today we were in fort smith arkansas. i should have expected a bad day coming because every day so far this run has been really good. the first clue that it was going to be a long day was when the hired stage hands asked me which side was stage right, followed by hearing about guys having to be told three times what front of house was.
then came time to start putting together my lighting towers. i gave my hands a stack of bolts and showed them where the bases and truss were to put together. then i told them i would be right back as soon as i finished the other thing i was doing. the bolts have two washers and a nut on them. common sense says that one washer goes on each side...
so i finished what i was doing and went to check on their progress. when i got over to them, they had put both washers on the same side of the base. i told them that we had to take them all off and put one washer on both sides. this one guy said, "you didn't tell us that." my reply was "sorry. that's my fault. i thought it was common sense." the guy proceeded to look straight in my face and say, "not my common sense."
hooray for some days off.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
hazy
the haze hovering over our venue pretty much reminds me of the way my head feels about day 3 of most runs. today isn't too bad because we had a long drive last night and a late load in so i got about 7 hours of sleep. plus, yesterday mike, from leeland, pulled culmer over backwards in a chair while he was talking to his wife and culmer didn't even miss a word. and that was funny.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
water(park) melon
this is tim.
this is what tim had for breakfast. mostly the orange and yellow.
after one unfortunate bite, i think of the yellow, tim was heard to say, "this melon tastes like water park."
most days, when breakfast is bad, the whole day is shot.
luckily, the promoter brought us things to play with.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
my release from my release
this blog is just me feeling sorry for myself, so feel free to skip it...
ironically, this blog is coming just days after blogging about my release.
after being involved with kairos for somewhere close to 2 1/2 years and running sound for around a year and half of that, i got a call this weekend to inform me that the powers that be have decided that they are "going to go a different direction with the audio engineering." apparently all of kairos has been being evaluated, by whom i don't know, for the last couple of weeks. the word is that some aspects of the worship scored consistently very well, but that the sound was not one of them... hence their decision to can me.
after having a couple of days to think about it, here's what i'm feeling:
- i've never been canned for mixing poorly, and i'm taking it personally. especially since i checked with people every week to see how it sounded to them. i've never heard bad things, maybe because i asked my friends, but i asked the friends that don't hesitate to tell me when i suck.
- in addition, there was no hint at all to me that anyone was unhappy with the sound. i went from everyone was happy to fired without anything in between. also, the reason i mix the way i do there is because that's how the directors of kairos told me to mix, and because it's a worship service - not a rock show. any time the directors asked me how i thought it sounded, i told them i thought it sounded great, cause if i didn't - i would have done something different. and then i went on to ask them how they thought it sounded, adding "as long as you're happy, i'm happy." well now i'm not happy... i hope they are.
all this makes me hope that the real reason is not that they really thought that i was the problem. here's what i'm hoping the true reason for my release might be:
- they have someone else who they want to mix instead of me.
- i'm getting scape-goated. it's no secret to anyone who knows sound that the room and equipment i have to work with is not set up for big rock shows, or even full bands. it's set up for people to preach. instead of sinking the money to make the room into the venue that they want, they're blaming it on me.
- God is clearing time in my schedule for other things.
-- while i don't like any of these reasons either, it'd be great to know that they are the reason instead of me sucking at what i do to make a living.
i do want to be clear though... i still have nothing but love for kairos. if you live close to nashville, and have tuesday nights from 7 til 8:30ish free you should be at brentwood baptist for kairos. mike glenn is one of very few preachers that can hold my attention for 30 min and michael boggs consistently puts together an all-star band who check their egos at the door and give it all up for God.
after watching kairos grow from around 200 people a week to the 800 or 900 who show up regularly now, i am going to have a hard time moving on.
on another note....
this is my favorite album of the week. andy has reawakened and fueled my love of deep theological thought. listen to "give me grace"
give me grace for when i can't stop falling
give me strength to help me get back up
give me faith without proof
give me wisdom and truth
give me You
ironically, this blog is coming just days after blogging about my release.
after being involved with kairos for somewhere close to 2 1/2 years and running sound for around a year and half of that, i got a call this weekend to inform me that the powers that be have decided that they are "going to go a different direction with the audio engineering." apparently all of kairos has been being evaluated, by whom i don't know, for the last couple of weeks. the word is that some aspects of the worship scored consistently very well, but that the sound was not one of them... hence their decision to can me.
after having a couple of days to think about it, here's what i'm feeling:
- i've never been canned for mixing poorly, and i'm taking it personally. especially since i checked with people every week to see how it sounded to them. i've never heard bad things, maybe because i asked my friends, but i asked the friends that don't hesitate to tell me when i suck.
