Midas PRO6, what can I say about you? You are one classy dame. You have all the right pieces in all the right places. The first time I laid eyes on you I had that feeling you get as a freshman when you see the hot senior walk past you in the hall. I was scared.
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Most know Blue to be a manufacturer of high quality studio microphones. Their creative, intuitive and distinctive designs have caught attention from many engineers over the years. I remember a couple of years ago thinking to myself "I wish they would come out with a live microphone, I bet it would be awesome." So needless to say, when I found out I was going to be reviewing two of these mics, I was a happy guy!
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It's kind of funny that this review is running in the same issue as the Midas PRO6 because, while they could not seem more different on the surface, they share a common thread. Both are very apt demonstrations of the relentless march towards digital in our little live event audio world.
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Hard to believe that it was just a year ago when FOH was running news stories about problems at LOUD Technologies just about every issue-delisting from the NASDAQ, manufacturing partners in Asia shutting down and disrupting supply chains for both Mackie and EAW products and finally rumors of impending bankruptcy.
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At the historic Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Calif., Duncan Sheik's musical, Whisper House recently completed its successful premiere run. Sheik's follow-up to Spring Awakening ran from January 13 to February 21 and received critical acclaim for its haunting score, unconventional structure and Dan Moses Schreier's sound design.
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The article "Delivering a President's Message to the World," about the 2009 inaugural sound system, brought back memories of a system I designed for the same purpose, but 40 years earlier, in 1969 for Richard Nixon's first inauguration. We estimated the crowd at about 50,000 people.
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It's been a while since I've heard someone go on a rant about "how much better analog sounds than digital." But recently at a gig, this great pastime was re-visited and made me think about writing why, and possibly how, to keep the "sonic" quality up in the digital world.
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Mark Bowman has been kicking around the Phoenix performing arts scene for over 20 years now, beginning when he was working with the City of Phoenix as a recreation leader.
Read More »The whiskey-swilling, pony-tailed image of the rock ‘n' roll road manager was never all that accurate, though it became a widely familiar trope thanks to films like This Is Spinal Tap and Roadie. But try to imagine Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the role instead of Meatloaf. That's one more outcome of the confluence of live music having become the core earnings engine for music and the ever-increasing use of Internet-based services, social and otherwise, to get out and stay out on tour.
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Other than a slight headache, Rick was feeling pretty good, considering he drank 10 beers and two shots before leaving the bar at 3 a.m. He should have realized that the only reason the waitress was flirting with him was to sell him more beer and to generate a larger tip. "You would think I'd know better after 34 years on this planet," he said to himself as he walked into his small bathroom.
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