Moments of Clarity
It’s been a while since I’ve posted… and for that I apologize. I’ve been busy this week making Pennington CDs. doing weird projects elsewhere around campus. and just school in general.
Last night. I had the opportunity to run sound for Benjamin del Shreve. That was awesome. Singapore For America openned and that was way cool too. I had one of those nights were I was prepared to run sound. and it. from what I could tell sounded fine… but something within my mind thought it could be better. I was doing everything I knew to do. but it wasn’t coming together like I knew it could… Then. about 20 minutes before the end of BDS’s set. it was like it all of a sudden became clear… I could hear everything in the mix. and knew what to do with it. It was like the first time I understood how to mix a band. It’s a great feeling… it’s as if you’re carrying the sound with your fingertips. Every little change to EQ. compression. or a level I could hear the difference. If only I could learn to do that every show I run sound for…