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X/AUDIO Go To A Show! ast night I saw two great performers and friends do what they love to do — play music to a loud, enthusiastic rock ‘n roll crowd. I took the relatively short drive from my home in Northwest North Carolina to Charlotte in order to see The Dreaming (www.myspace.com/thedreaming) — a Los Angeles-based rock act led by Christopher Hall, former lead vocalist of Stabbing Westward — currently finishing up a 60plus date national club/theater tour. Friend number one, Carlton Bost, plays guitar for The Dreaming; I met Carlton in college and we’ve been very close friends for well over a decade. Other than when he was a student, I’ve never known a time when he wasn’t a professional musician. He’s played venues such as Madison Square Garden, the LA Forum, etc., etc. Friend number two, Jesse Garber, is the vocalist for The Dreaming’s local support act, Audacity (www.myspace.com/audacitycharlotte). I met Jesse as a ‘little brother,’ a high school kid and younger sibling of another very close friend who happens to be an incredible singer himself. Jesse has also become a very close friend of mine. I’ve never known a time when Jesse wasn’t talking about or interested in music. Now he’s rocking stages like a pro; who knows where he’ll end up performing in the future. Other than the fact that these guys are two of the most passionate, kind, and cool people I know, they’re also great contributors to my knowledge of our industry. Carlton really is that guy deciding what instrument, amp, or microphone to pick up and play on the national stage; Jesse really is that guy deciding what microphone best works on his voice for his local (and potentially regional and national) stage. I can’t think of better examples of the modern pro musician/recordist and the modern aspiring-pro musician/recordist than this pair. On this particular night, both Carlton and Jesse were quite complimentary of the house engineer and house PA at Amos Southend, the stalwart local rock club that hosted the tour. FOH and monitors sounded great; as a result, both guys and their respective bands played great sets and felt great about it afterwards. neer. Inside the recording studio is a great place to be, but ‘live’ is where the music is always happening. Be the best live sound engineer in town, and you’ll know every good musician in town that needs to Photo credit: record an album. Then, in no Doug Rice/Allure Pro audio gear manufacturers may often time, all the musicians will be at your place ask, even if only rhetorically, “What do guys to record. like this — the aspiring pro, the pro, and the house engineer — really need?” My TAKING ‘LIVE’ WITH YOU The burgeoning handheld digital stereo answer? Go to a show and ask them. I’m sure they’d be happy to share. And while you’re recorder market is arguably the hottest there, you could probably even thank them segment in pro audio product sales today. There may be many reasons why seemingfor their business. ly every manufacturer in pro audio that BUSINESS BEGINS WITH A SHOW has ever made a hardware-based recorder After all, our business is all about ‘live’ is now making a tiny stereo recorder with — whether you’re a professional in the stu- built-in mics and a USB port. Back on topic, and to tie this one up: last dio, out in the field, or providing live sound night, while rocking in to the masses. For the Charlotte, the most perfect example, look important and lucid reano further than a guy son for these products like John McBride, truly came to mind — they a Professional Sound allow you to easily take Man at the top of his the fun of ‘live’ with you. game, featured in the To be fair, all of these March issue of PAR. In products sound pretty this particular touring darn good — at least the feature written by PAR ones I’ve heard and/or contributor Heather used — and, not to spoil Johnson, McBride was my upcoming full review highlighted as a sucof the Olympus LS-10 cessful live sound engiPCM Recorder, the best neer for a major counamong them are increditry music artist and his bly easy to use. wife (the same person, Thanks to a kind house actually). As most of engineer, I parked the you should know, small, intuitive LS-10 perMcBride has been runfectly center of FOH for ning an incredible live the duration of the show, sound business for and I walked away at the years. And today he end of the evening with runs the biggest and audio so good that either baddest recording stuband could immediately dio in Nashville — and proudly play it for Berry Hill, to be exact. absolutely anyone. (Shout out, Berry Hill!) In this day and age of Anyway, McBride is a MySpace.com immediacy, guy who made his forproducts allowing this sort tune in live sound and The Olympus LS-10 of instantaneous content now spends his fortune creation are windfalls for on his studio. (Ask any pro freelancer in Nashville about Blackbird everyone: manufacturers, musicians, and music fans everywhere — at home, at the Studios — they’ll tell you.) Guys like McBride are incredibly good studio, or at the live show. for the industry, mainly because guys like Strother Bullins is the Reviews and Features McBride get it: you have to reach out to the music community, in person and on loca- Editor for Pro Audio Review and a former tion, to make such a good living as an engi- Berry Hill resident. by Strother Bullins 62 | ProAudio Review | April 2008 Subscribe to the Digital Edition of Pro Audio Review http://www.myparmag.com www.proaudioreview.com http://www.myspace.com/thedreaming http://www.myspace.com/audacitycharlotte http://MySpace.com http://www.proaudioreview.com http://www.myparmag.com

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ProAudio Review - April 2008 Contents A Little More Recognition Please Studio News and New Products API 1608 16-Channel Analog Console TASCAM X-48 Digital Audio Workstation SSL Matrix Super Analogue Console Toft Audio Design Series ATB Analog Console KRK Systems Exposé E8B Powered Monitor Broadcast News and New Products ZOOM H2 Portable Digital Recorder Producing Surround Sound at 50th Grammy Awards JBL LSR4312SP Linear Spatial Reference Powered Subwoofer Audio Production For Gaming Euphonix S5 Fusion Digital Post Production Console NAB Hot Gear Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Live Production Console Go To A Show! Contracting News and New Products Studio Consoles Studio Wireless Microphones Alicia Keys “Superwoman”

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