I HAVE HEAT... and class was good too.
Posted June 22nd, 2009 at 09:41 PM by gafftaper
Well the maintenance people fixed my heat and now I'm back again happy but bored in my little hut.
Class was good. The prof. has done a LOT of live sound over the last 20 years... and she's a GIRL too. She said she's only met like three other female pro sound ops over the years and had some funny stories about men thinking she didn't know anything about sound.
She mostly talked about her philosophy as an op and designer, and how that relates to educational theater. A few random points that struck me as interesting today:
-She trains her student sound engineers that they must personally hand the microphone to each actor in a musical. When handing off the mic they are to ask, "How is your voice tonight?" What a great idea to help prepare for a singer who needs a little help because it's feeling a little off.
-She said she has heard that Samuel French and others are cracking down on videos posted on the internet of productions and charging the people producing the show up to $10k per violation! Ouch! More reason to be a real jerk about video recordings.
-If FORCED to mic dialogue, during a musical never try to mix it. Just set a level and leave it. Mix during the singing, not talking.
-She likes to teach about sound board operation using a Mackie manual. They are well written and easy to understand.
-She calls Planned Parenthood to get free expired condoms for use when protecting mic body packs from sweat.
-She likes getting sound effects from The Free Sound Project or www.freesound.org I don't remember hearing of them around CB before. Looks like a great site!
-When designing for a period show, change your radio station to an appropriate era radio station. You'll be amazed at why you might find out about the era by listening to it AND you may just find music you need for the show.
That's all for now.
Class was good. The prof. has done a LOT of live sound over the last 20 years... and she's a GIRL too. She said she's only met like three other female pro sound ops over the years and had some funny stories about men thinking she didn't know anything about sound.
She mostly talked about her philosophy as an op and designer, and how that relates to educational theater. A few random points that struck me as interesting today:
-She trains her student sound engineers that they must personally hand the microphone to each actor in a musical. When handing off the mic they are to ask, "How is your voice tonight?" What a great idea to help prepare for a singer who needs a little help because it's feeling a little off.
-She said she has heard that Samuel French and others are cracking down on videos posted on the internet of productions and charging the people producing the show up to $10k per violation! Ouch! More reason to be a real jerk about video recordings.
-If FORCED to mic dialogue, during a musical never try to mix it. Just set a level and leave it. Mix during the singing, not talking.
-She likes to teach about sound board operation using a Mackie manual. They are well written and easy to understand.
-She calls Planned Parenthood to get free expired condoms for use when protecting mic body packs from sweat.
-She likes getting sound effects from The Free Sound Project or www.freesound.org I don't remember hearing of them around CB before. Looks like a great site!
-When designing for a period show, change your radio station to an appropriate era radio station. You'll be amazed at why you might find out about the era by listening to it AND you may just find music you need for the show.
That's all for now.
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