A rose by any other name
I seem to always start off a blog apologising for not having written a blog for so long. As is the tradition…. I apologise for not having written a blog for so long. Point is, you can’t churn these things out and have any real meaning to them if you treat it like a sausage…
Read MoreContinuumusic Live PA Hire Department Goes Digital!
Continuumusic is excited to announce that we have upgraded our mixing technology for our PA hire department. We’ve gone completely digital on all our hire systems….. and wireless! (*except for the smallest rig which is just designed for a single mic and an iPod connection. It’d be overkill to change that so we are keeping…
Read MoreThe Pay to Play Argument
The internet can be a harsh place if you have an opinion. The short answer to it is not to have one I guess and I do try to do that most of the time. Especially on Facebook. Some of my biggest regrets have come from commenting on Facebook. I’m sure I’m not alone in…
Read MoreThe Cavern Mirror
I got asked again the other night whether the mirror in The Cavern (our most popular rehearsal studio) was actually two way glass and if there might be a secret room behind it. I wish! Wouldn’t that be awesome? If it was some secret place where high level record company execs hid out and watched your…
Read MoreSinging lessons with no singing required?
I wear a lot of hats. Sound Engineer, small business owner, studio manager, musician, songwriter, performer, video editor, author, web designer, graphic artist, blogger, electrician, carpenter, plumber, painter, gardener and cleaner. I’m also a father and husband. But I think the hat that I wear that brings me the most joy (other than the father/husband…
Read MoreFrom the IBM 360 to today
My wife and I were watching Mad Men last night. If you’re not a fan of the show (or live under a rock), it is a drama based on life in an advertising agency in the 60’s and 70’s. Anyway, in the episode we were watching the agency had just installed a new computer. In…
Read MoreClover Moore’s 57 point plan to revive the live music scene.
We’ve been doing live sound for venues for almost 20 years. Sometimes we’re contracted by the venue, sometimes a promoter, sometimes the band. Other times we have actually run the live music portion of a venue for them, including booking the bands, handling the promotion, dealing with the ticketing and, of course, lugging in the…
Read MoreReal Estate and the Alpha Experiment
My apologies for not writing a blog in a few weeks. It’s been pretty hectic in my household recently and blogging has been something that has just been beyond my ability to get my head around. First of all we were looking at buying the house we are currently renting. We put in an offer…
Read MoreAnd now for something completely different.
I want to take a break from the subject of music this week and talk about something else. It’s kinda hard to come up with interesting, music-related topics every week and there’s always the risk of it all becoming a bit boring and stale if it’s all I ever write about. I don’t want to…
Read MoreMusicians are getting better, even if music isn’t.
I could be just getting old and jaded but I’m rarely wowed by a new song these days. What I am wowed by though is the level of musicianship I’m seeing from young people. As I’ve mentioned before, I am one of the judges of Warringah Council’s “Northern Composure” band competition. I’ve been doing that…
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