January 2008
Drummer Ben Sesar went to great lengths fit in with the rest of the Drama Kings. His gold and red paisley sparkle Spaun kit was designed and painted on with the aid of Adobe Illustrator . The Illustrator Toolbox was used to layout the spacing and size of the paisley stenciling.
Sometimes
it seems like there aren’t many “firsts” left or new peaks to climb
after 33 years of Austin City Limits, but our special presentation of
“The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival” is without a doubt one of the
most unique and challenging projects we’ve ever tackled. First of all,
the Festival is an amazing event in itself – thanks to the generosity
of one man
, a FREE 3-day Festival with five stages and dozens of some of the most
original and eclectic talent you’d find anywhere. All of this is
spread out over the sprawling meadows of beautiful Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Did I mention that about 500,000 music fans turned out for it?
Hey There,
It’s once again time for another ACL Gear Blog. This week: Brad Paisley.
This was Brad’s third taping and as always he brought a great band and
a wonderful tech crew with him. Since it was a hectic day and I didn’t
have time to take as thorough notes as I would have liked, this entry
will focus more on pretty pictures than pretty words.
Even
though Studio 6A is a fully equipped soundstage, some artists prefer to
bring in there own monitoring and Front of House (FOH) consoles setups
. While it’s more labor intensive, it does allow the artist’s audio
engineers quicker recall and familiarity of a preferred control
interface.
Brad’s Front of House engineer is Kevin Freeman.
Kevin has been a pro sound man since the early eighties getting his
start with none other than Iron Maiden. Kevin is using a Midas board.