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Thread #47955 Message #717802
Posted By: katlaughing
26-May-02 - 10:58 PM
Thread Name: Sound Engineers - Deaf/Sending us deaf?
Subject: RE: BS: Sound Engineers - Deaf/Sending us deaf?
I, too, went to a Moody Blues concert a few years back and the sound was great, in a very large arena, used for everything from trade shows, Lippizanner Stallion shows, concerts, and indoor football. The acoustics are terrible, but their sound guy did a great job.
My Rog is a broadcast engineer who started out in radio. In the early 1980's, Roy Orbison's cousin, Don Orbison, used to come to Casper, once per year, to hold a talent search. The winner would get a week in Nashville, with Don helping them to cut a song, and they'd get one thousand singles for promotional purposes. It was always a lot of fun. Anyway, Don liked Rog's sound engineering so well that he made it a point to hire him every year for the couple of weeks he was there.
On the other hand, sometimes I think Rog has gone a little deaf due to working around the transmitters which are so loud, BUT it's me who turns up the volume of a tv or radio show. The only reason I think this about him is I have to repeat myself to him (maybe selective hearing?) and he speaks very loudly at times, which he normally has to do around the equipment so maybe that is just habit. Interesting thread.
kat