SoundGirls was founded a few years ago with the aim of encouraging young women to explore their interests in live sound. This summer, the organization held a number of summer camps around the country to share its message and knowledge, and Mackie helped make that happen.
By Rob Tavaglione As an engineer or producer, you're surely used to seeing weird looks on the faces of the talent—maybe it's just looking through the glass?—but sometimes, frankly, it's almost too much to bear. You've been there: You set up a nice cue mix, but the moment Ms. Diva dons the cans and you "roll-in-the-red," her nose turns up, she looks like she suddenly whiffed raw sewage, dramatically takes one or both ear cups off and says, "OMG, this sounds so weird!" At that moment, you've got about 10 seconds to rectify, tops, or you might just get that "tap on the shoulder" and your walking papers.
"I wanted to be in a place where people remembered me, and I could have a good relationship with everybody in the community, help people, learn new skills, learn how to work on homes, live on the land. That's why I left L.A." —producer/engineer Robert Seifert Gage.
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