They have a seemingly unlimited
> supply of JBL monitors, Rhodes and AKG mics. There are two
> enormous sound boards, one just for the returns on stage, and
> a third one for the lighting. All the cables are hidden under
> the stage floor and a lot of things are wireless.
>

One of the things I'm most undecided on is wireless...I bought one for
my guitar rig, then discovered I didn't spend enough on it and it picks
up cell phone pings...REALLY annoying. Other than that, I'd love to get
my hands on all that stuff.

> The hall is a bit strange in my opinion. It's completely dead
> sonically, then everything that is done on stage is mic'ed then
> played back through a fabulously sounding sound system (if quite
> a bit too loud to my taste). The amount of reverb is then added
> electronically. Even acoustic music is done this way.
>

...hmmmmnnn...first modeling amps, and now modeling halls...

> I wouldn't mind being a sound guy there. The one I talked
> to most said that he enjoyed it but preferred being on the
> road.
>
> Paul P

I think I'd prefer being there to being on the road - one of the reasons
I dropped out of my former band (I've developed mild Crohn's and haven't
yet figured out all of just what I can do and what I can't)...and the
rats still made me get up and play tonight...I was supposed to just be
running sound...I think I'm being stalked...

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- Rufus