Tim McCulloch, Author at Sound Forums

“The bigger the ego, the bigger the console…

… or I’m a better tool user than you. A resurrected thread over at PSW’s Live Audio Board Classic Forum® More on rider madness: How many people would ask for refunds if…. brings up the “current reality” of an earlier discussion about how much our coveted “Big Iron Analog” and “Upper …

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“The bigger the set, the smaller the talent.” – Anonymous road carpenter

I’m a sound guy. I got into this business over 30 years ago because I had some technical chops that lined up very nicely with the experience, training and education I received in music over the first 21 years of my life. A well written song, the artistry of the …

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“Denial, it’s not just a river running thru FOH…

… Or, Everybody Complains About the Weather, but Nobody Does Anything About It.” Another fun weekend outdoors. We were sub-contracted by another firm to cover a double-booking. I tend to grit my teeth on shows like these because no matter what our paperwork says, invariably the band TM or FOH …

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The Next Level… the Unicorn of the production business.

This was originally posted at PSW in September, 2012. I love the phrase “… to the next level.” I did some back-of-envelope figuring about 25 years ago when faced with a similar desire for my small PA company to see what it would cost. What came of that was a …

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Quality, price, service – pick any 2…. musings from the “days gone by” department

Anecdote time (I quiet down after nurse brings my meds, really….). A decade or so back I was BE for a regional country act, we carried rented PA to supplement the band’s stage/monitor package. We pulled up to Bob’s Western Wasteland (not even up to Country Bunker standards), a 1000 …