"It'll tickle your innards"
LOL...that is slogan on an old Mountain Dew bottle someone gave me. It's from like the 60s, I think. I was telling Scott about it at the chili supper last night, and he just said, "That should be their slogan NOW!" Heh...then, we proceeded to envision a commercial with one of those extreme sports dudes drinking Dew then falling on the ground giggling, yelling, 'Stop it, stop it," then his friends saying, "What's wrong?" "My innards...they're tickling..." Then some Orbitz gum-like girl pops in and says, "Mountain Dew: It'll tickle your innards."
Heh...if you don't think it's funny, then you SUCK! (J/K...having an Adam Sandler moment).
Heck, we might even just shoot that video ourselves and send it to Mountain Dew. Have Scott just fall on the ground giggling, John and Eric going, "Dude, sup with you?" Then Kyle saying the catchphrase in his best "I don't even know what that means" voice.
Ah...senseless humor. Like the 'scooter boy' stories Clark Andrews and Chad used to make up back in "the day" at Mountaintop. Heh...'scoot, scoot..." (yes, you just had to be there)
The 'rents just left for Atlanta about 30 minutes ago, so life here is settling back to normal already. Still, the smell of home-cooked breakfast lingers in the house, and I will DEFINITELY miss that. Now I know why Kyle always eats with his 'roomies.' All in all, it was a good visit this time around, though the constant chain-smoking on behalf of my dad can get a bit headache-inducing.
Sunday went well. Big crowd, lots of guests. Still, I just held my breath when J-mo was told to put up the drum shield again (well, it may have just been an inevitable issue). I thought the mix had been sounding great. But, as someone said last night, you dink around with the sound too much without knowing EXACTLY what you're doing, then something's going to sound 'off,' then -BAM!- first thing to seem too loud is the drums. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for making sure we sound as best as we can - both onstage and from the crowd. That's the tough part, I guess...what sounds 'weak' to us supposedy sounds better in the crowd. So we all have to be sensitive to that. Still, I'm with E in hating this us/them mindset that develops without any REAL solutions being proposed. Well, I guess that's MY job, though...so (see points below).
But here's some guidelines I want to explore:
1. Never guage your mix in an empty room. People absorb sound better than bare walls, and the loud highs of cymbal crashes and guitar riffs are absorbed by warm bodies. We can protest this, but acoustic science is acoustic science. The music WILL sound different in a room full of people. Yeah, it'll be loudest on the front row, but people can pick where they want to sit...
2. We cannot be all-accomodating. For every person who thinks the music's too loud, there are those who think it's not loud enough. Besides, I'd like to SET the standard rather than follow along with it. If WE like loud music, and we want to break down people's 'assumptions' about how church is supposed to be, what are we doing to make that happen?
3. Professional help. We need it, and people like Dave and Jack and Donny HAVE to be there when we get it to hear the feedback/recommendations for themselves. So does the band, so we CAN all have a balanced perspective.
4. Equipment. It's hard to have a well-rounded sound when we're limited by the lack of low-end in our speakers. Subwoofers...we need 'em. Time to take up a special collection from music lovers in our crowd...heh.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but enough is enough. We need real solutions, not this 'going back and forth' over and over again about the same issues.
And another thing...if it gets so hot onstage that sweat is POURING into my eyes, we have another real issue. I cannot sing/lead well if my eyes are stinging so bad I can't open them...
Oops..I ranted. Not trying to.
Chili supper/ice cream social was fun, though we need to rename it "Fire and Ice" or something related to the necessary use of Tums, Gas-X, and other "help my bowels" medication that inevitably follows such an event. Note to self: There is NOTHING on TV at 3 a.m.
On a sad note, Christopher Reeve died yesterday. I dunno...I'd just always imagined that he would actually walk again one day. Still, his determination was inspiring, and hopefully the work he started will help others one day.
Heh...if you don't think it's funny, then you SUCK! (J/K...having an Adam Sandler moment).
Heck, we might even just shoot that video ourselves and send it to Mountain Dew. Have Scott just fall on the ground giggling, John and Eric going, "Dude, sup with you?" Then Kyle saying the catchphrase in his best "I don't even know what that means" voice.
Ah...senseless humor. Like the 'scooter boy' stories Clark Andrews and Chad used to make up back in "the day" at Mountaintop. Heh...'scoot, scoot..." (yes, you just had to be there)
The 'rents just left for Atlanta about 30 minutes ago, so life here is settling back to normal already. Still, the smell of home-cooked breakfast lingers in the house, and I will DEFINITELY miss that. Now I know why Kyle always eats with his 'roomies.' All in all, it was a good visit this time around, though the constant chain-smoking on behalf of my dad can get a bit headache-inducing.
Sunday went well. Big crowd, lots of guests. Still, I just held my breath when J-mo was told to put up the drum shield again (well, it may have just been an inevitable issue). I thought the mix had been sounding great. But, as someone said last night, you dink around with the sound too much without knowing EXACTLY what you're doing, then something's going to sound 'off,' then -BAM!- first thing to seem too loud is the drums. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for making sure we sound as best as we can - both onstage and from the crowd. That's the tough part, I guess...what sounds 'weak' to us supposedy sounds better in the crowd. So we all have to be sensitive to that. Still, I'm with E in hating this us/them mindset that develops without any REAL solutions being proposed. Well, I guess that's MY job, though...so (see points below).
But here's some guidelines I want to explore:
1. Never guage your mix in an empty room. People absorb sound better than bare walls, and the loud highs of cymbal crashes and guitar riffs are absorbed by warm bodies. We can protest this, but acoustic science is acoustic science. The music WILL sound different in a room full of people. Yeah, it'll be loudest on the front row, but people can pick where they want to sit...
2. We cannot be all-accomodating. For every person who thinks the music's too loud, there are those who think it's not loud enough. Besides, I'd like to SET the standard rather than follow along with it. If WE like loud music, and we want to break down people's 'assumptions' about how church is supposed to be, what are we doing to make that happen?
3. Professional help. We need it, and people like Dave and Jack and Donny HAVE to be there when we get it to hear the feedback/recommendations for themselves. So does the band, so we CAN all have a balanced perspective.
4. Equipment. It's hard to have a well-rounded sound when we're limited by the lack of low-end in our speakers. Subwoofers...we need 'em. Time to take up a special collection from music lovers in our crowd...heh.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but enough is enough. We need real solutions, not this 'going back and forth' over and over again about the same issues.
And another thing...if it gets so hot onstage that sweat is POURING into my eyes, we have another real issue. I cannot sing/lead well if my eyes are stinging so bad I can't open them...
Oops..I ranted. Not trying to.
Chili supper/ice cream social was fun, though we need to rename it "Fire and Ice" or something related to the necessary use of Tums, Gas-X, and other "help my bowels" medication that inevitably follows such an event. Note to self: There is NOTHING on TV at 3 a.m.
On a sad note, Christopher Reeve died yesterday. I dunno...I'd just always imagined that he would actually walk again one day. Still, his determination was inspiring, and hopefully the work he started will help others one day.
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