Memories of Miss Memory

I have dealt with my fair share of sound engineers over the years but you sir, take the cake.

It was clear from the outset that you were new at the job, or maybe you were just pre-occupied with something else when you were setting up. During sound check, disappearing from a desk while leaving faders up is not the cleverest thing to do. Maybe your employer hasn’t seen you working yet, or maybe you forgot your lessons from Sound Engineering School. Even though we had a full hour sound check you decided not to check the levels properly so that when the house was full, the mics were either feeding back or distorting and the instrument channels weren’t up. Did you forget to mark your channels clearly?

But worst of all Mr Sound Engineer, when the concerned promoter of the night comes up to you to ask you to check the front of house speakers during a DJ set, I fail to see why you would threaten to have them forcibly removed. It was a sincere enough question asked by not only the promoter, but other keen beat heads in the room.

The Civic Underground Sound System is one of the best in Sydney, but you made it sound terrible. If I ever have the misfortune of seeing you again when I am the promoter of an event at the Civic, or any other event I will ask for you to be taken off the job. It’s people like you that ruin people’s hearing and make bad vibes for an otherwise amazing event.

I will be taking up the matter with your employer.

Yours sincerely,

Sofie