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<blockquote data-quote="Jay Barracato" data-source="post: 98683" data-attributes="member: 24">Some people feel its their duty. I remember a theater in NJ where they were lined up to tell me what was wrong before the band even started playing. That&#039;s right, more than one person can up between the opening act I didn&#039;t mix and the headliner I was about to, to offer their opinions about how the band should be mixed. &quot;Can you make sure I can hear the mandolin&quot;. &quot;My video is really bassy where I set up three feet in front of the subs&quot;.Another time, a friend of the band comes running up screaming at me that he can&#039;t hear the keyboards. I look down at the signal and calmly tell him it is because the keyboard player wasn&#039;t playing anything at that moment. Sure enough next verse the musician had finished whatever programming he was doing and the keys came in right where they should be. Of course I have been on the other side of the coin. At a small throw and go performance in Nashville, the setup really didn&#039;t make sense for me to take over the mix position especially since I already knew the tech that was mixing. It seemed okay for me to help carry the musicians instruments in, set up their mics in the proper positions, but to call attention to the fact that one instrument was still muted was too much.Given that unsolicited advice, whether valid or not, falls on deaf ears, if I want to talk tech with someone at a show I am not working, I usually introduce myself, identify myself as a tech, give them a card, and limit the conversation to the equipment rather than the results unless specifically asked.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay Barracato, post: 98683, member: 24"] Some people feel its their duty. I remember a theater in NJ where they were lined up to tell me what was wrong before the band even started playing. That's right, more than one person can up between the opening act I didn't mix and the headliner I was about to, to offer their opinions about how the band should be mixed. "Can you make sure I can hear the mandolin". "My video is really bassy where I set up three feet in front of the subs". Another time, a friend of the band comes running up screaming at me that he can't hear the keyboards. I look down at the signal and calmly tell him it is because the keyboard player wasn't playing anything at that moment. Sure enough next verse the musician had finished whatever programming he was doing and the keys came in right where they should be. Of course I have been on the other side of the coin. At a small throw and go performance in Nashville, the setup really didn't make sense for me to take over the mix position especially since I already knew the tech that was mixing. It seemed okay for me to help carry the musicians instruments in, set up their mics in the proper positions, but to call attention to the fact that one instrument was still muted was too much. Given that unsolicited advice, whether valid or not, falls on deaf ears, if I want to talk tech with someone at a show I am not working, I usually introduce myself, identify myself as a tech, give them a card, and limit the conversation to the equipment rather than the results unless specifically asked. [/QUOTE]

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