Second Free Download from Cause for Praise Kyrie(Lord Have Mercy)

Barbershop! Got to Love it!

Well my interesting month of extra shows continued. Earlier I mentioned that I go to hang with Robert Scovill as he and his crew set up for the Tom Petty show here abq, then I did a home school talent show here at the Springs. The next night I did house sound for a boxing pay per view for Univision. Well now, as the title of this post shows, I got do a Barbershop choir and some quartets.  The last six or so years I have  been privileged to do run sound for shows for the Duke City Sound and the last couple of years the New MexiChord's. Both choirs are excellent are fun to listen to. Usually their shows they fly in a great special quartet. This year the New Mexichords' had a group that the was here a few years ago called the O.C. Times. They were the 2008 international champions and they are really good. Visit their website and buy some of their music, I think you will enjoy. Here is what gear I used at the New MexiChords' spring show.

Choir: Two Audio Technica ATM 450's on Atlas SMS5B with Atlas Boom.
Quartets: Two Sennheiser E914's. I mounted them in an X/Y pattern using Shure's A27M stereo microphone adapter mounted on a K&M Tripod studio stand.
Monitoring was provided by 4 Meyer UM-1P

Back Stage at Easter

Here is how Easter looked back stage. Lots of cases. Guitar amp, instruments, and wedge cases.

A Look from Above

I was going through some pictures that were taken during the month of Easter. Here is what Easter rehearsal looked like this year rom 25 feet up while changing a stage light.

Cause for Praise '11 first song released for Free: He Hideth My Soul