Hello Nancy,
Nancy Wood wrote in a message to Bonnie Goodwin:
BG> > heavily in the modern concert world, where folks have to
BG> > realize that there's lots more than _sound_ involved in a production.
BG> > The tickets  aren't being sold to folks coming to "hear" the band;
I've been a professional musician/sound person for years, and I"m not one of 
those . I don't do arenas when I've gotta pay for the ticket.
NW> excellent).  There were squeaks, squalls rumbles and rings
NW> that just never got corrected, even into the headliner(s)'
NW> segment of the show. I eventually (in Florida) got to the
NW> point of asking ahead of time "Who's doing the final mix?"
NW> If it was a particular company doing all the work, I stayed
NW> away - I enjoy music too much to listen to shoddy sound,
NW> even if it's a group or performer I really like. 
Same here.  At Des Moines Iowa Civic center, they've gone to lengths to make 
the room good acoustically, but then, they didn't go the extra mile and put 
in a good sound system, and they hire a guy I've called "BOom Boom" to run 
the sound.  Boom Boom is just what his name implies.  Squeaks, squawks, and 
crappola even into the headliner's act.  Last show I went to see there was 
John Lee Hooker, and, I snuck up by the stage where I could hear the 
monitors, (They sounded better than the fronts )
Regards,
Richard Webb, KB0RUU
Karaoke is a Japanese word meaning "tone deaf".
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