Interview with the sound guy for Styx

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This is a fascinating interview with the FOH audio engineer for Styx. Just talking about how the rig works and his job. Unlike so many other interviews, this is not dumbed down for civilians. This is a hard core technical chat. I loved it.
Part 1 FOH
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That was cool.

And yes, I watched all of both. I’m the weirdest rigger out there.
 
That was cool.

And yes, I watched all of both. I’m the weirdest rigger out there.
It's always fascinating to listen to a master who loves their work talk about it.
 
Is Libby still the LD for Styx? She'd be a great interview, too.
 
I watched the videos. Very interesting.... didn't really understand anything he said but it was still interesting :p
 
I watched the videos. Very interesting.... didn't really understand anything he said but it was still interesting :p
Yeah I spent the whole video saying, "I sort of know what that means" over and over.
 
First Concert I went to. Styx Come sail away tour 1979. Golden Earing opened for them. Doubt it was the same sound guy...
 
First Concert I went to. Styx Come sail away tour 1979. Golden Earing opened for them. Doubt it was the same sound guy...
Did the Golden Earing drummer still have the strobe lights for his drum kit. The ones that looked like they were built into goosneck desklights? Oh, nevermind! Just remembering useless nonsense.:grin:
 
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First Concert I went to. Styx Come sail away tour 1979.
Hey, me too! (If one doesn't count Sonny & Cher in 1974 I think.) EDIT: 1972.
 
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Did the Golden Earing drummer still have the strobe lights for his drum kit. The ones that looked like they were built into goosneck desklights? Oh, nevermind! Just remembering useless nonsense.:grin:
That I don't remember. I do know it was my first concert. There was a huge curtain on stage then there was like a little three piece band set up in front of the curtain. When they started playing I didn't know any of the songs and I was really disappointed. Then they played Radar Love and I really enjoyed it. Then hands came out and cleared all the gear and I was like, "Was that really worth $15.00?" then the lights went down again and the gobo with a sailing ship came up and there was a scrolling background of water and I couldn't figure out how they were doing that. the giant curtain flew up and my little 13 year old mind was blown away.
On the way home someone suggested we stop and get donuts and I think I ate half a dozen, that's when I learned the term "Stand by H*gh"..
 
No, let's not count Sonny and Cher.
Okay, but Sonny told the most hilarious joke about how they mistakenly spelled his name on his microphone...they only had one "n".
Also, they apologized about coming out late by saying, "We were watching this TV show about a couple: she was tall and gorgeous, he was short." This was on a Sunday night, when else?
David Brenner opened for them. He was a pacer, even back then. Spot Ops hated him.
 

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