Front Page? Really?

Well I must be famous, or it was a slow day in the news. I wake up from my home away from home at the wonderful Econolodge (ughh!!). As I am looking down from my continental breakfast/ toilet fillings, I see the morning paper. I want to see what is going on in this little poe-dunk town that we are in. I flip it open, and there I am! Front page, my pic, and a lovely quote that I muttered to a lady that was apparently a reporter for the Rock Springs Rocket. I have been on T.V. for some stuff, but never in the paper, let alone the front page! Yes, I did buy about 10 copies of it, and plan on signing them all! Eventually they will make their way to E-bay I am sure.

Leann Rimes takes the stage.

Leann Rimes was great. She really does have a good FOH engineer. To bad the wind blew so hard we couldn't hear the mix. I have discovered that in Wyoming, the wind never stops blowing, in fact it gets harder. All the dirt decides to visit my eyes and nose. Her crew was great to work with as well. Nice camp they got going on there. The were effected by the flood seen here, that went through Nashville last year and lost everything of their production. Millions of dollars under water and they still wanted to do this tour. Sounds like the insurance is giving them the run around about getting their gear back. I wouldn't know what it feels like to turn on the T.V. and see your entire career under water. Good luck to them!

Day One

Here we are, day one of the Sweet Water County Fair and what a day it has been. After loading in the audio I walked out to my mix position and realized that the snake would not be protected from trucks running it over and drunks tripping on it. So I ask the simple question, "Do we have any cable ramps available?" I was the replied with, "No, but we gots a back ho! Gimme a sec partner and we will whip sumthin up." So they came up with, dig a 4 foot trench, lay an 8 inch diameter pipe and pull the snakes through it. Well, we will see how it works tomorrow.

Alright, here we go..... Ready lights?.... Ready Sound?....... Ready Camera?....... ACTION!


The first post of many as I take you through the life and Journey of a freelance sound engineer. What is that you ask? In a nut shell, I am the guy that stands behind the huge board with all the knobs and buttons on it. I am the one that people go home saying, "Wow, that sounded great!" or "The band was good, but the sound sucked!". That's me. I will post as many photos and stories as they happen. Yes, I will tell you everything that goes on back stage and behind the scenes.

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