Jerry B

Used to work with a DOP(E) who used to call.... "Immortalising!"

Ha that reminds me of working at a network, occasionally a trainee camera operator would be asked to pan left. The poor nervous guy would pan tentatively to the right. The director would call, " keep goin' keep goin' keeeeep goin' till the poor guy had panned a full 363 degrees to get the right framing.

+1 on the crash mic

If there has ever been a bigger misnomer than Reality I'd like to know what it is. Who's reality is this? BTW having cockroaches poured over you is pretty wierd. But have producers poured over you is completely sick!

Badaboum! thanks Pierre! Thanks boys, enjoy those offspring, they'll get big on you before ya know it. Yeah Back into the studio at end of July Pete, Going surfing in Mentawais for 10 days before returning to it, so holiday is set. But jee'd be nice just to turn over e few days a week to pay for the Bintangs. Jerry.

Hi Guys, I'm "enjoying" a two month production break from the client who has all but filled my calandar of the past three years. Things are as I guess we know a bit quiet presently, I'm told it's hotting up. but if there's any of you Sydney blokes out there who could use a boom swinger or assitant or indeed need the services of a second soundie for the day give us a yell. Jeeze I even do a week of "the fat show" interviews ........ but not a day more. I know a few of you guys from the forum, and there's a few more I've not had the pleasure of meeting, PM me if you'd like a CV or just a chat. Regards, Jerry Batha Sydney Soundie.

Unless you don't live in the US. I've been a Soundie/Soundo for 25 years, but you're right, some days, I still feel like a rookie .

Classic! IMO it is possible that the Stilletto TB15SS could join the JW Sound idiom along-side the "Tuna Sub"? (HAT!) Just my $0.02!

I made the switch and haven't looked back, steer clear of the NiMHs ,Lithium Polymer all the way. Just keep tabs on them and keep cycling them. Theyll end up saving you a bunch! Jerry.

Yeh! I have the same pole but haven't encountered the reflection prolem yet. I'm pretty confident about giving it a wet and dry sand down, but I'd suggest any one going down this route, pull the whole thing down. I haven't pulled this one down but I'm guessing that they still use the old bushes which are the loop side of velcro. They slide really well and clean out easy if you get grit in there, but you wouldn't want fine dust in them. Jerry.

Beautiful! A totally organic recording of something real. A palate cleansing sorbet amongst the stuff we sometimes must endure during our workaday recording lives.

huh?

Supposedly it affects your memory!

You know working in your dreams is no where near as bad as dreaming at your work. Hands up who has ever fallen asleep during an interview.

Here's one from the eighties during my time as a fisher boom op on a live variety show. I'm in the corridor outside the studio when I become aware of the opening theme music, I hear the floor managers voice from somewhere giving the host a ten second count! I burst through the studio door with about two seconds to go, but the opening monologue is at the far end of the studio, The band is finishing up the opener and host begins to deliver as I'm still running towards the boom. This is when I jolt into the waking world gasping.....what does it mean doctor?

$10! that's CHEAP for the info gleaned from here ... and of the course the entertaiment! Thanks Jeff,

How do you know when there's a drummer and a bass player at the door? The knocking speeds up, and you can hear hear someone yelling, "Hey! your speeding up!" Jerry

"Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life" Confusius.

But on the original thread, Keep your ear to the ground, and eyes on the second hand pages of Gotham/Coffey/Pro-Sound etc, I've gotta have a rental or an imminent one before purchase, 2nd hand gear can be pretty much assured of being paid for by a job of 15-30 (without counting your chickens, calculate how many days the gear will be paid for in) I love a job that buys me gear and pays my wage too! The more last minute I can make these purchases, the less time it is sitting around doing nothing. Jerry.

Sorry guys I know we seem to have split the thread here with Denielle's payment (or non payment) problem, It may be different in USA, but here in Australia, there are many debt collection agencies, surely you guys have something similar. Thankfully I have only had this happen 2 or 3 times in my 16 years of freelance. The agency here takes about 10%-15% (well worth it). I've done it fto collect as little as a basic day rate. I was gonna let it go but nah f#$* that. I spend the day away from my family and other fruitful employment, then I'm stuffing money in another dudes pocket. All it took was one alarming looking letter of final demand an they have always paid up. In taking a leaf from their book, last time I only threatened them with the debt collectors and the money stream began to trickle! Good luck, Jerry.

"I would think for wind isolation youd want a headphone ear cup that envelopes the entire ear and not just sits on it like the HD 25 or MDR-7506 headphones do." That was my mind-set benr when I bought my first pair of headphones, but I was convinced to purchase the HD25s (with, mmmmmm velour pads) 16 years ago when I left the network and went freelance. I find the isolation is surprisingly good on them, in fact I'll throw them onfor hearing protection when the need arises and there's no plugs available. I would change them, when you pry them from my cold dead ears! Jerry.

Hmm, not my all-time fave but for watching from any point onwards, The Blues Brothers is hard to beat.

You may noy be able to polish a turd, but you sure can roll it in glitter! JB

Furher to the whole I-Power question, I bought my first yellow rack of these little beauties a couple of years back, and I agree they are fantastic. I have about 20 of them now at various ages and rather than throwing good ones out I want to know how to identify the dud ones. Does any one have a dependable test of the state of any given battery though? I think any battery should be tested under load, so a volt meter alone isn't gonna cut it. I've been to my local Jay-Car (Australian Radio Shack equiv.) they have battery testers but they don'y list Li-Po as being "testable" Jerry.

Just been browsing everyone's office pics. I love 'em. One of the best things about our job is, You get to see something every day that you don't see every day! Jerry. Volcano rim, Tana Vanuatu. Nov 2011 .