Remember when everyone switched to digital consoles? You won’t need to carry those racks of gear anymore. No more outboard eq, comps, gates, effects etc. Less truck space equals fuel savings and less money for trucking. Fewer seats taken up means more money for the promoter. Everyone wins! Uh, yeah. Maybe not so much. Even […]
Is this really where we want to be?
I was just reading an article by a pretty well known production designer. Talked about his choice in consoles, pre visualization tools, integrating video and lighting elements, trying to balance current tours with designing for upcoming events etc. I’m sure the fellow is good at his job. Better in fact, than I could ever be. […]
Hot fun in the summertime
Been a busy summer so far. I’ve had a bunch of local shows including Daughtry, Tonic, The Wailers, Oh What A Night and a great show with Dave Mason. Local poet/artist Eric Johnt was in the Frugal Studio with some video editing for his exhibit at the Arts Enrichment Center. Zeo Brothers had me along […]
Spring doings…
Much has gone on here this spring. In the Frugal Studio, completed recording and editing an audio book for a local company earlier in the spring. More on that when it goes public. On the live front a whole bunch of shows have come through the local venue. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ricky Skaggs, Leo Kottke, […]
Winter Work
Well, fortunately it hasn’t been too slow a winter for the Frugal Audio Guy. Completed installation and testing of the Midas Pro3 consoles in the small room at the local venue. Followed by two New Year’s Eve shows with Eddie Money and a New Year’s Day show with Little Feat. Still sussing out a gain […]
Doings at the local venue
Been pretty busy locally. A billiard tournament, show with Paula Cole, and seven shows with Frankie Avalon. Now in the big push to get things ready in the small room before New Years Eve. Floor stripped and painted, new Midas consoles. Details and pictures soon.
Back at the ranch…
Frugal is back in the building… Returned from St. Louis earlier this week after a long but fruitful event with COGIC and my old friends at Zeo Brothers. We hung a bunch of XLc. Including a rig in the dome where the Rams play. I spent most of my time on the day shift in […]
More on the local gig…
So the local venue has kept me pretty busy of late. I’ve been working full time on an install project in the small room. Basically installing more permanent cabling and patch points for audio (analog & digital), com, lighting control, and data. This along with some acoustic treatment, new soft goods, and a dimmer rewire […]
Filling in the gaps…
So while things were slower than usual in the past year or so there have been some interesting things happening in Frugal Land. At Frugal Control I’ve had a few projects come through. Late in ’09 I did some interesting dialog cleanup for a documentary on 9/11. I also provided mastering services for the second […]
So what have you been up to John?
Scrolling down you can see that posts from the old tour blog stopped more than a year ago. So what’s happened since? Most obviously I haven’t been touring with John Michael Talbot. But, JMT fans rest assured. John Michael is still out there and going strong. He is now doing full time what we did […]