So, I've been kind of sick the past few days. I felt really crummy on Sunday, and was really thankful that I wasn't running sound. Things didn't get better as the day went on, but I went to sleep by 11 with plans to start running the next morning. When my alarm went off Monday morning, there was no way I was going running, much less getting out of bed. I don't know what I had, but it was miserable. My head hurt, my body ached, I was all stuffy, and I had a fever. I dozed in and out until about 10, when I woke up very sweaty and felt a little better. I got up and got ready, and with the help of Advil was able to get alot accomplished all day.
Today was much better. I'm still a little stuffy, but I feel great otherwise. I slept until 9:30 to let my body rest some, and then got ready and took Lucy on a walk. She seems to enjoy walks in the rain more so than non-raining walks. She gets very excited about splashing through big puddles and sticking her face in fast flowing drainage water. I didn't let her off the leash today because I didn't want to give her a bath. Maybe next time Lucy.
After we got back I ate some lunch and then played drums for a little bit. I am playing at NHCC for their youth this Sunday, so I am trying to get the songs down before hand. Ryan usually picks one or two that are pretty difficult, so it is alot of fun learning them. I am excited about using my new snare and hi-hats...now I just need somewhere to use my new amp too.
I left for work at the usual time and did stage setup for a while once I got there. Around 3:15 I went upstairs to help with the youth group sound stuff. I have been helping Nate learn how to improve things up there, which I love doing. I had told him that I would come up today and help a little before and during soundcheck. I was able to do a few helpful things, the first of which is change the speaker EQ's. I made them a more natural crossover with no notches or boosts. A common mistake people make is to use the speaker EQ to change the room sound. This isn't really ideal unless you have a way of measuring which frequencies are exaggerated in the room. A better thing to do is leave them flat, set up all your mics, turn them all on and then turn them up, notching out frequencies creating feedback issues while you do so. There weren't really any feedback issues, so we didn't end up notching anything. Another mistake people often make is to keep notching week after week until they have a crazy looking EQ. So if you have this issue, it's better to start over every few weeks....ideally every week really.
Anyways, I also set up their sub so it was fed off of Aux 1. Since they had 3 Aux's they weren't using, I figured this would be much better than having the sub fed off of a main. This way not everything goes to the sub, which is nice because there aren't many things that needs to, and it just makes it really muddy otherwise. For instance, once we set it up like that all we put into the sub was the kick, bass, a little floor tom, and I think a tiny bit of keys. We also hooked up their monitor through an unused EQ so that if they have feedback issues with a vocal mic they can EQ the monitor first and hopefully not affect the room EQ. All in all I thought the system sounded really nice when we were done. They could change a few source things like drum tuning to better the sound, and they would also really benefit from some compression/limiting, but it sounded pretty decent.
After that I went back downstairs and worked on the stage some more. I am excited about this Sunday for some reason. I think it's that I like the stage setup, and I am excited about micing Chad's new/old amp. It's a Fender Princeton something...maybe a Reverb? I can't remember, but it sounds nice, and I think it will sound really good miced. I am also thinking about doubling the bass signal and doing the parallel compression thing this week. It's gonna be a good time.
Joe, Tim, and I all left for dinner around 6. Joe asked if we could go to Oriental House, and even though I was there last night, I can't ever pass it up. It is just so delicious I can't stand it. One thing I like as much of the food is how friendly the people are. Where else do you order at the front, yet still have people getting refills for you non-stop? I've starting tipping because it's pretty much like having your own waiter/waitress.
After dinner we came back to church and finished setting up, and then I went upstairs to listen to the band before leaving. Things sounded pretty good, sometimes I kind of miss being involved with youth. There is just an energy there that you don't get with adults.
I came home and talked with Kristi for a while and then got into bed. I have been watching Clemson play Alabama since Kristi went to sleep. Our basketball team is still looking great, so I am feeling pretty good about going to the big dance again this year.
Tomorrow I think I am going to start running as long as I feel healthy when I wake up. I haven't really found a good route yet, but I'm only running 3 miles. When I get up to 6 I'll have to find a more exciting one. The first few days are always the worst, but hopefully I won't feel too bad!
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