Recently I had the opportunity to think back on all the experiences I’ve had in the “sound reenforcement” arena. I have to admit, I was pretty surprised by the amount of work I crammed into 4 years. Here’s some of the high-lights (it’s not bragging if no one reads your blog - is it?)

Notable events:
Bakersfield JR. Miss Pageant (4 years running), BCHS Awards night and graduation, Kids Fest (twice), Glory Project, St. Phillips International Festival (twice), Relay for Life, “Light the Night”/”Celebration of Life” Cancer walk (several times), and too many other things to remember or list (even a funeral).

Front of House Sound:
Kevin Max, Paul Wright (3 times), Peculiar People Band from Cape town South Africa, dizmas, Lost Ocean, Future of Forestry, Edisonglass, Kids in the Way, Amber Salciedo (twice), Jon Shabaglian (twice), Jim Ranger (twice), Rocamole (several times), Shachah, Thee Majestics (several times), Rough Edges, Two or More, Eddie and the Islanders, Joel Jacob, Mosaic (several times), and many other misc. local/unsigned bands, plus Trin-I-Tee 5:7 and several other large Gospel acts that I can’t remember

Monitor Sound:
Acoustic Nerve, Mentu Buru, Bakersfield’s own American Idol - Amy Adams, Hawk Nelson (twice), 4th Avenue Jones, dizmas, kj-52, and many more…

Lead House Tech. (supporting the touring sound personnel):
“In the name of Love” tour (Warren Barfield, Barlow Girl, Todd Agnew), “In the name of Jesus” tour (Nate Sallie, Todd Agnew), Big Daddy Weave, Rebecca St. James with Barlow Girl, Superchic[k], Point of Grace, Sonicflood, Mercy Me, Avalon, Newsboys with Stellarkart and Kutless, Go Fish! , and as before, there are more I can’t remember.

Oh, and I also did sound system installation/tuning at 4 different churches.

You’d think I might know something by now….. but it seems the sound guys that know something are smart enough to show-up after the system has been loaded in, leave before it’s loaded out, and get paid 5 times as much. Wonder what that would be like….