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Sunday, October 25, 2009

life in the land of the mixing console





































Oh, good times. Yesterday we had a splendid dance rehearsal as evidenced by the accompanying pics. Perfected some snazzy tricks. Talked music. Tried to fit all seven of us onto one tiny flattened cardboard box [very interesting]. Felicity did a nice impression of a faun. Phillip did his very best "cat hacking up a furball". Dallan managed to flip me over his back without landing us both on the ground [as I did when attempting it with the hapless Felicity last week].

After that I discussed audio; came home and meandered upstairs to my dad's stacks of speakers and other stuff and..."What's this? A mixing board?!" It's an old Fostex x-26 muli-track tape recorder but I'm pretty sure it can be rigged to be a mixing board of sorts. I spent the evening curled up on the couch with it in one hand and the manual in the other, trying to get my brain around the concepts of "AUX" and "LINE/MIC" and busses and so forth. I'M A TECHIE!!! Oh yeah. Spent a looong time in Wikipedia today trying to figure things out.

The day's score has been a hot mix of '30s French jazz/swing [Django Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" for example] which I am sifting through for the play. We decided that Beatles, happy as they are to dance to, were too much of an anachronism. This is going to be one enjoyable performance.

We have plans for some sort of duet during scene change, there's a couple of duels [we do not think too much about the fact that duels were definitely out in the '30s], there's a sketchy spy in a trenchcoat, a beautiful German spy queen [haha] as played by me, there's two happy-go-lucky good-hearted [if blundering] British lads. Oh 'tis epic. All you folks in the area, come to the performance! The 21st of November: we shall trot the boards at the Western Star Grange....

I just realized that Friday's post was my 100th....appropriately titled "The times they're gettin weird". :)

You will find a new poll in the right sidebar. Also I finally got around to doing some much-needed rearrangement and house-keeping on ole bloggie! Check out the awesomeness. Also my new playlist! Hehe, gives you a sample of what my iPod set to "Shuffle" sounds like :)

10 comments:

Ivorydancer said...

Looks like fun!

Lady Brainsample said...

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Lady Brainsample said...

Bethany! I've given you an award. Claim it here http://ladybrainsample.blogspot.com/2009/10/award-really.html

Einar said...

Bethany, are you planning to video the play? I would be interested in seeing it.

Bethany said...

Ivorydancer: oh, it is! :)

Lady Brainsample: thanks! :) i'll head over there

Einar: oh yes we are definitely planning on recording it, I can get you a copy but postage might be a question. you can pop me an email at goatgirlbethie@gmail.com

Rochelle Blue said...

I would very much enjoy seeing the play too! do you think you could get me a copy too please?
your friends seem so awesome! and I love your header picture! it's stunning!

Bethany said...

Certainly, Rochelle! It won't be ready/edited til after Thanksgiving probably, but you bet ;)
oh they are :)
thanks, it's from my last ballet recital, during the final bows.

Rochelle Blue said...

Oh thank you! I cannot wait to see it!

Einar said...

YOUTUBE IT!

Bethany said...

ooh, you're right I should. but my comp has a pretty slow connection :( i'll look into it :)