Upgrade And/Or Die
I know I tend to bang on about the good old days a bit, but a recent set of problems got me thinking, which is why you’re reading this.
RTFM
Shifting some boxes the other day, I came across the manual for my first new tape machine...
Just A Song (Fully Cleared For Public Performance) At Twilight...
Obtaining rights for the use of copyright music in theatre productions, both in the US and in the UK, can be a tortuous task. Increasingly, major labels want to negotiate on a per-show basis, but their frame of reference is often limited to film or television, and their awareness of the state of most theatre companies’ financial affairs is virtually nil.
The Smallest Show On Earth
My almost certain-to-be longest-running sound design ever is not in a theatre or an exhibition. It sits in a gallery in one of London’s most popular historic house museums, The Wallace Collection, in Manchester Square, a stone’s throw away from the busy shopping area that is Oxford Street.
Miking It Better
Recently, I decided that I needed to add a microphone or two to my microphone stock
It’s All In The Mind, You Know
I don't normally do Christmas shows; that is, I normally do shows at Christmas, but not those peculiar events known only to the British, called pantomimes.
Can You Hear Me At The Back?
It may surprise those of you in the great North American continent to learn that, until recently, straight plays in London's West End were not amplified.
