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From: DougD on 19 Oct 2009 15:34
In article <0v6dnUqcqe_gwkHXnZ2dnUVZ_uGdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com>, "George's Pro Sound Co." <bmoas(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>The green Man in asheville NC, mix is in a closet in the opposite corner of
>the pub faceing away from the stage
>you have to exit the closet to hear what you are doing
>as the mix position is level with the stage but there are 350 folks in the
>way you can not see anything except heads
>George
>
>

Oooh, yeah, reminds of the that "Dairly Theater" place out at Disneyland
in Anaheim. Probably wrong name, it may be something like "Carnation
Theatre", etc. Just a platform outdoors around a patio with a tent like
roof. There's a dressing room backstage with a door that enters onto
the stage near the perm. drum riser. The "mix" position is in the
dressing room, where there's a tiny window about a foot below ceiling
level where there's a shelf with the mixer on it. They insist on using
their own guy, which was fine by me after seeing that setup!! And of
course they don't use the dressing room as a dressing room, so
whoever your bringing in for the show has to use some battered
old winnebago's that they park on a service road. Probably one of
disney's worst performing area's (I'm guessing it's not there
anymore, or in that configuration) Videopolis had a great backstage
area as well as FOH, I did lasers there for a few years, as well as
lasers for M. Jackson on the opening of Captain EO (we also toured
lasers for Jackson, I lucked out and stayed home for that one..)

d.
From: Phildo on 20 Oct 2009 18:15

"DougD" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message
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> Not that it was that unusual, but just a pain, was the old FOH (for lack
> of
> a better word, perch) at the Whisky.. This would be around the early
> 80's and it was a pain to get in and out of, and not the best place to
> be trying to get a handle on the mix..

Were you just a visiting engineer there Doug or one of the house guys?

I worked as house engineer there and at the Roxy in 98/99. Went in to mix a
friend's band for a showcase gig, Louis Stetzel (RIP) offered me a gig and
the next night I am running the place by myself. Great place to work.

Working there (and at the other LA clubs I mixed at) really sharpened up my
skills as an engineer. Doing several bands a night of various styles and
line-ups, several nights a week, having to deal with less-than-ideal rigs at
some of the other venues, watching BEs who came in and constantly having to
find work-arounds made me 10 times the engineer I was when I started. Best
learning experience I ever had (with touring as BE at club level using a
different system every night a close second).

Phildo


From: George's Pro Sound Co. on 20 Oct 2009 18:30

"Phildo" <Phil(a)phildo.net> wrote in message
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>
> "DougD" <me(a)here.com> wrote in message
> news:U_qdnTRkQJB_CkfXnZ2dnUVZ_g6dnZ2d(a)supernews.com...
>> Not that it was that unusual, but just a pain, was the old FOH (for lack
>> of
>> a better word, perch) at the Whisky.. This would be around the early
>> 80's and it was a pain to get in and out of, and not the best place to
>> be trying to get a handle on the mix..
>
> Were you just a visiting engineer there Doug or one of the house guys?
>
> I worked as house engineer there and at the Roxy in 98/99. Went in to mix
> a friend's band for a showcase gig, Louis Stetzel (RIP) offered me a gig
> and the next night I am running the place by myself. Great place to work.
>
> Working there (and at the other LA clubs I mixed at) really sharpened up
> my skills as an engineer. Doing several bands a night of various styles
> and line-ups, several nights a week, having to deal with less-than-ideal
> rigs at some of the other venues, watching BEs who came in and constantly
> having to find work-arounds made me 10 times the engineer I was when I
> started. Best learning experience I ever had (with touring as BE at club
> level using a different system every night a close second).
>
> Phildo

why did you choose that career path when you could have just begged some
tiny church in mooseknuckle noplaceville for a voulenteer position?
george
>
>


From: Phildo on 21 Oct 2009 21:15

"George's Pro Sound Co." <bmoas(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Working there (and at the other LA clubs I mixed at) really sharpened up
>> my skills as an engineer. Doing several bands a night of various styles
>> and line-ups, several nights a week, having to deal with less-than-ideal
>> rigs at some of the other venues, watching BEs who came in and constantly
>> having to find work-arounds made me 10 times the engineer I was when I
>> started. Best learning experience I ever had (with touring as BE at club
>> level using a different system every night a close second).
>>
> why did you choose that career path when you could have just begged some
> tiny church in mooseknuckle noplaceville for a voulenteer position?

I know I could have taken the Arny path to enlightenment but that would also
have meant a full frontal lobotomy or some serious use of mind-bending
chemicals to achieve the required level of insanity to go with it.

Phildo


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