Peter Mega Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Nice picture. I thought El Captain in Yosemite was the largest rock. Maybe the largest Granite rock. Still cool photo either rock. CrewC Thanks Crew. You got me thinking, which is the largest rock and its seems that its not Uluru but Mt Augusta in Western Austraila (according to a google search) So, you might be right, it may depend on the material, I dont know but either way, Uluru is one big mother of a rock!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mega Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 My office has been in Afghanistan for the last couple of weeks, here's me dressed for work... And here's the view from the window of my company car... Until you've had a Blackhawk as your daily drive, with a twin Apache escort, you haven't really lived. I too (like JW) would never go to the office if it was at war mainly because we lost a Sydney soundie, Jeremy Little (a friend of mine) in Iraq in 2003 from grenade fire and the threat is too real for me. You have guts Jon but please be careful. All the best Peter Mega http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/07/15/902461.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Yesterday's office: backstage at the "Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival" in Golden Gate Park. On stage in BG is Doc Watson. We were there to shoot the Del McCoury Band (and the audience particularly) for a new feature film about Bill Monroe being directed by Finn Taylor. We got the crowd (50,000 @ our stage alone) to sing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" along with Del McCoury, Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Peter Rowan, Jimmy Dale Gilmore etc etc at the end of the set. That many voices singing together....is a powerful thing. (Heads up, Tennessee crew types--the main body of the film will be shot around Nashville. prepping in January they say.) phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 ... On stage in BG is Doc Watson. We were there to shoot the Del McCoury Band (and the audience particularly) for a new feature film about Bill Monroe being directed by Finn Taylor. phil p Phil, Doc's bass player is T Michael Coleman, whose day job is as a sound recordist here in the D.C. area. He also produced one of my all-time fav records, Doc's Docabilly. A really nice guy and a really good soundman. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 @ Perkins. That sounds like a great gig. The festival had a very big n varied line up. Wish I was there. @ Jim. I like Doc Watson but I have never heard "Docabilly". I will give it a shot. Thanks. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 @ Perkins. That sounds like a great gig. The festival had a very big n varied line up. Wish I was there. @ Jim. I like Doc Watson but I have never heard "Docabilly". I will give it a shot. Thanks. CrewC I was bummed Doc didn't play "Tennessee Stud" though. But he can pick might well for 87 I'd say... phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Gilchrist Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 @ Perkins. That sounds like a great gig. The festival had a very big n varied line up. Wish I was there. @ Jim. I like Doc Watson but I have never heard "Docabilly". I will give it a shot. Thanks. CrewC Crew, If you've listened to a Doc album made between about '87 and now, you've probably heard T.M.C. play and produce. He was also one of the new generation members of the legendary bluegrass band The Seldom Scene and an original member of the bluegrass/jazz fusion band Chesapeake if memory serves. He also plays a role in the annual traditional music/Doc and Merle Watson tribute festival Merlefest. Best regards, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I too (like JW) would never go to the office if it was at war mainly because we lost a Sydney soundie, Jeremy Little (a friend of mine) in Iraq in 2003 from grenade fire and the threat is too real for me. You have guts Jon but please be careful. All the best Peter Mega http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/07/15/902461.htm I knew Jeremy, as I was also working for NBC at that time, I was in Israel and Syria. His death was a blow to a lot of us. I've had a few friends and colleagues not make it home, and they're always at the forefront of my mind when I'm away, but I still go out there and take the odd risk. I've been working in war zones for 13 years now, and every year I say, that's it, but there's something about that kind of work that keeps bringing me back. Thanks for the kind words everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean McCormick Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Big Bend National Park, Texas. Heaven on Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Big Bend National Park, Texas. Heaven on Earth. I love it there, just don't like the drive through miles and miles of nothing to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 My office view on Saturday & Sunday Oct 16 &17. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpooch Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 While shooting a documentary on architect I.M. Pei in China, I came upon this statue in Hong Kong harbor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 My office view on Saturday & Sunday Oct 16 &17. The top photo looks like one of them is saying to the other "Who is that creepy guy with the camera behind us?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 I don't know whether this was a feat or an accomplishment, but last night we cobbelled together a system to record 42 tracks of a concert by legendary percussionist Barbara Borden and her new band + opening act using 2 Boom Recorder systems, with a JoeCo 24 tr as a backup for the most essential tracks (so 66 channels in record at once). 2 BR systems (interfaces, computers, sharing clock and TC), a patchbay/splitter to pull off the tracks I wanted to send to the JoeCo, maxed out both my console and the FOH board for a combo of direct outs from FOH and an ever growing number of extra mics/channels etc that we wanted to record but that the house console couldn't accommodate. Here are a few nerd pix, plus a shot of me looking very pleased w/ myself just before I sprained my ankle during the loadout. The JoeCo is small and simple in some ways, not so simple in others, and the actual interface--like the buttons--drove me crazy. Waiting for v2. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 what did you use as a2d interface ? what Joe co is it , balance , unbalance , digital version ? All Audio Rents has is the analog "insert" version, which requires the use of special DB25 Ys to be able to use it with a regular recording rig (ie not in the insert path of a house console). We fed the JoeCo from a patchbay splitter between my console and the 2 recording rigs. This was complicated by us needing to record way more than 24 chan (so choices had to be made about what to back up), which made the patching more mind-hosing to keep straight. I would have liked 2 JoeCos but 2 were not avail. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Phil, your gigs are the kind I'd like to be in, maybe just to get you the coffee man.... Was Tony Rice there? I mean in the Hardly Strictly fest... -vin PS: How's that ankle now? Hope you are well my friend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted October 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Phil, your gigs are the kind I'd like to be in, maybe just to get you the coffee man.... Was Tony Rice there? I mean in the Hardly Strictly fest... -vin PS: How's that ankle now? Hope you are well my friend... Didn't meet Tony, but we were stuck at the Banjo Stage only all day. The ankle hurts, thanks for asking....was moving too fast.... phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headpooch Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Modern artist Paul McCarthy constructed a pirate ship and hired 10 actors from NYC to create this video art piece which can only be described as "Pirates of the Caribbean" on LSD. The actors, at one time or another, were submerged in 55 gallon drums of Hershey's chocolate syrup. Each actor had a Countryman B6 with Lectros and all survived the ordeal .... (but I'm still in therapy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Moore Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 AAAAH - MY EYES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Good excuse for a meterbridge on that board.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean McCormick Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Outside Musanze, Rwanda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadoStefanov Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Man I wish I worked as light as you do. What is in the Porta Brace?Wireless only? Outside Musanze, Rwanda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean McCormick Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Typically I'm loaded down quite a bit more. I'm traveling as light as possible. Two Lectros, a 302 and a Zaxcom ZFR100. I'll be doing a writeup of this experience for Coffey Sound's newsletter when I get back. Man I wish I worked as light as you do. What is in the Porta Brace?Wireless only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason porter Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 What about power? Typically I'm loaded down quite a bit more. I'm traveling as light as possible. Two Lectros, a 302 and a Zaxcom ZFR100. I'll be doing a writeup of this experience for Coffey Sound's newsletter when I get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaydgolden Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 No, that is not our camera. It is the crew fooling around. I am in Kiev working on a scripted "reality style" TV show called Family Drama. In Los Angeles the stakes were always high for me: trying to get a foothold on the ladder to some decent work. Here, not so much. People are more willing to laugh and have fun. The good vibes are having a warming effect on me. And they seem to appreciate my professionalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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