Big Blog

Take 2, you see I already started typing this blog to only be let down by my crap internet connection. Anyway, how are you all? There have been some changes in my ever developing life, probably the biggest is the choice to change career, to become a commercial pilot, it's going to be a long haul, but hopefully it should pay off, I will be pushing the lighting stuff at full throttle for a little while yet, and if something big comes up then fantastic, but I can't sit on pipe dreams forever. My internet connection sucks, I’m not too phased however, its good not being so dependent on the web. I have come to the conclusion that every time I see a Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon on the road, that the drivers are instant idiots, so far, my theory is proving to be correct.

In other news, I worked as a sound tech on one of the stages at Wintersun this year, a long few days, fairly average bands, nothing that great, however on Sunday a Perth swing band called "The Darling Buds of May" played and they were superb, the standout for me, they were absolutely fantastic, such a powerful, driven, refined, crisp sound. The stage I was based on during the day had 2 x Renkus-Heinz twin 18" subs and 6 x AT Full Range tops, around 1300 watts program each the other stage was all Blackbird CLA series. Also found out, that the big sound companies pull around $250,000 for one show (were talking huge stadium size bands like Coldplay, Muse, U2 etc) and lighting companies around $120,000. The top level sound engineers around $2000 per night, and LD's around $700 a night. I would like to confirm and get more exact figures as these are just approximations, but still...

That is all I can really think of for the moment, time for big changes in my life.

Sam

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