DavidSpearritt said:
Thomas W. Bethel said:
He is very obsessed with the idea that somehow the recording medium/selection of microphones/talent of the engineer can make a good sounding piano in bad surroundings sound like a good sounding piano in a good hall.
This is the time to suggest some alternative fingerings or piano technique to him.
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Side story...
I'm known for being a smart ass and having a short fuse (no $hit, right??)
I get SO sick and tired of having "know it all" junior high band directors come up to me while I'm setting up and tell me that the best place to put microphones in the hall as at the back of the auditorium so that I can get that "you are there" sensation.
I had this one guy (fortunately he got out of the business later that year!!! YAY!!!) come up to me a few years ago and he was completely busting my balls while I was setting up. It was on one of those days where I was recording 2 or 3 festivals on the same day at different venues, so it was already very stressful and I only had about 30 minutes to set up. While I'm flying my Schoeps above the band (Jr. High band...), he was asking me all about my gear - what brand, where I got it and so on. I'm used to tire kickers though so I answered his questions and quickly kept setting up.
I guess he felt I wasn't paying enough attention to him so he started comparing *his* special recording gear to mine. When he asked again what kind of mics I was using and I said "Schoeps," he commented something like "Hmmm...I've never heard of them. What are they, some kind of cheap knock off on Shures? I have a pair of Shures here at the school if you'd like to upgrade for a day and see what a great pair of mics is like." (Mind you, he was referring to his SM57s I saw back stage.)
Finally, he actually started telling other band directors (most of whom I am friends with) that I clearly didn't know what I was doing since the sweet spot in the auditorium was about 4 feet from the rear wall of the auditorium and spaced about 12 feet apart and that since I was only about 8 feet back from the band that all I was going to pick up was flutes and clarinets.
Anyway - I was later walking back stage and talking to my intern and I let slip a LONG stream of.......ahem..........words... about this kind gentleman. It turns out, he was just on the other side of the curtain less than 3 feet away and heard everything I said. It was hard to mistake who I was talking about since I used his name a couple times too...
Oops :shock:
That was when I changed my personal and company policy to never speak an ill word while on a job no matter how pissed I was getting.
Anyway - sorry to temporarily hijack Tom!
Do keep the info coming on this!
J.