[Dixielandjazz] Sound

[Stephen G Barbone]

Joe Hopkins wrote:


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"What I hate is when after playing a tun e and the applause dies  
down ... you grab the mike to thank the crowd or make an announcement  
and the mike has been turned off!! And often you look out there and  
the sound guy has walked away .... very frustrating indeed.

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Yes, frustrting. Also happens sometimes on a vocal when the singer  
finds the mike off. What works for us is to tell the sound guy to  
leave the vocal mike on all the time, Then we point it up during  
songs, and just point it back to the announcer when the song is over,  
or toward a vocalist when required. Or if there is a switch on the  
vocal mike, we tell him to leave it on at the board and we will  
control it from the bandstand.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
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"Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of  
youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the  
elders."  - F. Scott Fitzgerald