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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:23 PM
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Fire the audio man!! Mid speech the audio fails. Hand Obama a bullhorn! nt
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:27 PM
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1. link?
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:30 PM
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2. As the wife of an audio man, I beg you
Consider the connectors! It might not be his fault!
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blaze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:32 PM
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3. Thank you!!
I'm responsible for the heating and air conditioning at eleven polling sites. I pray to all the powers that be that none of my equipment fails on the 4th!!!!
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:34 PM
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4. No power failure. O made a joke about it and said it was probably
someone in the mccain campaign kicking out the plug.

He's good to go now.

Sorry, his speech was pure fire and I got caught up in The Moment.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:36 PM
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5. It can be scary to be the audio guy at these live events!
When things go wrong, the crowd can really turn on you.

:hi:
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nc4bo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 12:52 PM
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6. You know what was so totally awesome? You could hear a man shout
Edited on Sat Oct-25-08 12:53 PM by nc4bo
"Don't worry, we got your back!!!" Crowd cheers and starts up the O-B-A-M-A chant.

Gosh dangit - I'm so impressed with "us".
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 01:04 PM
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7. I know! I think we kick ass.
:grouphug:
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Billy Burnett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 04:11 PM
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9. That's why it's a good idea to keep an old heavy-base mic stand close.
Like this ...



I've had to defend my rig with one of these several times.
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boobooday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 04:29 PM
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10. Lol, much better than the tripod style!
Yeah, we're armed with a few of those.

Symphonic and punk audiences seem to be the worst.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-08 03:27 PM
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8. Right On! That's not the Obama I'm voting for!
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