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From: bob urz on 4 Jul 2008 10:24
Even if your not in the USA, happy fourth of july!

My month of stage shows is done, and i need a day off.
I just went though a week of no power due to storms at home,
and broken auto's up the wazooo. My back is so sore i can not
hardly get up if i bend over, and i got 4 days of tearing down
the Olympic swimming trials starting sunday night.

Have a beer for me and i drink one for you!

bob


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From: Marc Amsterdam on 4 Jul 2008 11:19
On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:24:49 -0500, bob urz <sound(a)inetnebr.com>
wrote:

>Even if your not in the USA, happy fourth of july!
>
>My month of stage shows is done, and i need a day off.
>I just went though a week of no power due to storms at home,
>and broken auto's up the wazooo. My back is so sore i can not
>hardly get up if i bend over, and i got 4 days of tearing down
>the Olympic swimming trials starting sunday night.
>
>Have a beer for me and i drink one for you!
>


sure do Bob, good luck on your back


<ptsssszzz> ( sound of opening beer bottle)


>bob
>
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From: Eeyore on 4 Jul 2008 13:59


bob urz wrote:

> Even if your not in the USA, happy fourth of july!

And a happy one to you too.


> My month of stage shows is done, and i need a day off.
> I just went though a week of no power due to storms at home,
> and broken auto's up the wazooo. My back is so sore i can not
> hardly get up if i bend over, and i got 4 days of tearing down
> the Olympic swimming trials starting sunday night.
>
> Have a beer for me and i drink one for you!

Consider it done.

Cheers, Graham

From: liquidator on 4 Jul 2008 17:36

"bob urz" <sound(a)inetnebr.com> wrote in message
news:1215181034_11624(a)isp.n...
> Even if your not in the USA, happy fourth of july!
>
> My month of stage shows is done, and i need a day off.
> I just went though a week of no power due to storms at home,
> and broken auto's up the wazooo. My back is so sore i can not
> hardly get up if i bend over, and i got 4 days of tearing down
> the Olympic swimming trials starting sunday night.
>
> Have a beer for me and i drink one for you!
>
> bob
>
>

Get a beer and some deserved rest Bob.


From: jakdedert on 5 Jul 2008 03:22
bob urz wrote:
> Even if your not in the USA, happy fourth of july!
>
> My month of stage shows is done, and i need a day off.
> I just went though a week of no power due to storms at home,
> and broken auto's up the wazooo. My back is so sore i can not
> hardly get up if i bend over, and i got 4 days of tearing down
> the Olympic swimming trials starting sunday night.
>
> Have a beer for me and i drink one for you!
>
> bob
>
>
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Attended the celebration on the bank of the Cumberland with my two
youngest. Last year Nashvilles event was voted by some organization as
the second best in the nation, according to the talking heads on stage
tonight.

The fireworks were awsome, almost overwhelming at the end. The sound
left a lot to be desired.

I didn't even check to see who was the contractor, although there were a
lot of familiar faces on stage. The Nashville Symphony started out with
a short number...sort of a soundcheck. The audio was way too upfront
and strident, but I figured that was to be expected at such an event,
especially as a first number. Their subsequent numbers, before the
fireworks, showed considerable improvement.

Phil Vassar was the opening act. He put on a very good show, and the
sound was better than passable...very enjoyable in fact when his band
was playing alone. His final number with symphonic backing was less so.

Michael McDonald followed, after some additional programming. His set
started out sounding very bad. The vocals were way upfront, distorted,
pumping and dry. Bass guitar dominated the bottom end, a constant
rumble instead of individual notes. The sax sounded like a train horn.
By the second or third song, the foh guy had tamed the sound somewhat,
the vox sounded a little smoother, the keys got a little more airtime.
Then the Symphony came back in to accompany and everything went to hell
again--rampant ringing and feedback. By the last number, it was again
somewhat under control, but was never what I would call 'good'.

I believe the difference might be explained by stage volume. Vassar
used IEMs, while McDonald had several honkin' big wedges around him. It
sounded like the stage sound got into everything, especially the
symphony mics.

The synchronized symphonic/fireworks display, as mentioned, was awesome.
The ensemble played well. The fireworks were almost excruciating in
volume; which was for the best, as they drowned out the sound system
almost entirely. There was a hint of the symphony sound during the
quieter parts of the display; but with the fireworks across the river,
behind the stage, every report was picked up and amplified--badly, and
with delay--by the instrument mics.

All in all, we had a good time; and I trust that only a fraction of the
100,000+ attending noticed the deficiencies in the audio.

jak
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