"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


Since when has any knowledge of the 'US professional
audio market' been a requirement or even a legitimate
expectation of any poster to this *UK recreational*
newsgroup?

When they pretend they have expertise but post total ********.


If you are referring to Iain, why do you doubt he has the expertise?



Morning Keith.



Afternoon Iain!



Two things here.

It is difficult for our amateur church recordist to
come to terms with the fact that there are people
out there who do the job professionally (with formal
training and a lifetime of experience far greater than
his own) and that his church activities are worlds away
from "real" professional commercial recording.

sneep


I think it's to Arny's credit that he has so steadfastly 'walked the walk'
as he puts it for so long as a volunteer but it's my experience in life that
a ton of 'volunteer' doesn't make an ounce of the real thing in the
professional world.

Mind you, that said in light of recent events, my fairly low opinion of even
well-meaning 'experts' has only been reinforced!



The other point is that it must be very difficult indeed to take
part in a British (or Australian) group, while having no concept
of their humour. In all probabiluty, Arny could not see that I
was pulling his chain re Roland/Bosendorfer/Walmart. Over on
the Oz group, they had him running round in circles, and on RAO
the excellent (and *very* English) John Atkinson, eloquent,
intellectual, talented producer, fine musician, skilled engineer,
respected journalist and magazine editor, had Arny changing
between dunce and clown cap with remarkable rapidity.


It's a fact that Yanks don't do 'irony'! I've lost count of the number of
times my little attempts at humour appear to have gone right over his head!




Almost all of the recording industry 'lantern swinging' (memoirs) we see
here goes over my head but I do find quite a lot of it quite interesting.


The "good old days" were in many ways more eventful and interesting.
There were far more "characters" in the business than there are now,
and you found yourself flying by the seat of your pants much more
so than you do these days. Digital techniques, editing in particular,
have made things quicker and much easier. I still keep a 2"
analogue tape editing block on my desk to remind me:-)


One day Joe Ordinaire will wake up to the fact that 'digital' has done him
no real favours - especially when it comes to music.