On Wednesday, 26 July 2017 07:50:08 UTC+3, ~misfit~ wrote:
Once upon a time on usenet Iain Churches wrote:
tiistai 25. heinäkuuta 2017 6.56.31 UTC+3 ~misfit~ kirjoitti:

Yes. Alas 20 years of chronic back pain, reduced mobility and the
massive drop in income has limited my experience to what I can see
in my home. :-/

Sorry to hear that. Is this the result of your hard physical work
with the band?

Thanks. No I don;t think so. It was a freak occurance in 1995. I was going
to the neighbours over the back (1.8m) fence and the far side was smooth so
I 'vaulted' over and the ground on the far side was uneven and I landed
wrong. The resulting jar to my back ruptured L5 / S1 completely and also
damaged the next three discs up.

(snip)

Sorry, sad story I don't usually share. I try to keep my mind occupied as
best I can with low-cost 'projects' etc.

That's a tragic chain of events. Very sad:-(

These are very different times to the late 70s / early 80s. ;-)
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Indeed. Trucks have hydraulic tail lifts, forklifts, and freight
cases have large wheels. But the amount of equipment a band now
carries is far greater.

Very true. I'd love to have got my hands on the sort of equiment available
these days back in the day. Not just on the audio side but stage lighting as
well. The intense colours that you can get quite cheaply with LEDs these
days (and being able to use pre-programmed sequences) would be awesome to
use.

Yes indeed. LED technology has changed lighting enormously, just as digital and wireless technology have changed audio. It is also fun to use the best from both worlds. Nirvana for me is a collection of large condenser mics from the 50's and 60's, and an analogue console feeding an 24track Studer A80 (2" tape) with Dolby SR. Then transfer to digital DAW for edit, post and mix.

Iain