The Live Sound Video Classroom

Words cannot adequately describe certain vital skills required by the live sound professional, so I have assembled a few video learning aids for the benefit of those insane individuals who are inexplicably drawn to the craft. These short video essays carry no warranty as to suitability of purpose and the producer shall not be held liable for damages resulting from application of depicted proceedures (e.g. strangulation, mutilation, violation, etc). Your mileage may be in kilometers.

Over time, As various members of the community struggle to illustrate a point using inadequate language skills, more examples may be added for the benefit of all. Submissions and requests may be sent to video@themothership.net

I will try to provide two versions whenever possible; a smaller size for those with modems, and a larger size for those with DSL, cable modems, T1s, or an unsupervised corporate-funded DS3 connection.

The Over/Under Microphone Cable Wrap

The ultimate method (or not)

Small, grainy version (63k):overunder.mpg

Larger grainy version(327k)overunder2.mpg

Canadian Bottle Opener

How to open a beer bottle that doesn't have a twist-top (Bic lighter required)

(I learned this from Canadian roadies on a 1981 tour of the Great White North)

Small  version with audio and digital artifacts(149k):poptop0.mpg

Larger  version with audio and fewer digital artifacts(419k):poptop2.mpg

Be sure to visit both "alt.audio.pro.live-sound" and

the Live Audio board now located at http://www.live-audio.com