Author: Pooch

  The live sound industry seems to attract pirates and thieves. In a captain Jack Sparrow kind of a way, we meander thru on our Prevost pirate ships coming soon to a town near you. I had the pleasure of attending Webster University’s Audio Engineering Society earlier this year. It was really a pleasure to lecture to a bunch of young students who obviously care about music, and how music sounds.  I thoroughly enjoyed my time there, and would love to go back next year. But this is NOT the norm.   As soon as those young whipper snappers get out of their bubble in college, and get a taste of the real world, are they going to forget it is about the sound and get absorbed into the “carnival atmosphere”  ??  (Thanks Scott and Bill for that phrase – again) The live sound side of this industry seems to attract the pirates and thieves.  In a captain Jack Sparrow kind of a way, we meander thru on our Prevost pirate ships coming soon to a town near you.  Working in this industry for 20+ years leaves you a little jaded.  You hang out with enough ruffians and you become a ruffian.   God knows I spent a lot of years only concerned about myself, and how much I was going to make on the next leg of the tour. ...