It was how I was trained and I saw a lot of merit in it. Heck, I had an SM58 that I had taken the capsule out of and screwed the ball back on! Now that's entertainment since EVERYONE knows you can't kill a 58 or a 57!!!
That is not so very different from my growing up a decade later in a different country. I took apart the family tv at age 10 just to see how it worked. My grandfather regularly handed me some tools and a sprocket and told me to go change the combine cutter bar ratios to whatever crop we were harvesting. No instructions just a chart of sprocket teeth gear ratios. And he expected it to be done correctly by thinking it through from one end of the job to the other. By the time I left home to go to the big cities and start my life that was pretty much how I applied myself to any subject/task. That work ethic certainly paid off as an orchestral horn player-even after my severe car accident caused mouth trauma in 1993. I was once one of the best of my generation but really detested living in large cities. It's kind of hard to play in a real orchestra and not be in a large city. :(
I worked under an engineer one time that wouldn't let me work in his studio until he setup mock troubleshooting sessions, setup like you did with your crew. Once I was able to troubleshoot in a timely manner he allowed me to work WITH him. I learned a LOT from that experience and like you, I believe many could learn valuable skills by the experience. I really like your current posts JackAttack.
Born 1960, first TV set in the family (no colour): 1968, 1st telephon: 1969, 1st car ( uncles VW Beatle): 1971, 1st holiday further away then 30 km from home: 1978, ... Cinema visits: about 5 a year, TV programs: 3 (from 4 PM to 12 PM), sparetime spent outdoors with friends: 85 %, built first electro motor 1972, telephon: 1973, radio: 1973... Worktime: after school 5 to 8 hours a day in restaurant kitchen of parents eating place from age 10 to 15, no Holidays, no Sundays... learned to play 3 instruments well till 1977. Today: almost 50, house owner, studio owner, label owner, father, the occasional cigarette, could live without booze and beer, no drugs, 19 years spent in schools, colleges and advanced job trainings, total time of unemployment: 7 months ( in 1976). Lifestyle: acceptable, income: sufficient, overall condition: pretty close to happy, yet, still inquisitive, willing to learn and working on becomming better... A not entirely fictional live story of a friend... Compare that to the way kids grow up today... We kinda learned to make and plan and use things ourselves... There was no budget, time or help in most cases. BUT, we learned things from the bottom up. We were not looking for the ecalator from cloud No. 9 right up to the executive chair. The first thing most youngster ask when they come in to ask for an internship is what they're gonna earn... It leaves me speechless, sometimes, to see in what kind of weird privat world they live in.... At least, not all of them are PC-gaming halfwits. Maybe there are just enough smart ones left for humanity to survive... ;-)
I guess so. For me, every answer leads to three more questions.
Its the now generation. We expect everthing instantly and for free.
Was looking around and I have to admit Jack, your rant really hit the nail on the head!
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