Thanks so much to everyone who made this event possible:
Bennett and Tom Young for helping from the start.
Jason for hauling up and managing the "house" PA.
Thanks to Jamie and Karen from Rational Acoustics, Dave from Sennheiser, Tim from Shure, Howard from Lectrosonics and Brian Doser for adding real educational benefit to the event.
Thanks to Greg Bass for stepping up and manning the video camera last-minute through the whole 2-day run. Now what do I do with all of this content? I've only got 2 GB left on my show computer now.
Thanks to the area reps that made it and shared some of their lines: Bill King, Dave Henderson as well as Perry and the Hanoud guys.
Thanks to all of the manufacturers who shared their offerings: Alec from EONA, Chuck and JP from APB Dynasoncis, Howard from Lectrosonics, Mike from Allen & Heath, Tom from Soundcraft, Carlton and Shannon from Stage Research.
Thanks to Dave D for helping to keep the planning of this event vibrant here on the Forums.
Thanks to Bill Hanley for sharing some of his wealth of experiences.
Thanks to Tyra Penn and the players she brought along to be our test subjects for Monday night.
And thanks to all of the crew (Dan, Dave, Steve, Ryan, Tony) who came early to help with the in and hung late to help with the strike.
My head is still spinning, and I'm thinking of heading to Infocomm so I can actually sit, relax and absorb... I'm sure I've overlooked some names, but please know that this event would not have been possible without everyone chipping in as you all did.
Oh yeah. Big thanks to the host facility: The Wachusett Village Inn. They've long been a client, I've always seen them taking good care of their guests. You'd be hard-pressed to find a facility that will treat you as well.
Thank you all very much! I guess we'll have to do this again.
Mark your calendars, I just reserved the facility for next year: May 17-18 2010! (When do we start the "planning" thread?)
David Nickerson
Bay State Sound
Tom Young wrote on Mon, 18 May 2009 22:08 |
I just returned from Day-1 of the Demo/gear fest that David Nickerson spearheaded. Unfortunately I coud not stay for Day-2.
It far surpassed what I imagined it would be. Perhaps 50 folks were there today as well as a good number of manufacturers, some of whom travelled far to participate in this. More folks due tomorrow.
Everyone was of the "serious, passionate about live audio" ilk and (of course) many or all were LABsters.
The presentations were all VERY good. Today ended with Bill Hanley's recollections of starting out in the PA business and leading up to doing sound for Woodstock (the real one). His anecdotes were fascinating and inspiring. As it turns out, his motivations were no different than mine and everyone I know/respect in this business (he felt strongly that live sound could be improved and he did something about this). He just started doing it before we all did and managed to be involved in some of the greatest early (historical) events .... as well as many since.
The venue and its staff were all great. The acoustics of the conference room were far above average. The spirit of this entire endeavor was A+.
I suspect that this took considerable effort and planning on David's part and I personally want to thank him for doing all that it took to pull this off so well. For a long time I have envied what certain geographical areas across the US do as far as audio-related meetings, demos and facility tours (AES Pacific- Northwest chapter comes to mind) and I have wondered why we (in New England) seem to not be capable of doing this ourselves (all the while being guilty of not doing anything about it myself). That is no longer the case.
So "hats off" to David, Jason Dermer, Bennet Prescott and Ales Dravinec from Eona-ADR Audio, Ivan Beaver and Danley Sound Labs, Chuck and JP from APB, Jamie and Karen from Rational Acoustics, Sennheiser, Shure, Soundcraft, EAW, the various reps in attendance and all the rest of those who went to great effort to pull this off.
Now, to sleep.
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