- in addition, there was no hint at all to me that anyone was unhappy with the sound. i went from everyone was happy to fired without anything in between. also, the reason i mix the way i do there is because that's how the directors of kairos told me to mix, and because it's a worship service - not a rock show. any time the directors asked me how i thought it sounded, i told them i thought it sounded great, cause if i didn't - i would have done something different. and then i went on to ask them how they thought it sounded, adding "as long as you're happy, i'm happy." well now i'm not happy... i hope they are.
all this makes me hope that the real reason is not that they really thought that i was the problem. here's what i'm hoping the true reason for my release might be:
- they have someone else who they want to mix instead of me.
- i'm getting scape-goated. it's no secret to anyone who knows sound that the room and equipment i have to work with is not set up for big rock shows, or even full bands. it's set up for people to preach. instead of sinking the money to make the room into the venue that they want, they're blaming it on me.
- God is clearing time in my schedule for other things.
-- while i don't like any of these reasons either, it'd be great to know that they are the reason instead of me sucking at what i do to make a living.
i do want to be clear though... i still have nothing but love for kairos. if you live close to nashville, and have tuesday nights from 7 til 8:30ish free you should be at brentwood baptist for kairos. mike glenn is one of very few preachers that can hold my attention for 30 min and michael boggs consistently puts together an all-star band who check their egos at the door and give it all up for God.
after watching kairos grow from around 200 people a week to the 800 or 900 who show up regularly now, i am going to have a hard time moving on.
on another note....
this is my favorite album of the week. andy has reawakened and fueled my love of deep theological thought. listen to "give me grace"
give me grace for when i can't stop falling
give me strength to help me get back up
give me faith without proof
give me wisdom and truth
give me You
Friday, April 11, 2008
back home
so this is going to be just a bit gross. you know when you go out for a while, maybe on a trip, or maybe just a long day at work and then you get home and you all the sudden need to poop? i got that feeling today when i woke up in knoxville. i really miss this town. some friends of mine stopped by and took me out to lunch.
this is one of the first things i saw when i woke up this morning. welcome to knoxville. that basketball holds the world record for largest regulation spec-ed basketball.
congrats to the lady vols too! 8-time champs!
this is one of the first things i saw when i woke up this morning. welcome to knoxville. that basketball holds the world record for largest regulation spec-ed basketball.congrats to the lady vols too! 8-time champs!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
back on the bus
after 3 glorious days of sleeping in my bed and showering by myself, i'm back out. this is what my bunk looks like on the bus, and as you can see, there are 11 other bunks within about 10 feet of me. oh, and this bed is also going 80 miles an hour. now you have a better understanding of why all i want to do when i get home is get in my bed and stay there.
it's not the perfect situation, and i'm totally just whining about it... but the bus is much better than plenty of alternatives - and it let's me do what i love.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
college hands
a couple of days ago we were at stephen f austin state university and had the great fortune of having the SAA help us out instead of our normal smelly old dudes. what they lacked in concert experience they made up for with numbers and cuteness. i actually had plenty of help for the second time. unfortunately, the first time it looked like this...
see culmer's blog for more details, and some great pictures... including one of me with my hands!
see culmer's blog for more details, and some great pictures... including one of me with my hands!
"UT" confusion
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
my release
those of you who have known me for a while know that i have a need to run sound. i think it's because i love music so much and if i'm running sound i know that it'll sound good (to my ears at least). most of the time i get my fix by traveling with bands. this spring, however, i have taken a position as a utility tech - which doesn't include running sound. thank God for kairos, where i get to run sound every week, and satisfy my audio cravings. last night we had the pleasure of michael farren from pocket full of rocks leading us in worship.
spring break youth group
so it was the first night back to youth group after lent/i've been on tour and not able to make it to church on wednesday nights for youth group. we've moved it to monday because i can make it on monday. too bad i forgot that this week was spring break. since i didn't anticipate too many showing up and because i haven't seen everyone in so long and i really just wanted to catch up....
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